Nick Fleury | |
Fullname: | Niklaus Fleury |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1945 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Turnedpro: | 1965 (amateur circuit) 1969 |
Retired: | 1978 |
Singlesrecord: | [1] |
Singlestitles: | 2 |
Doublesrecord: | 1–6 (ATP Tour & Davis Cup) |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 1R (1967) |
Niklaus Fleury (born 10 May 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player.[2] He was active from 1965 to 1978 and won 2 career singles titles.[1]
he played his first tournament at the Netherlands National Championships in 1965 where he reached the quarter finals, but lost to Jan Hajer.[1] In 1967 he won his first singles title at the Tilburg International Indoor tournament against Jan Hajer.[1] In 1969 Fleury won his second and final title at the Netherlands National Championships against Evert Schneider,[1] and made his Davis Cup debut that year, going on to feature in six ties for his country.[3] He also won a further seven men's doubles national titles with Jan Hordijk (all in succession) and another five in mixed doubles. In 1967 he featured in the mixed doubles main draw at Wimbledon.[4] He played his final singles event in 1978 playing for the Netherlands Masters, that was part the Netherlands 1 Satellite Circuit.[1]