Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming
Colin Fleming 2013
Nation:	United Kingdom
Birthday:	August 13, 1984
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	80 kg
1st professional season:	2004
Resignation:	2017
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 1,076,823
singles
Career record:	1: 2
Highest ranking:	359 (September 14, 2009)
Double
Career record:	173: 153
Career title:	8th
Highest ranking:	17 (September 9, 2013)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Colin Fleming (born August 13, 1984 in Linlithgow ) is a former British tennis player from Scotland . His successes he celebrated primarily in the double, with the finals in the Masters Finals of Montreal in 2013 represents his greatest success. He has been the captain of the British Fed Cup team since 2019 .

Career

Beginnings (2004-2008)

Fleming began playing tennis professionally in 2004 and was able to win some future tournaments together with his then doubles partner Jamie Murray , brother of top 10 player Andy Murray . In the summer of 2006 he was finally among the top 200 in the ATP ranking.

In order to complete his studies in business administration at the University of Stirling , Fleming interrupted his professional tennis career in 2006 and 2007.

In 2008, Fleming came back better than before and managed to win six future doubles in a row. Within three months, he made the jump from 1230th to 422nd place.

Establishment in the top 100 of the double world rankings (2009–2012)

After winning some future tournaments with his new standard doubles partner Ken Skupski in early 2009, he also took part on the ATP Challenger Tour . At his first attempt he was able to reach the final in Jersey and two months later he won the Challenger doubles tournament in Cremona . On his first attempt after his comeback at an ATP tournament at the Queen's Club in London , Skupsi and Fleming were able to beat the top seeded pair Bob and Mike Bryan in straight sets; they then lost in the quarterfinals in just three sets against Łukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach . With the victory at the ATP tournament in Metz , Fleming made it into the top 100 of the ATP world rankings . At the beginning of November 2009, the pairing was also able to win the tournament in Saint Petersburg .

2010 was less successful on the ATP Tour, but he was able to win three Challenger tournaments and reached the final in Eastbourne . He also won the mixed at the Commonwealth Games together with Jocelyn Rae . When the results didn't get better, the duo Fleming and Skupski decided to split up in October 2010. With his new partners Ross Hutchins and again Jamie Murray, he achieved two more Challenger double titles by the end of the year.

In 2011, Fleming was only able to build on old successes with Igor Zelenay by taking part in the finals in Casablanca . With his now permanent doubles partner Hutchins he won two Challenger tournaments and they reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and at the US Open . In November they were able to repeat their 2009 success at the tournament in St. Petersburg .

In the 2012 season he continued to play with Hutchins and was able to celebrate his greatest success at the tournament with the first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open , by making it to the round of 16. The two British won two more titles in Delray Beach and Eastbourne . Later in the year, Fleming and Hutchins also reached the finals in Newport and at the Malaysian Open . They also achieved great success with their participation in the semi-finals at the Masters tournament in Shanghai and the round of 16 at the US Open .

Best tournament year and retirement (2013-2017)

At the second tournament in 2013 in Auckland , Fleming achieved the sixth tournament success of his career with his temporary partner Bruno Soares , against whom he had lost in the final at the 2012 Malaysian Open . In the same year he succeeded in winning the title in Marseille with Rohan Bopanna . The year was Fleming's best year, he achieved his personal highest ranking of 13th place in September and finished in 27th place, as in the previous year. In 2015, Jonathan Erlich was his eighth and final tournament victory in Shenzhen .

In January 2017, Fleming retired as a player to become the new national coach for Tennis Scotland . He is married and has two children.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series (8) ATP Challenger Tour (10)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (7) Sand (0) Grass (1)

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 27, 2009	Metz	Hard court (i)	Ken Skupski	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	2: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]
2.	November 1, 2009	St. Petersburg (1)	Hard court (i)	Ken Skupski	Jérémy Chardy Richard Gasquet	2: 6, 7: 5, [10: 4]
3.	October 30, 2011	St. Petersburg (2)	Hard court (i)	Ross Hutchins	Mikhail Yelgin Alexander Kudryavzew	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , [10: 8]
4th	March 4, 2012	Delray Beach	Hard court	Ross Hutchins	Michal Mertiňák André Sá	2: 6, 7: 6 5 , [15:13]
5.	June 23, 2012	Eastbourne	race	Ross Hutchins	Jamie Delgado Ken Skupski	6: 4, 6: 3
6th	January 12, 2013	Auckland	Hard court	Bruno Soares	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	7: 6 1 , 7: 6 2
7th	February 24, 2013	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Rohan Bopanna	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	6: 4, 7: 6 3
8th.	4th October 2015	Shenzhen	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Chris Guccione André Sá	6: 1, 6: 7 3 , [10: 6]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 15, 2008	jersey	Hard court (i)	Ken Skupski	Chris Guccione Márcio Torres	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	May 23, 2009	Cremona	Hard court	Ken Skupski	Daniele Bracciali Alessandro Motti	6: 2, 6: 1
3.	August 1, 2009	Granby	Hard court	Ken Skupski	Amir Hadad Harel Levy	6: 3, 7: 6 6
4th	October 24, 2009	Orleans	Hard court (i)	Ken Skupski	Sébastien Grosjean Olivier Patience	6: 1, 6: 1
5.	June 5, 2010	Nottingham (1)	race	Ken Skupski	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	7: 6 3 , 6: 4
6th	November 12, 2010	Astana	Hard court (i)	Ross Hutchins	Mikhail Yelgin Alexander Kudryavzew	6: 3, 7: 6 10
7th	January 20, 2010	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Jamie Murray	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 6]
8th.	April 16, 2011	Athens	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Matthias Bachinger Benjamin Becker	without a fight
9.	June 4, 2011	Nottingham (2)	race	Ross Hutchins	Dustin Brown Martin Emmrich	4: 6, 7: 6 8 , [13:11]
10.	September 13, 2014	Istanbul	Hard court	Jonathan Marray	Jordan Kerr Fabrice Martin	6: 4, 2: 6, [10: 8]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 19, 2010	Eastbourne (1)	race	Ken Skupski	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3: 6, 7: 5, [8:10]
2.	April 10, 2011	Casablanca	sand	Igor Zelenay	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecau	2: 6, 1: 6
3.	July 15, 2012	Newport	race	Ross Hutchins	Scott Lipsky Santiago González	6: 7 3 , 3: 6
4th	September 30, 2012	Kuala Lumpur	Hard court (i)	Ross Hutchins	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7: 5, 5: 7, [7:10]
5.	June 21th 2013	Eastbourne (2)	race	Jonathan Marray	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6: 3, 3: 6, [8:10]
6th	July 28, 2013	Atlanta (1)	Hard court	Jonathan Marray	Édouard Roger-Vasselin Igor Sijsling	6: 7 6 , 3: 6
7th	August 11, 2013	Montreal	Hard court	Andy Murray	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4: 6, 6: 7 4
8th.	May 4, 2014	Munich	sand	Ross Hutchins	Jamie Murray John Peers	4: 6, 2: 6
9.	February 22, 2015	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Marray	Marin Draganja Henri Kontinen	4: 6, 6: 3, [8:10]
10.	2nd August 2015	Atlanta (2)	Hard court	Gilles Muller	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , [4:10]
11.	February 21, 2016	Marseille (2)	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	2: 6, 3: 6

Web links

Commons : Colin Fleming  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Colin Fleming (English)
• ITF profile Colin Fleming (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Colin Fleming (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Colin Fleming new captain of the British Fed Cup team. In: tennisnet.com. December 20, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Stewart Fisher: Tennis: Colin Fleming is excited to begin new national coach role. In: thenational.scot. The National , January 18, 2017, accessed April 4, 2017 .