34 Facts About Colin Fleming

Colin Fleming was born on 13 August 1984 and is a British retired professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.

Colin Fleming won his doubles match in the World Group quarter final against Italy.

Colin Fleming has reached nineteen ATP Tour doubles finals in his career, winning eight of them: two in 2009,2012 and 2013 and one in 2011 and 2015.

Colin Fleming has had a number of different partners, but primarily played alongside his British compatriots, most notably Ross Hutchins, Jamie and Andy Murray, Ken Skupski and Jonathan Marray.

Fleming's most successful partnership has been with Ross Hutchins, however whilst Hutchins was off the tour with illness, Fleming spent most of 2013 partnering with Marray.

Colin Fleming retired from professional tennis in January 2017, to take up the new position of national coach for Tennis Scotland.

Colin Fleming first picked up a tennis racquet as a toddler and copied his older siblings by playing for a local club in Linlithgow.

Colin Fleming 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.

Colin Fleming 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 Fleming is a known supporter of Partick Thistle FC.

Colin Fleming partnered Jamie Murray, winning their first Futures tournament on 4 September 2005 at the Great Britain F10 Futures in Nottingham.

Colin Fleming achieved career highs for singles and doubles, but in summer 2006, Colin Fleming decided to quit the tour to return to Stirling in order to complete his University degree.

Colin Fleming helped Giffnock win the Scottish Cup and represented his local club Linlithgow in the national league.

Colin Fleming considered himself to have turned properly professional in the summer of 2008, when he was 24.

Ken Skupski finished the year there because he'd had a long year, but Colin Fleming continued by partnering Jonny Marray in the Czech Republic and winning two Futures in Frydland Nad Ostravici, and Opava.

Colin Fleming won one match, but Josh Goodall and Chris Eaton were chosen for the singles.

Colin Fleming had won six doubles tournaments matches in 2008 and was selected for the doubles.

Colin Fleming then competed at the French open for the first time again partnering Ken Skupski but fell at the second round in three sets.

Colin Fleming partnered Jamie Murray in the Men's Doubles but they lost in the first round.

Just before Great Britain's match against Luxembourg, Colin Fleming had a slight niggle in his foot so he was replaced by Dan Evans as the back-up player.

James Ward was suffering the effects of his dramatic win over Attila Balazs on Friday, so Colin Fleming came in for the final rubber and recorded his first singles win in Davis Cup.

Colin Fleming did however finally win his third title after a two-year wait, at the St Petersburg Open, the last title he won back in 2009.

Colin Fleming reached the quarterfinals of the mixed event with Liezel Huber.

Colin Fleming was out of action for most of the clay court season because of a stress fracture in his tibia.

Colin Fleming competed in the mixed doubles event, partnering Sania Mirza of India.

Colin Fleming made a strong start to the 2013 season, winning the doubles title at the Heineken Open with Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, as Colin Fleming's regular doubles partner Ross Hutchins was out with illness.

Colin Fleming teamed up with fellow Scot Jamie Murray for the Australian Open, however they lost in the first round to Michael Kohlmann and Jarkko Nieminen.

At Indian Wells, Colin Fleming teamed up with Paul Hanley of Australia, with whom he made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Bruno Soares and Alexander Peya.

At the US Open, Colin Fleming returned to his usual partnership with Jonathan Marray.

Colin Fleming then partnered Andy Murray in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Croatia.

Colin Fleming then partnered Marcin Matkowski to reach the quarterfinals of Aegon Championships, before resuming his partnership with Hutchins to make the semifinals of the Aegon International.

Colin Fleming said breaking the news to Marray, a good friend, had been hard.

Colin Fleming didn't know who he would be playing with next, but a quick conversation "on Whatsapp" sorted out a partnership with Treat Huey of the Philippines.

On 20 January 2017, Colin Fleming announced his retirement from professional tennis to take up the new position of national coach for Tennis Scotland.