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.

Frank Froehling

He was runner-up at U.S. National Tennis Championships in 1963 (where he beat Roy Emerson before losing to Rafael Osuna).

Frank Froehling

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.

Frank Froehling

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