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 .

ATP career finals Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 (4-7)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (3–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (4–7)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Singapore, SingaporeWorld SeriesHard Kelly Jones4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)Win1–1Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Marc Rosset4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)Win2–1Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Magnus Larsson6–2, 7–6(7–5)Win3–1Wellington, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Lars Jönsson6–1, 6–4, 6–4Loss3–2Tampa, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Jaime Yzaga4–6, 2–6Loss3–3Florence, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Marcelo Filippini6–3, 3–6, 3–6Loss3–4Hilversum, NetherlandsWorld SeriesClay Karel Nováček5–7, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss3–5Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Patrick McEnroe2–6, 6–7(4–7)Win4–5Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Andrea Gaudenzi6–1, 7–6(7–2)Loss4–6Auckland, New ZealandWorld SeriesHard Marcelo Ríos6–4, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss4–7Amsterdam, NetherlandsInternational SeriesClay Magnus Norman3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 titles) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–0)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Brad Pearce Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa6–2, 3–6, 7–6Win2–0Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Wayne Arthurs Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (10–0) LegendATP Challenger (10–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–0)Clay (5–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Ilheus, BrazilChallengerHard Jean-Philippe Fleurian3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win2–0Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Todd Woodbridge6–4, 6–1Win3–0Manila, PhilippinesChallengerHard Neil Borwick7–6, 6–4Win4–0Launceston, AustraliaChallengerCarpet David Nainkin6–1, 6–3Win5–0Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Horacio de la Peña6–1, 7–6Win6–0Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Galo Blanco6–3, 7–6Win7–0Perth, AustraliaChallengerHard Steven Downs6–0, 6–3Win8–0Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Nicolás Lapentti6–7, 6–4, 6–3Win9–0Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andrew Ilie6–2, 6–2Win10–0Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Juan Carlos Ferrero7–6, 5–7, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3–0) LegendATP Challenger (3–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreDNP0–0Martinique, MartiniqueChallengerHard Johan Anderson David Wheaton Todd Woodbridgenot playedWin1–0Manila, PhilippinesChallengerHard Steve Guy Massimo Ardinghi Mario Visconti6–3, 6–4Win2–0Launceston, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Patrick Rafter Nick Brown Andrew Foster7–5, 7–6Win3–0Canberra, AustraliaChallengerClay Chris Guccione Werner Eschauer Vasilis Mazarakis6–1, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1988Australian OpenGrass Johan Anderson Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge3–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ12R1R1R2R1R4R2R2R1R2R4RA3R1R1R0 / 1413–14French OpenAA1R1R1R2R3R2R1R2R1R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 126–12WimbledonAQ2A2R1R1R1R3RA1R1R1R2R1RQ1A0 / 104–10US OpenAAA1R1R3R3R3RAA2R1R3R3RQ1A0 / 911–9Win–loss0–01–10–21–41–43–47–46–41–21–32–43–44–34–40–10–10 / 4534–45National RepresentationSummer OlympicsNHANot Held1RNot HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 10–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAA1RAA1RAAQ1AQ1Q2A0 / 20–2MiamiAA2RAAAAA2RAAAA3R1RA0 / 43–4Monte CarloAAAA2RAA1R3RAQ11RQ1AAA0 / 43–4HamburgAAAA1RAA1R1RA2R2RQ12RAA0 / 63–6RomeAAAAQFAA2R3RAQ11R1RAAA0 / 56–5CanadaAA2RAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1CincinnatiAAAQF1RAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 23–2StuttgartAAAAAAAAAAA1RAAANMS0 / 10–1ParisAAA1RAAAAQ2AQ21RAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–02–23–24–40–10–01–34–50–01–11–50–13–20–10–00 / 2719–27

Doubles Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1R1R2R1R2R1R1R1RA1RAAA1R0 / 112–11French OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAAAQ3AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAA1RAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–10–11–20–11–10–10–10–10–00–10–00–00–00–10 / 122–12ATP World Tour Masters 1000RomeAAAAAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–1HamburgAAAAAAAAAA1RQ1AAA0 / 10–1CanadaA2RAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–01–10–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–10–00–00–00–00 / 32–3

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