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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.[1] 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 Template:Currency.
Although denied at times, Fromberg once played a young Mark Pozzuto and was 2 sets down. Upon realising his opponents weaknesses he gallantly triumphed against the lesser known Pozzuto to triumph in 5 sets. It ultimately was the end of Pozzuto’s career
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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W–L
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0–1
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[[Singapore Open (men's tennis)|Template:Dts]]
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Singapore, Singapore
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World Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones
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4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
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1–1
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[[Bologna Outdoor|Template:Dts]]
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Bologna, Italy
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset
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4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
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2–1
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[[1990 Swedish Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]
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Båstad, Sweden
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Magnus Larsson
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6–2, 7–6(7–5)
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3–1
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[[1991 BP National Championships|Template:Dts]]
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Wellington, New Zealand
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World Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Lars Jönsson
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6–1, 6–4, 6–4
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3–2
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[[USTA Men's Clay Courts of Tampa|Template:Dts]]
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Tampa, United States
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Jaime Yzaga
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4–6, 2–6
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3–3
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[[ATP Florence|Template:Dts]]
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Florence, Italy
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini
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6–3, 3–6, 3–6
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3–4
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[[1994 Dutch Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]
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Hilversum, Netherlands
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček
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5–7, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
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3–5
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[[1995 Peters International – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]
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Sydney, Australia
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World Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe
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2–6, 6–7(4–7)
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4–5
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[[1997 Romanian Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]
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Bucharest, Romania
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Andrea Gaudenzi
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6–1, 7–6(7–2)
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4–6
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[[1998 Heineken Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]
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Auckland, New Zealand
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World Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos
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6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
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4–7
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[[1998 Dutch Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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International Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman
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3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (10–0)
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W–L
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1–0
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Ilheus, Brazil
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Challenger
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Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Fleurian
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3–6, 6–3, 6–2
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2–0
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Indian Wells, United States
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Challenger
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Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge
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6–4, 6–1
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3–0
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Manila, Philippines
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Neil Borwick
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7–6, 6–4
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4–0
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Launceston, Australia
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Challenger
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Carpet
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6–1, 6–3
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5–0
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Turin, Italy
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Challenger
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Horacio de la Peña
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6–1, 7–6
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6–0
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Oporto, Portugal
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Challenger
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Galo Blanco
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6–3, 7–6
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7–0
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Perth, Australia
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Challenger
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Hard
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6–0, 6–3
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8–0
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Szczecin, Poland
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Challenger
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Nicolás Lapentti
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6–7, 6–4, 6–3
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9–0
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Prostějov, Czech Republic
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Challenger
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Clay
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6–2, 6–2
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10–0
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Prostějov, Czech Republic
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Challenger
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero
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7–6, 5–7, 6–4
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Doubles: 3 (3–0)
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Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Performance timelines
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References
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