Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming at 2010 Commonwealth Games Mixed doubles final match.
Country	Great Britain Scotland
Residence	Linlithgow, West Lothian
Born	13 August 1984 (1984-08-13) (age 27) Broxburn, Scotland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$ 339,310
Singles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 359 (14 September 2009)
Doubles
Career record	52–44 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 30 (31 October 2011)
Current ranking	No. 30 (31 October 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	2R (2010), (2011)
Wimbledon	QF (2011)
US Open	QF (2011)
Last updated on: 28 June 2011.

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2010 Delhi	Mixed Doubles

Colin Fleming (born 13 August 1984 in Broxburn, West Lothian) is a British professional tennis player who lives in Linlithgow.^[1]

He was selected for 2009 Great Britain Davis Cup team.^[2]

Together with Jocelyn Rae, he won the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for Scotland.

He has made four ATP Tour doubles finals in his career winning two of them both in 2009. The Open de Moselle and St. Petersburg Open. In 2011 he had his best doubles Grand slam season to date reaching the quarter-finals of Wimbledon his best achievement in a Grand slam tournament and then two months later equaling it at the US Open.

Biography

Working his way up through the ranks Colin loved to compete, and regularly travelled long distances to play in regional challenge events and regional and GB junior tournaments. He was never at the top rank in the juniors, being small and slightly built until late teens, but held his own through court craft and determination. He also began his county career as a junior, representing North of Scotland, culminating in the great enjoyment he has in playing Summer County week and the camaraderie that he has with the North of Scotland players.

Colin left high school in 2001 at age 17 to study Economics & Finance at The University of Stirling as a sports bursar. The University offered him the opportunity to continue with his tennis training and competition as part of a high quality programme, otherwise he would have become a social player at that time. His tennis career was supported by the University when they enabled him to take two sabbatical years from 2004 to turn pro and join the tour, during which time he achieved career highs for singles and doubles in 2006. After selection in the Davis Cup squad for the match against Serbia and playing Wimbledon in 2006, Colin decided to quit the tour to return to Stirling in order to complete his University degree.

He graduated with First Class Honours in 2007 and secured a graduate scheme position as an energy trader where he worked for a year. With his hunger rekindled and his head set on making it in pro tennis, Colin decided to return to the tour in August 2008.

In 2009 he won his first doubles tournament on the ATP Tour circuit with fellow compatriot Ken Skupski at the 2009 Open de Moselle in France 2–6, 6–4, [10–5]. A few months later he won his second title at the 2009 St. Petersburg Open again partnering Ken Skupski winning 2–6, 7–5, [10–4].

In 2010 he competed in the Eastbourne open in Englandagain partnering Ken Skupski but only to lose in three sets 3–6, 7–5, [8–10].

In 2011 he reached the Final of the Casablanca open in Morocco, this time partnering Igor Zelenay only to lose the final in straight sets 2–6, 1–6.

In June at Wimbledon Hutchins had his best performance at a Grand Slam event in doubles making the qurater-finals. He lost a very tight five set thriller partnering Ross Hutchins to Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya. And then two months later at the US Open he equaled his Wimbledon performance of a quarter-final finish only to lose in three sets to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 5–7, 6–2, 5–7 whilst having match point. again partnering Ross Hutchins. Then at the Davis Cup he help Great Britain Win their promotion tie 5–0 against Hungray to advance to group I playing in Both Doubles and then the dead Singles match. He won the match this being his first ATP Tour Singles match win against Sebo Kiss 6–4, 6–3. He then reached the semi finals of the Open de Moselle but lost to second seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Marcelo Melo in three sets. He did finally win his third title after a two year wait partnering now permanent partner Ross Hutchins at the St. Petersburg Open which happens to be the last tile he won back in 2009. They defeated Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev in three sets 6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–8]. This was Flemings first title with with Hutchins. With this win his world ranking rose to a career high rank of 30 in the world.

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 5 (3-2)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0) ATP Tour 500 series (0) ATP Tour 250 series (3–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (3/0) Clay (0/1) Grass (0/1) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	22 September 2009	Metz, France	Hard	Ken Skupski	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	2–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Winner	2.	01 November 2009	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Ken Skupski	Jérémy Chardy Richard Gasquet	2–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Runner-up	1.	19 June 2010	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Ken Skupski	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	09 April 2011	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Igor Zelenay	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	30 October 2011	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Michail Elgin Alexandre Kudryavtsev	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]

References

1. ^ IFtennis.com, IFT Biography
2. ^ skysports.com, Sky Sports News March 6, 2009

• Atp profile, atpworldtour.com

Persondata
Name	Fleming, Colin
Alternative names
Short description	Tennis player
Date of birth	13 August 1984
Place of birth	Broxburn, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death