Peter Fleming (2019) - Hall of Fame

Peter Fleming

Induction:
2019

After transferring to UCLA from Michigan for the 1976 season, Peter Fleming won a pair of NCAA tennis titles, leading the Bruin team to their 12th NCAA title and capturing the doubles championship with Ferdi Taygan. He was also the NCAA singles runner-up, the Pac-10 singles champion and the Pac-10 Player of the Year. Considered one of the greatest doubles players in the history of the sport, Fleming had an impressive professional career, teaming with John McEnroe to win seven Grand Slams – four at Wimbledon and three at the U.S. Open. He was a member of three Davis Cup championship teams in 1979, 1981 and 1982, going 14-1 in doubles play. Fleming and McEnroe were named the ATP Doubles Team of the Year four times and achieved the No. 1 world ranking in 1984. In singles, Fleming ranked as high as No. 8 in the world in 1980 after reaching the Wimbledon singles quarterfinals. Over his career, Fleming captured a total of 60 career doubles titles and three singles titles and was inducted into the ITA Hall of Fame in 1998.