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General First namePeter Blair
LastnameFleming
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1955-01-21
Place of birthChatham, United States of America


About

Fleming attended Chatham High School, where he won the New Jersey high school individual championship in 1972, during his junior year.
During the 1980s, Fleming teamed up with fellow American John McEnroe to dominate the men's doubles game. The duo won 52 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon (1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984), and three at the US Open (1979, 1981 and 1983). Fleming once said that "The best doubles pair in the world is John McEnroe and anyone".
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, the year in which he reached the quarter-finals at the Wimbledon championships. Over the course of his career Fleming won three top-level singles titles (including the 1979 Cincinnati Open) and sixty doubles titles. Prior to turning professional, Fleming played tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles (after transferring from the University of Michigan), and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles title in 1976.

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

He was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame. On July 30, 2011, Fleming, the Farmers Classic 1979 singles and 1983 doubles champion, was named 2011 Farmers Classic Tournament Honoree.

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Archive statistics Career1971 - 1987
Tournament wins12
Matches595
Match wins334


Tournament wins 1984 - WCT - Forest Hills - Qualifying (WCT Circuit)
1979 - Pacific Southwest Championships (Open)
1979 - Cincinnati (ATP)
1979 - Kent Championships (Open)
1978 - Bologna Indoor (WCT Circuit)
1978 - Sommers (Open)
1978 - Portland Invitation (Open)
1976 - Tucson (Open)
1976 - Pacific Coast Indoors (Open)
1975 - Ojai Championships (Open)
1975 - Charles Farrell Invitation (Open)
1973 - New Jersey State Championships (Open)


Tournaments Wimbledon - 1987 US Open - 1987 Toronto Indoor - 1986 US Pro Championships - Qualifying - 1986 Lipton International Players Championships - 1986 Wimbledon - 1985 US Open - 1985 Canadian International Championships - 1985 Pacific Coast Championship - 1985 Queens Club Tournament - 1985 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1985 US International Indoor Championships - 1985 Kent Championships - 1985 Toronto Indoor - 1985 Cologne Indoor Open - 1985 Kiva Tennis Classic - 1985 Long Island Exhibition - 1985 Wembley Indoor - Qualifying - 1985 WCT - Houston - 1985 Stratton Mountain - 1985 Lipton International Players Championships - 1985 Wimbledon - 1984 Roland Garros - 1984 US Open - 1984 Canadian International Championships - 1984 Pacific Coast Championship - 1984 Cincinnati - 1984 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1984 US International Indoor Championships - 1984 Brisbane International - 1984 Madrid Open - 1984 Philadelphia Open - 1984 Milano Indoors - 1984 Australian Indoors - 1984 Stockholm Open - 1984 Wembley Indoor - 1984 WCT - Forest Hills - 1984 Melbourne Indoor - 1984 Luxembourg - 1984 WCT - Forest Hills - Qualifying - 1984 Livingston - 1984 Australian Open - 1983 Wimbledon - 1983 US Open - 1983 New South Wales Championships - 1983 Canadian International Championships - 1983 Pacific Coast Championship - 1983 Cincinnati - 1983 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1983 US International Indoor Championships - 1983 Kent Championships - 1983 Wimbledon Qualifying - 1983 Delray Beach - 1983 Philadelphia Indoors - Qualifying - 1983 Queens Club - Qualifying - 1983 Stockholm Open - 1983 United States 1 Satellite - Leg 4 - 1983 Wimbledon - 1982 US International Indoor Championships - 1982 US Open Qualifying - 1982 Indian Wells - 1982 Philadelphia Open - 1982 Paris Indoor - Qualifying - 1982 Lorraine Open - 1982 Canadian International - Qualifying - 1982 Columbus Open - Qualifying - 1982 Vienna International Indoor - Qualifying - 1982 Stockholm Open - Qualifying - 1982 Wembley Indoor - Qualifying - 1982 Toulouse Indoor - Qualifying - 1982 Wimbledon - 1981 US Open - 1981 Canadian International Championships - 1981 Pacific Coast Championship - 1981 Queens Club Tournament - 1981 US International Indoor Championships - 1981 Northern Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1981 Philadelphia Open - 1981 Atlanta Open - 1981 Columbus Open - 1981 Las Vegas - 1981 Australian Indoors - 1981 Gunze World Open - 1981 Stockholm Open - 1981 Wembley Indoor - 1981 Challenge of Champions - 1981 Australian Open - 1980 Wimbledon - 1980 Roland Garros - 1980 US Open - 1980 Pacific Coast Championship - 1980 Cincinnati - 1980 Queens Club Tournament - 1980 Indian Wells - 1980 Philadelphia Open - 1980 Milano Indoors - 1980 Hong Kong Open - 1980 Columbus Open - 1980 Birmingham International Indoor - 1980 Australian Indoors - 1980 Maui Classic - 1980 WCT Challenge Cup - 1980 WCT - Forest Hills - 1980 Stowe - 1980 Tokyo Indoor - 1980 Australia Super Challenge - 1980 Santiago Invitation - 1980 Wimbledon - 1979 Roland Garros - 1979 US Open - 1979 Canadian International Championships - 1979 Pacific Coast Championship - 1979 Cincinnati - 1979 Queens Club Tournament - 1979 Italian International Championships - 1979 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1979 US International Indoor Championships - 1979 Kent Championships - 1979 ABN AMRO Rotterdam - 1979 New Orleans International - 1979 Milano Indoors - 1979 Santa Clara - 1979 South Orange Open - 1979 Bologna Indoor - 1979 Baltimore International Indoors - 1979 Las Vegas - 1979 Bahamas International - 1979 WCT - New Orleans - 1979 Maui Classic - 1979 Stockholm Open - 1979 WCT Challenge Cup - 1979 Wembley Indoor - 1979 San Jose International - 1979 WCT Tournament of Champions - 1979 WCT - Forest Hills - 1979 Frankfurt Indoor - 1979 San Benedetto - 1979 Brooklyn Masters - 1979 Wimbledon - 1978 Monte Carlo - 1978 US Open - 1978 Pacific Coast Championship - 1978 Queens Club Tournament - 1978 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1978 River Oaks Tournament - 1978 South African Championships - 1978 Richmond Indoor Championships - 1978 Indian Wells - 1978 Washington Open - 1978 Philadelphia Open - 1978 WCT - St. Louis - 1978 Milano Indoors - 1978 South Orange Open - 1978 Bologna Indoor - 1978 Columbus Open - 1978 Denver - 1978 Las Vegas - 1978 Birmingham International Indoor - 1978 Maui Classic - 1978 Laguna Niguel - 1978 Stockholm Open - 1978 WCT Challenge Cup - 1978 Cologne Indoor Open - 1978 Wembley Indoor - 1978 Johannesburg Open - 1978 Portland Invitation - 1978 Birmingham Open - 1978 WCT - Forest Hills - 1978 Stowe - 1978 Sommers - 1978 United States 3 Satellite - Leg 3 - 1978 Australian Open - 1977 Wimbledon - 1977 Roland Garros - 1977 US Open - 1977 Pacific Coast Championship - 1977 Southern California Championship - 1977 Cincinnati - 1977 Queens Club Tournament - 1977 Italian International Championships - 1977 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1977 US International Indoor Championships - 1977 US Pro Championships - 1977 South African Championships - 1977 Kent Championships - 1977 Nottingham - 1977 Indian Wells - 1977 Hall of Fame Championships - 1977 Oviedo - 1977 South Orange Open - 1977 Columbus Open - 1977 Baltimore International Indoors - 1977 Denver - 1977 Bahamas International - 1977 Arkansas International - 1977 Downeast Classic - 1977 Maui Classic - 1977 Laguna Niguel - 1977 Jackson - 1977 Stockholm Open - 1977 Cape Town International - 1977 Wembley Indoor - 1977 Springfield Classic - 1977 US Open - 1976 New South Wales Championships - 1976 Pacific Coast Championship - 1976 Cincinnati - 1976 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1976 US International Indoor Championships - 1976 Kent Championships - 1976 Wimbledon Qualifying - 1976 Intercollegiate Championships - 1976 Bastad - 1976 Tucson - 1976 Pacific Coast Indoors - 1976 Washington Open - 1976 South Orange Open - 1976 Columbus Open - 1976 Boca West International - 1976 National Tennis Foundation Open - 1976 IPA Championships - 1976 Bermuda Classic - 1976 Bakersfield - 1976 Seattle Indoor - 1976 Newport Beach International - 1976 Pacific Coast Championship - 1975 Southern California Championship - 1975 Southern Championships - 1975 US Clay Courts - 1975 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1975 US International Indoor Championships - 1975 US Open Qualifying - 1975 Ojai Championships - 1975 Charles Farrell Invitation - 1975 Washington Open - 1975 South Orange Open - 1975 US National Amateur Clay Courts - 1975 Birmingham Classic - 1975 Ridgefield Open - 1975 Canadian International Championships - 1974 Southern Championships - 1974 US Open Qualifying - 1974 South Orange Open - 1974 US National Amateur Clay Courts - 1974 US National Amateur Grass Courts - 1974 Washington Satellite - 1974 Cincinnati - Qualifying - 1974 WCT - Hempstead - Qualifying - 1974 River Plaza International - 1974 New Jersey State Championships - 1973 US Open Qualifying - 1973 Eastern Indoors - 1973 Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship - 1973 US National Amateur Grass Courts - 1973 Washington Indoor - II - 1973 Bermuda Championships - 1972 Eastern Indoors - 1972 Clean Air Classic - second meeting - 1972 Eastern Indoors - 1971 Long Island Championships - 1971