Rod Frawley (born 8 September 1952) is a former tennis player from Australia, who won one singles title (1982, Adelaide) and five doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 43 in December 1980. His highest ranking in doubles, world No. 23, was achieved in March 1980.
Frawley reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1981, before losing to eventual champion John McEnroe.Sport: Fire and Ice at Wimbledon
He is the older brother of John Frawley.U.S. OPEN; Aussies Deliver More Upsets
Career finals
Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jan 1982 Adelaide, Australia Grass Lloyd Bourne 2–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 1–1 Dec 1982 Melbourne, Australia Grass Pat Cash 4–6, 6–7
Doubles (5 titles, 11 runner-ups) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 1978 Bournemouth, UK Clay David Carter Louk Sanders Rolf Thung 3–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Oct 1979 Maui, US Hard Francisco González John Lloyd Nick Saviano 5–7, 4–6Win 1–2 Oct 1979 Sydney, Australia Hard Francisco González Vijay Amritraj Pat DuPré walkoverLoss 1–3 Oct 1979 Tokyo, Japan Clay Francisco González Colin Dibley Pat DuPré 6–3, 1–6, 1–6Win 2–3 Jan 1980 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Peter Feigl John Sadri Tim Wilkison 6–2, 7–5Loss 2–4 Mar 1980 Memphis, US Carpet (i) Tomáš Šmíd Brian Gottfried John McEnroe 3–6, 7–6, 6–7Win 3–4 Jun 1980 London/Queen's, UK Grass Geoff Masters Paul McNamee Sherwood Stewart 6–2, 4–6, 11–9Loss 3–5 Oct 1980 Brisbane, Australia Grass Phil Dent John McEnroe Matt Mitchell 6–8Win 4–5 Oct 1981 Brisbane, Australia Grass Chris Lewis Mark Edmondson Mike Estep 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)Loss 4–6 Mar 1982 Linz, Austria Clay Paul Kronk Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson 2–6, 0–6Win 5–6 May 1982 Hilton Head WCT, US Clay Mark Edmondson Alan Waldman Van Winitsky 6–1, 7–5Loss 5–7 Jul 1982 Newport, US Grass Syd Ball John Andrews John Sadri 6–3, 6–7, 5–7Loss 5–8 Jul 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Pavel Složil Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 6–4, 4–6, 3–6Loss 5–9 Oct 1982 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Carpet (i) Syd Ball Francisco González Matt Mitchell 6–7, 6–7Loss 5–10 Dec 1983 Sydney, Australia Grass Broderick Dyke Mike Bauer Pat Cash 6–7, 4–6Loss 5–11 Dec 1983 Adelaide, Australia Grass Broderick Dyke Craig Miller Eric Sherbeck 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
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