Peter Fleming Joins John McEnroe Academy

Written by: Staff on 22nd August 2012

Peter Fleming Joins John McEnroe Academy

epa000468354 John McEnroe of the USA (L) in action with partner and compatriot Peter Fleming during his doubles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the Wimbledon Championships, Tuesday 28 June 2005. EPA/HUGO PHILPOTT |

Longtime friends and doubles partners John McEnroe and Peter Fleming are again teaming up – this time in an effort to boost the sport they love, as Fleming was today named an Associate Academy Director at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy .

McEnroe and Fleming will officially kick off this re-constituting of their partnership with a kids clinic at the new Sportime Lake Isle in Eastchester , New York on August 26th at noon. Lake Isle will be one of two new annexes for the JMTA, with the other being in Bethpage , New York.??

Fleming, once the No. 1 doubles and No. 8 singles player in the world, will be based out of the JMTA’s flagship Randall’s Island and Lake Isle locations. He will maintain a presence at both clubs from September through May. Fleming also does TV analysis for Sky TV. “Peter and I have known each other since the early 1970s,” said McEnroe, “and probably no one on the planet knows better than Peter about my approach to the game – both on and off court – and how I would like to see the game played, kids train, and parents to act. It’s a perfect fit.”

Fleming added “I have talked with John for years about his dream of exposing the game to a new generation of kids and using a system he believes in to build a new group of dedicated players and lifelong fans of the game, and anything I can do to help him I will.”

Fleming joins a staff that now includes fellow Associate Academy Director and New Jersey native, Fritz Buehning, a former top 20 player

“With Fritz and Peter on a staff led by Academy Director, Lawrence Kleger, and with Johnny Mac himself inspiring the troops, JMTA is becoming what we envisioned it would be – the best academy in the world,” comments Sportime Chief Executive Officer Claude Okin. “We are ready to train the next generation of the great American players at JMTA.”

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