Paul McNamee
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Full name | Paul McNamee |
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Country (sports) |
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Born |
Melbourne, Australia | 12 November 1954
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1973 |
Retired | 1988 |
Plays |
Right-handed (2-handed backhand) *single-handed until 1979[1] |
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) |
Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian retired tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
Tennis career
Juniors
In his hometown, McNamee won the Boys' Singles tournament at the 1973 Australian Open.
Pro tour
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).[2]
Sports administrator
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.
From 2006 to 2008 he was the Tournament Director for Golf Australia of the Australian Golf Open.[3] He also served as the CEO of the Melbourne Football Club from March to July 2008.[4]
In late 2008, it was revealed that McNamee has joined the push for Australia to field a cycling team at the Tour de France – with support from Cadel Evans as a consultant for Australian Road Cycling, a Melbourne-based consortium.[5]
Career finals
Singles (2 titles, 5 runners-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 1980 | Palm Harbor, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 1980 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 0–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1982 | Baltimore WCT, U.S. | Carpet | ![]() |
4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1983 | Houston WCT, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 0–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1983 | Brisbane, Australia | Carpet | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1986 | Nice, France | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1986 | St. Vincent, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 6–7 |
Doubles (23 titles, 15 runners-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
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Runner-up | 1. | 1977 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 1–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 1. | 1979 | Nice, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 2. | 1979 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 1979 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6 |
Winner | 4. | 1979 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 1979 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–2 |
Winner | 6. | 1980 | Palm Harbor, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 7. | 1980 | Houston, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 1980 | Forest Hills WCT, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 1980 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 9–11 |
Winner | 8. | 1980 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4 |
Winner | 9. | 1980 | Stockholm, Sweden | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 1980 | Bologna, Italy | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1980 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 10. | 1980 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 1980 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Winner | 11. | 1981 | Masters Doubles WCT, London | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 1981 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Winner | 12. | 1981 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 13. | 1981 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7, 7–6, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 1982 | Nice, France | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 14. | 1982 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7, 7–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 15. | 1982 | Bournemouth, England | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 16. | 1982 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 17. | 1983 | Memphis, U.S. | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
Winner | 18. | 1983 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | 1983 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Winner | 19. | 1983 | Brisbane, Australia | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 20. | 1983 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 21. | 1984 | Houston, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 22. | 1984 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 23. | 1984 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 1984 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | ![]() |
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2–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 1984 | Hong Kong | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 12. | 1985 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 13. | 1985 | Boston, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 14. | 1986 | Fort Myers, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 15. | 1986 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7 |
References
- ↑ Chang, Michael and Yorkey, Mike. "Holding Serve: Persevering on and Off the Court", Thomas Nelson Inc, 1 May 2002.
- ↑ Craig Bellamy, Gordon Chisholm, Hilary Eriksen (17 Feb 2006) Moomba: A festival for the people.: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/rsrc/PDFs/Moomba/History%20of%20Moomba.pdf PDF pp 17–22
- ↑ "Sydney to keep Open until 2009",, Martin Blake, The Age, 11 February 2007
- ↑ AAP (2008). McNamee dumped as Demons CEO. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
- ↑ Cadel, McNamee support push for Australian Tour de France team Article.
External links
- Paul McNamee at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Paul McNamee at the International Tennis Federation
- Paul McNamee at the Davis Cup
- DemonWiki Profile
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