Rod Frawley

Rod Frawley
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceClontarf, Australia
Born (1952-09-08) 8 September 1952 (age 72)
Brisbane, Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$256,333
Singles
Career record110–144
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 43 (22 December 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1979)
French Open2R (1981)
WimbledonSF (1981)
Doubles
Career record153–129
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 23 (3 March 1980)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1978–81, 1983)
WimbledonQF (1981)

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.[1]

He is the older brother of John Frawley.[2]

Career finals

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Singles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1982 Adelaide, Australia Grass United States Lloyd Bourne 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Dec 1982 Melbourne, Australia Grass Australia Pat Cash 4–6, 6–7

Doubles (5 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1978 Bournemouth, UK Clay Australia David Carter Netherlands Louk Sanders
Netherlands Rolf Thung
3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1979 Maui, US Hard Paraguay Francisco González United Kingdom John Lloyd
United States Nick Saviano
5–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Oct 1979 Sydney, Australia Hard Paraguay Francisco González India Vijay Amritraj
United States Pat DuPré
walkover
Loss 1–3 Oct 1979 Tokyo, Japan Clay Paraguay Francisco González Australia Colin Dibley
Paraguay Pat DuPré
6–3, 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Jan 1980 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Austria Peter Feigl United States John Sadri
United States Tim Wilkison
6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Mar 1980 Memphis, US Carpet (i) Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd United States Brian Gottfried
United States John McEnroe
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 3–4 Jun 1980 London/Queen's, UK Grass Australia Geoff Masters Australia Paul McNamee
United States Sherwood Stewart
6–2, 4–6, 11–9
Loss 3–5 Oct 1980 Brisbane, Australia Grass Australia Phil Dent United States John McEnroe
United States Matt Mitchell
6–8
Win 4–5 Oct 1981 Brisbane, Australia Grass New Zealand Chris Lewis Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Mike Estep
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–6 Mar 1982 Linz, Austria Clay Australia Paul Kronk Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson
2–6, 0–6
Win 5–6 May 1982 Hilton Head WCT, US Clay Australia Mark Edmondson United States Alan Waldman
United States Van Winitsky
6–1, 7–5
Loss 5–7 Jul 1982 Newport, US Grass Australia Syd Ball United States John Andrews
United States John Sadri
6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Loss 5–8 Jul 1982 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 5–9 Oct 1982 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Carpet (i) Australia Syd Ball Paraguay Francisco González
United States Matt Mitchell
6–7, 6–7
Loss 5–10 Dec 1983 Sydney, Australia Grass Australia Broderick Dyke United States Mike Bauer
Australia Pat Cash
6–7, 4–6
Loss 5–11 Dec 1983 Adelaide, Australia Grass Australia Broderick Dyke Australia Craig Miller
United States Eric Sherbeck
3–6, 6–4, 4–6

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