Frank Froehling | |
Fullname: | Frank Arthur Froehling III |
Birth Date: | 19 May 1942 |
Birth Place: | San Diego, California, United States |
Height: | [1] |
Turnedpro: | 1968 (amateur from 1958) |
Retired: | 1973 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 442-284 |
Singlestitles: | 28 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 6 (1963, Lance Tingay)[2] |
Frenchopenresult: | SF (1971) |
Wimbledonresult: | QF (1963) |
Usopenresult: | F (1963) |
Usopendoublesresult: | F (1965) |
Mixed: | yes |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | SF (1973) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | SF (1964) |
Usopenmixedresult: | F (1962, 1965) |
Frank Arthur Froehling III (May 19, 1942 – January 23, 2020) was an American tennis player.
During his college career at Trinity University Froehling recorded 46–5 in singles matches and won nine singles titles.
He was runner-up at U.S. National Tennis Championships in 1963 (where he beat Roy Emerson before losing to Rafael Osuna).
That year Froehling was ranked world No. 6 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.[2] Froehling was ranked in the top ten U.S. players on five occasions, reaching U.S. No. 2 in 1962 and No. 3 in 1963.
In 1966 Froehling won the Eastern Clay Court Championships defeating Herb Fitzgibbon in the final in a close five set match.
In 1971 Froehling reached the French Open semifinals (beating Arthur Ashe before losing to Ilie Năstase).
Froehling won a critical match for the U.S. in the 1971 Davis Cup final against Rumania, coming from two sets down to edge Ion Tiriac in a long fifth set. The U.S. won the Davis Cup final three matches to two. Froehling had won a demonstration match against Clark Graebner, who held a strong head-to-head advantage over Froehling, to qualify for the Davis Cup singles assignment.
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 1962 | Grass | 5–7, 2–6 | ||||
Loss | 1965 | Grass | Margaret Smith Fred Stolle | 2–6, 2–6 |