Frank Arthur Froehling III (May 19, 1942 – January 23, 2020) was an American

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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

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(where he beat

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before losing to Rafael Osuna). That year Froehling was ranked world No. 6 by

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''. 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

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before losing to

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). 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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