Paul McNamee
McNamee playing tennis in 2011
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| Full name | Paul McNamee |
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia |
| Born |
12 November 1954 Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 1973 |
| Retired | 1988 |
| Plays |
Right-handed (2-handed backhand) *single-handed until 1979 |
| College | Monash University |
| Prize money | $1,233,615 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 246–225 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 24 (12 May 1986) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1982) |
| French Open | 4R (1980) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1982) |
| US Open | 2R (1979, 1983, 1984, 1986) |
| Other tournaments | |
| WCT Finals | 1R (1983) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 306–163 |
| Career titles | 23 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (8 June 1981) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1979, 1983) |
| French Open | SF (1986) |
| Wimbledon | W (1980, 1982) |
| US Open | SF (1980) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | F (1980) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | W (1985) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1983, 1986) |
Right-handed (2-handed backhand)
Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian retired tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
In his hometown, McNamee won the Boys' Singles tournament at the 1973 Australian Open.
McNamee won two singles and twenty-three doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, he reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 May 1986 when he became the World No. 24. McNamee reached his highest doubles ATP-ranking on 8 June 1981 when he became the World No. 1. McNamee won 24 men's doubles titles including four Grand Slam doubles titles in his career. He won the 1979 Australian Open and the 1980 and 1982 Wimbledon Championships with Peter McNamara and the 1983 Australian Open with Mark Edmondson.
When John McEnroe won Wimbledon in 1984, McNamee was the only player to take a set off McEnroe throughout the entire championship when he won the third set of their first round match.
McNamee was also a member of the Australian Davis Cup Team which won the Davis Cup in 1983 and 1986.
In 1987, McNamee became Melbourne's last officially crowned King of Moomba, subsequently a Moomba Monarch was selected (male Monarchs were popularly, but unofficially, still called King of Moomba).
McNamee played a key role in the founding of the Hopman Cup international tennis tournament in 1988. He served as Tournament Director of the Hopman Cup and CEO of the Australian Open until 2006.
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