Eric Fromm

Eric Fromm
Country (sports)	United States
Born	June 27, 1958 (age 65); Queens, New York, United States
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	51–82
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 46 (20 June 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	4R (1983)
Wimbledon	2R (1981, 1982)
US Open	2R (1982, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	95–106
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 45 (2 January 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1984)
Wimbledon	2R (1982)
US Open	2R (1979–82, 1984)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1981, 1984)
Wimbledon	3R (1981, 1983)
US Open	QF (1983)

Eric Fromm (born June 27, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Tennis career edit

Fromm's best result at a Grand Slam was reaching the fourth round of the French Open in 1983 in singles, where he lost in straight sets to world No. 1 in the world Jimmy Connors^[1] and the semifinals of the 1984 French Open doubles with Shlomo Glickstein of Israel, where they lost in five sets to Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte. Fromm's career highlights include a top 50 ranking in singles and top 30 ranking in doubles as well as wins over Yannick Noah at Wimbledon and Pat Cash at the US Open. He retired from the pro tour in 1986 and was inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2016.^[2]

After pro tennis edit

Fromm completed his undergraduate degree at Columbia University and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. He joined SPORTIME in 2002 as managing partner of SPORTIME Harbor Island in Mamaroneck, New York and was promoted to the executive management team of SPORTIME in 2007. He became general manager and director of Tennis of the historic Orange Lawn Tennis Club in 2018.^[3]

Fromm raised his family in Chappaqua, New York with his wife Lori. Fromm has three children, a son Daniel, and two daughters, Carly and Alana. Fromm and his wife reside in New Rochelle, New York.

Career finals edit

Singles (1 runner-up) edit

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1982	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Jay Lapidus	4–6, 2–6

Doubles (9 runner-ups) edit

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1980	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Cary Leeds	Steve Krulevitz Thierry Stevaux	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Oct 1980	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Cary Leeds	Per Hjertquist Steve Krulevitz	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–3	May 1981	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Shlomo Glickstein	David Carter Paul Kronk	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Feb 1982	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Cary Leeds	Steve Meister Craig Wittus	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Aug 1982	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Pablo Arraya	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	2–6, 6–7
Loss	0–6	Aug 1982	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Mike Fishbach	Andy Andrews John Sadri	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–7	Apr 1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Drew Gitlin	Tony Giammalva Steve Meister	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–8	Jul 1983	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Drew Gitlin	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 1–6
Loss	0–9	May 1984	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Florin Segărceanu	Boris Becker Wojciech Fibak	4–6, 6–4, 1–6