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Peter Fleming

American tennis player

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Born
January 21, 1955
Age in 2026
71
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1955

About Peter Fleming

Peter Blair Fleming (born January 21, 1955) is an American former professional tennis player. In his doubles partnership with John McEnroe, he won 52 titles, of which seven were at Grand Slams (four at Wimbledon, three at the US Open). As a singles player, he peaked at world No. 8, winning three titles (including the 1979 Cincinnati Open). Fleming attended Chatham High School, where he won the New Jersey high school individual championship in 1972, during his junior year. Over the course of his career Fleming won three top-level singles titles and sixty doubles titles. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1975.

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Career and life highlights

Peter Fleming timeline

  1. Fleming attended Chatham High School, where he won the New Jersey high school individual championship in 1972, during his junior year.
  2. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1975.

The world when Peter Fleming was born

Peter Fleming was born in 1955. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1955

  • #1 song"Rock Around the Clock" – Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Top movieMarty
  • Top TV showThe $64,000 Question
  • Best-selling bookLolita – Vladimir Nabokov

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBrooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series
  • Top headlineRosa Parks sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Technology milestoneDisneyland opens in Anaheim, California
  • Defining fadJames Dean and rebel culture
  • Notable inventionVelcro commercially available
  • World population2.77 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderDwight D. Eisenhower
  • Sports championBrooklyn Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonSyracuse Nationals (NBA)
  • U.S. population165.3M

1955 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Peter Fleming's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19552026
Gas$0.29$3.45/gal
Average home$10,950$435,000
Average income$6,200$67,500
Minimum wage$0.75$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.50$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population165.3M341 million

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