Peter Fleming (tennis)

Peter Fleming (tennis)

Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Peter Fleming


nickname =
country = flagcountry|United States
residence = London, England
datebirth = birth date and age|1955|01|21
placebirth = Chatham, New Jersey
height = 6 ft 5 in (1.95 m)
weight = 185 lb (84 kg)
turnedpro = 1975
retired = 1987
plays = Right-handed
careerprizemoney = US$1,986,799
singlesrecord = 221–205
singlestitles = 3
highestsinglesranking = No. 8 (7 July 1980)
AustralianOpenresult = 3rd Round (1983)
FrenchOpenresult = 2nd Round ('77, '80)
Wimbledonresult = Quarter Final (1980)
USOpenresult = 3rd Round (1978)
doublesrecord = 505–176
doublestitles = 59
highestdoublesranking = No. 1 (25 June, 1984)
grandslamsdoublesresults = yes
AustralianOpenDoublesresult =
FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
WimbledonDoublesresult = W ('79, '81, '83, '84)
USOpenDoublesresult = W ('79, '81, '83)
updated =

Peter Blair Fleming (born January 21, 1955 in Chatham, New Jersey) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Fleming attended Chatham High School, where he won the New Jersey high school individual championship in 1972, during his junior year. [ [http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/btennistop10.html Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century] , "The Star-Ledger". Accessed December 10, 2007.]

Fleming was a highly successful professional tennis player. During the 1980s, Fleming teamed up with fellow American John McEnroe to dominate the men's doubles game. The duo won an astonishing 50 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon (1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984), and three at the US Open (1979, 1981 and 1983). This success triggered Fleming's famous, and modest, quote that "The best doubles pair in the world is John McEnroe and anyone", though arguably Fleming provided a perfect physical, technical and mental counterpart to McEnroe.

Fleming also played on three American Davis Cup winning teams (1979, 1981 and 1982), and helped the US win the World Team Cup twice (1984 and 1985). Fleming reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1984. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 8 in 1980. Over the course of his career Fleming won three top-level singles titles and sixty doubles titles. Prior to turning professional, Fleming played tennis for UCLA (after transferring from the University of Michigan), and won the NCAA doubles title in 1976.

Since retiring as a player, Fleming has become a tennis commentator for Sky Sports, Eurosport and the BBC.

Doubles titles (60)

Runner-ups (5)

References

External links

*ATP|id=F030|name=Peter Fleming
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=10002245|name=Peter Fleming
* [http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/btennistop10.html Top male tennis players from New Jersey]


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