Richard Fromberg

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Richard Fromberg Tennis player
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: April 28, 1970
Size: 196 cm
Weight: 88 kg
1st professional season: 1988
Resignation: 2002
Playing hand: Right
Trainer: Bob Carmichael
Prize money: $ 2,605,740
singles
Career record: 256: 287
Career title: 4th
Highest ranking: 24 (August 13 1990)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1993, 1998)
French Open 3R (1993)
Wimbledon 3R (1994)
US Open 3R (1992-1994, 1999, 2000)
Double
Career record: 30:53
Career title: 2
Highest ranking: 159 (February 2, 1998)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (1991, 1993)
French Open -
Wimbledon -
US Open 1R (1991)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Richard Fromberg (born April 28, 1970 in Ulverstone , Tasmania ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

Life

Fromberg was at the junior tournament of the Australian Open 1987 in both singles and doubles in the finals. The following year he became a professional tennis player and was able to win his first tournaments on the ATP World Tour in 1990 . He won in Båstad and Bologna that year and was in the final of ATP Singapore . He also won alongside Brad Pearce at the tournament in Schenectady . 1990 was his most successful year, in which he also achieved his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings with position 24 . In 1997 he won his last ATP tournament in singles at the Romanian Open , and in the same year he won his second double title with Wayne Arthurs in Kitzbühel . His highest ranking in the double world rankings was in 1998 with 159th place. His best single result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the round of 16 of the Australian Open in 1993 and 1998.

Fromberg played between 1990 and 2001 14 singles games for the Australian Davis Cup team , in addition there was an encounter in doubles at the side of Todd Woodbridge in 1996. His record was ten wins and two defeats. He was twice in the final of the Davis Cup. In the 3-2 loss to the United States , he won his singles against Michael Chang and lost to Andre Agassi . In the 4: 1 final defeat against Germany , he won against Marc-Kevin Goellner and lost to Michael Stich .

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , he played for Australia, but was eliminated in the first round in five sets against Michael Stich.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (6)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. May 28, 1990 ItalyItaly Bologna sand SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Rosset 4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
2. July 16, 1990 SwedenSweden Båstad sand SwedenSweden Magnus Larsson 6: 2, 7: 6
3. 5th January 1991 New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington Hard court SwedenSweden Lars Jonsson 6: 1, 6: 4, 6: 4
4th September 29, 1997 RomaniaRomania Bucharest sand ItalyItaly Andrea Gaudenzi 6: 1, 7: 6

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. August 27, 1990 United StatesUnited States Schenectady Hard court United StatesUnited States Brad Pearce United StatesUnited States Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa
United StatesUnited States 		6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 6
2. July 28, 1997 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel sand AustraliaAustralia Wayne Arthurs AustriaAustria Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger
AustriaAustria 		6: 4, 6: 3

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personal data
SURNAME Fromberg, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulverstone , Tasmania , Australia