Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Tennis career

Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 1987, he reached the Australian Open Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988. In 1990, he won his first top-level singles title in at Bologna, and his first tour doubles title in Schenectady, New York.

Fromberg played for Australia in two Davis Cup finals during his career. In 1990 he was part of the team which lost 3–2 in the final to the United States (winning one singles rubber against Michael Chang, and losing another in five sets to Andre Agassi). In 1993 he was on the team which lost 4–1 in the final to Germany (winning one singles match-up against Marc-Kevin Goellner, and losing the other to Michael Stich). He had an 11–4 career Davis Cup record (10–4 in singles and 1–0 in doubles).

Fromberg's best performances at Grand Slam events came in reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open in 1993 and 1998.

During his career, Fromberg won four singles titles and two doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 24 (in 1990). His career prize money totalled US$2,605,740.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)Finals by setting Outdoors (4–7) Indoors (0–0)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–7)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 1990Singapore, SingaporeWorld SeriesHardUnited States Kelly Jones4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Win1–1May 1990Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClaySwitzerland Marc Rosset4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win2–1Jul 1990Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClaySweden Magnus Larsson6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win3–1Jan 1991Wellington, New ZealandWorld SeriesHardSweden Lars Jönsson6–1, 6–4, 6–4
Loss3–2May 1993Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClayPeru Jaime Yzaga4–6, 2–6
Loss3–3Jun 1994Florence, ItalyWorld SeriesClayUruguay Marcelo Filippini6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Aug 1994Hilversum, NetherlandsWorld SeriesClayCzech Republic Karel Nováček5–7, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss3–5Jan 1995Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHardUnited States Patrick McEnroe2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win4–5Sep 1997Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClayItaly Andrea Gaudenzi6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss4–6Jan 1998Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHardChile Marcelo Ríos6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss4–7Aug 1998Amsterdam, NetherlandsInternational SeriesClaySweden Magnus Norman3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (2–0)Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)Finals by setting Outdoors (2–0) Indoors (0–0)
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1990Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHardUnited States Brad PearceUnited States Brian Garrow United States Sven Salumaa6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Win2–0Jul 1997Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClayAustralia Wayne ArthursAustria Thomas Buchmayer Austria Thomas Strengberger6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (10–0)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (10–0) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (4–0) Clay (5–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
ATP Challenger (10–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (5–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Nov 1989Ilheus, BrazilChallengerHardFrance Jean-Philippe Fleurian3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win2–0Mar 1992Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHardAustralia Todd Woodbridge6–4, 6–1
Win3–0Nov 1992Manila, PhilippinesChallengerHardAustralia Neil Borwick7–6, 6–4
Win4–0Nov 1992Launceston, AustraliaChallengerCarpetSouth Africa David Nainkin6–1, 6–3
Win5–0Jun 1993Turin, ItalyChallengerClayArgentina Horacio de la Peña6–1, 7–6
Win6–0Sep 1996Oporto, PortugalChallengerClaySpain Galo Blanco6–3, 7–6
Win7–0Dec 1996Perth, AustraliaChallengerHardNew Zealand Steven Downs6–0, 6–3
Win8–0Sep 1997Szczecin, PolandChallengerClayEcuador Nicolás Lapentti6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win9–0Jun 1998Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClayAustralia Andrew Ilie6–2, 6–2
Win10–0Jun 1999Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClaySpain Juan Carlos Ferrero7–6, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3–0)

Legend
Legend ATP Challenger (3–0) ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)
ATP Challenger (3–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
DNP0–0Apr 1989Martinique, MartiniqueChallengerHardAustralia Johan AndersonUnited States David Wheaton Australia Todd Woodbridgenot played
Win1–0Nov 1992Manila, PhilippinesChallengerHardNew Zealand Steve GuyItaly Massimo Ardinghi Italy Mario Visconti6–3, 6–4
Win2–0Nov 1992Launceston, AustraliaChallengerCarpetAustralia Patrick RafterUnited Kingdom Nick Brown United Kingdom Andrew Foster7–5, 7–6
Win3–0Apr 2005Canberra, AustraliaChallengerClayAustralia Chris GuccioneAustria Werner Eschauer Greece Vasilis Mazarakis6–1, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1988Australian OpenGrassAustralia Johan AndersonAustralia Jason Stoltenberg Australia Todd Woodbridge3–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH

Singles

Tournament1987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ12R1R1R2R1R4R2R2R1R2R4RA3R1R1R0 / 1413–1448%
French OpenAA1R1R1R2R3R2R1R2R1R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 126–1233%
WimbledonAQ2A2R1R1R1R3RA1R1R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 104–1029%
US OpenAAA1R1R3R3R3RAA2R1R3R3RQ1A0 / 911–955%
Win–loss0–01–10–21–41–43–47–46–41–21–32–43–44–34–40–10–10 / 4534–4543%
National Representation
Summer OlympicsNHANot Held1RNot HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 10–10%
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAA1RAA1RAAQ1AQ1Q2A0 / 20–20%
MiamiAA2RAAAAA2RAAAA3R1RA0 / 43–443%
Monte CarloAAAA2RAA1R3RAQ11RQ1AAA0 / 43–443%
HamburgAAAA1RAA1R1RA2R2RQ12RAA0 / 63–633%
RomeAAAAQFAA2R3RAQ11R1RAAA0 / 56–555%
CanadaAA2RAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
CincinnatiAAAQF1RAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 23–260%
StuttgartAAAAAAAAAAA1RAAANMS0 / 10–10%
ParisAAA1RAAAAQ2AQ21RAAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–02–23–24–40–10–01–34–50–01–11–50–13–20–10–00 / 2719–2741%

Doubles

Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open1R1R1R2R1R2R1R1R1RA1RAAA1R0 / 112–1167%
French OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0–
WimbledonAAAAQ3AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0–
US OpenAAA1RAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–10–10–11–20–11–10–10–10–10–00–10–00–00–00–10 / 122–1214%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
RomeAAAAAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
HamburgAAAAAAAAAA1RQ1AAA0 / 10–10%
CanadaA2RAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–01–10–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–10–00–00–00–00 / 32–340%

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