Frank Froehling
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. 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. Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner–up)

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Mixed Doubles: (2 runner-ups)

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1942 births
2020 deaths
American male tennis players
Tennis players from San Diego
Trinity Tigers men's tennis players
Pan American Games medalists in tennis
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Tennis players at the 1963 Pan American Games
20th-century American people
21st-century American people
Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games