Jedan od najtalentiranijih hrvatskih tenisača rođenih u 1960-ima,  Igor Flego, rođen je 13. prosinca 1961. godine u Rijeci. Tenisom se počeo baviti u sedmoj godini u teniskom klubu Opatija u Opatiji. Brojni uspjesi koji su uslijedili već su mu u ranoj  dobi donijeli ugled i status, te je od svoje 16. godine bio član juniorske reprezentacije Jugoslavije. Kontinuirano dobro igranje doniijelo mu je i članstvo u  svim juniorskim kategorijama od 16. naviše, a naposljetku i mjesto u seniorskoj reprezentaciji Ju-goslavije, za koju je nastupao na sljedećim natjecanjima: Galea Cup, King’s Cup i Davis Cup.

Jedan od zasigurno najvećih uspjeha postigao je na prvenstvu Europe za omladince do 21. god. 1980.  godine u Beogradu, kada je osvojio 3. mjesto i brončanu medalju. Veliki uzlet njegove teniske karijere događao se sredinom 1990-tih godina, kada je kontinuirano nastupao za Davis Cup reprezentaciju Jugoslavije koja se tada natjecala u Svjetskoj skupini. Od indvidualnih igračkih uspjeha  treba spomenuti nastupe  na Australian Openu, ATP Grand Prix turnirima u Toulouseu, Kitzbühelu, Genevi, Kölnu, Münchenu, kao i nastupe na ATP Challenger turnirima u Tampereu, Travemündeu, Münchenu, te nastupe na ATP Satellite turnirima u Nizozemskoj, Švicarskoj, Austriji, Hrvatskoj i drugima. Najviši plasman na ATP ljestvici bio mu je 261. mjesto 30. srpnja 1984.

Višestruki je veteranski prvak Hrvatske i višestruki pobjednik ITF Međunarodnog prvenstva Hrvatske u Opatiji,  turnira 2. ranga koji su ujedno bili i jedini veteranski turniri iz kalendara ITF-a na kojima je nastupio, sve  do ITF GMP CUPA UMAG 2010. godine.  Nakon tog turnira  mu je najviši plasman na ITF-ovoj  ljestvici igrača u starosnoj kategoriji G45, bilo 47. mjesto, što  svakako  nije bio adekvatan plasman za igrača njegove kvalitete. Zato će ove godine ponovno nastupiti na ITF GMP CUPU UMAG u Umagu, turniru 1. ranga, gdje će imati novu priliku pokazati svoje veliko  igračko umijeće i popraviti plasman na rang listi gdje se nakon prolaza u višu kategoriju G50, trenutačno nalazi na 178. mjestu u kategoriji G40 ITF-ove ljestvice. Svi ljubitelji tenisa imat će priliku ponovno uživati u njegovoj igri, kao što su to godinama činili dok je aktivno igrao.Osim vrhunskim tenisom, Igor Flego svoju svestranost dokazuje brojnim drugim aktivnostima.

Po zanimanju je licencirani posrednik u prometu nekretnina i vlasnik agencije Habito, po potrebi sudski tumač za engleski i njemački jezik, a radi i kao trener tenisa. Aktivan je i u rukometu kao predsjednik muškog rukometnog kluba u Opatiji. Oženjen je i otac troje djece.Dosad je na turniru ITF GMP CUP nastupio samo jednom, i to 2010. godine u Umagu, gdje je u finalu  izgubio je od Australca Manfreda Hunstorfera, s rezultatom 6:4, 6:1.

Igor Flego, one of the most talented Croatian tennis players, was born on 13 December 1961 in Rijeka, Croatia. He started playing tennis at the age of seven in Opatija Tennis Club. A streak of good results brought him a place on the national team at an early age, and from the age of 16 he was a member of the junior national team of the former Yugoslavia. Consistently good performances earned him a place in all junior categories from the age of 16 and up, and finally, a place in the senior national team of the former Yugoslavia, when he participated in the following competitions: Galea Cup, King’s Cup, and Davis Cup.

One of the major achievements while playing for the national team was playing at the European Championship for youths under 21 in 1980 in Belgrade, when he won third place and a bronze medal. Another national team career highlight happened during the mid 1990s, when he played for the Davis Cup team of the former Yugoslavia at World Group competitons. His individual professional achievements include competing at the Australian Open, ATP Grand Prix tournaments in Toulouse, Kitzbuhel, Geneva, Cologne and Münich, as well as competing at the ATP Tampere Challenger tournaments, Travemünde, Münich and ATP Satellite tournaments in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia and others.

He was best ranked no. 261 in the ATP rankings  on 30 July 1984.He is also a multiple seniors champion of Croatia and a multiple winner of the ITF International Croatian championship in Opatija, grade 2 tourna-ment, also the only seniors tournaments from the ITF circuit calendar in which he participated until ITF GMP CUP UMAG in 2010. After this tournament he got through to the  47th place in the ITF rankings in the M45 age category, which didn’t correspond to his true quality as a player. This year he is again competing at the ITF GMP CUP in Umag, an ITF grade 1 tournament, where he will have a new opportunity to display his great playing skills and improve his ITF ranking, which is now, after entering the next age category, M50  the 203rd place . All tennis lovers will again have an opportunity to enjoy watching him play, as they did during the years he was an active player.Apart from playing top class tennis, Igor Flego proves his versatility with a wide range of activities he is involved in.

Flego is a licenced real estate agent and an owner of the Habito real-estate agency, a part-time court interpreter for English and German, and also works as a tennis coach. He is active in handball as a president of the men’s handball club in Opatija. He is married, and father of three children.He only played once in ITF GMP CUP so far, in 2010 in Umag, when he lost in finals from Manfred Hunstorfer, Aut, with 6:4, 6:1.