Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954) is an Australian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player and prominent sports administrator.

Junior career

In his hometown, McNamee won the boys' singles tournament at the 1973 Australian Open.

Professional career

McNamee is the only player to switch a grip as a professional, changing from a one-handed backhand to two-handed in 1979. He 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. He won the mixed-doubles title in Wimbledon with Martina Navratilova in 1985.

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. A Moomba Monarch was subsequently selected. (However, male Monarchs were popularly, but unofficially, still called King of Moomba).

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. He also served as the CEO of the Melbourne Football Club from March to July 2008.

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.

Career finals

Singles (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1.	1980	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 0–6, 0–6
Win	2.	1982	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	1983	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	2–6, 0–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	1986	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	1986	St. Vincent, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Simone Colombo	6–2, 3–6, 6–7

Doubles (23 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1977	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Template:Flagicon Henry Bunis	Template:Flagicon Patricio Cornejo Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	7–5, 1–6, 1–6
Win	1.	1979	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2.	1979	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–4
Win	3.	1979	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei Template:Flagicon John Feaver	7–5, 7–6
Win	4.	1979	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Steve Docherty Template:Flagicon Christopher Lewis	7–6, 6–3
Win	5.	1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Cliff Letcher Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	7–6, 6–2
Win	6	Feb 1980	San Juan, U.S.Template:Efn	Hard	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Robert Trogolo Template:Flagicon Mark Turpin	7–6, 6–3
Win	7.	1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Steve Docherty Template:Flagicon John James	6–4, 7–5
Win	8.	1980	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	1980	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	3.	1980	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Rod Frawley Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	2–6, 6–4, 9–11
Win	9.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win	10.	1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4.	1980	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	6–2, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win	11.	1980	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	5–7, 4–6
Win	12.	1981	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Victor Amaya Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	7.	1981	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	13.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Mike Estep	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	14.	1981	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister Template:Flagicon John Sadri	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	8.	1982	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win	15.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	16.	1982	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram	Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	17.	1982	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2
Win	18.	1983	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	19.	1983	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	6–4, 6–3
Loss	9.	1983	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	20.	1983	Brisbane, Australia	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–6
Win	21.	1983	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 7–6
Win	22.	1984	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	Template:Flagicon David Dowlen Template:Flagicon Nduka Odizor	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	23.	1984	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	24.	1984	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	6–4, 6–3
Loss	10.	1984	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	2–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	11.	1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	1985	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 4–6
Loss	13.	1985	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek Template:Flagicon Slobodan Živojinović	6–2, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	14.	1986	Fort Myers, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Doohan	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	5–7, 4–6
Loss	15.	1986	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–7

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