Peter Fleming (tennis)
Peter Blair Fleming is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In his doubles partnership with John McEnroe, he won 52 titles, of which seven were at Grand Slams. As a singles player, he peaked at World No. 8, winning three titles.
Tennis career
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 50 doubles titles together, including four at Wimbledon, and three at the US Open. 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, and helped the US win the World Team Cup twice. 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 and sixty doubles titles. Prior to turning professional, Fleming played tennis for the University of California, Los Angeles, 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.
Fleming is a keen golfer and is an active member of The Stage Golf Society.
He was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame. On July 30, 2011, Fleming, the Farmers Classic 1979 singles and 1983 doubles champion, was named 2011 Farmers Classic Tournament Honoree.
WCT, Grand Prix, and Grand Slam finals
Doubles (60 wins, 21 losses)
Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 1978 | Maui, U.S. | Hard |  Bill Scanlon | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 1978 | Bologna, Italy | Carpet |  Adriano Panatta | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 1978 | WCT Challenge Cup, Jamaica | Hard |  Ilie Năstase | 6–2, 6–5, 2–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 1979 | San Jose, U.S. | Carpet | John McEnroe | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Winner | 2. | 1979 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | Roscoe Tanner | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 1979 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Carpet | John McEnroe | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 1979 | San Francisco, U.S. | Carpet | John McEnroe | 6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 1979 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | Bill Scanlon | 1–6, 1–6 |