Full name Paul McNamee Career record 246–225 Weight 73 kg Country (sports) Australia Name Paul McNamee Turned pro 1973 | College Monash University Role Tennis player Education Monash University Prize money $1,233,615 Height 1.78 m Retired 1988 | |
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Born 12 November 1954 (age 69) Melbourne, Australia ( 1954-11-12 ) Similar People | ||
Todd Nelson vs Paul McNamee - Wimbledon 1987 - Highlights
Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian retired tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
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- Todd Nelson vs Paul McNamee Wimbledon 1987 Highlights
- Paul mcnamee at creative innovation 2010
- Juniors
- Pro tour
- Sports administrator
- References
Paul mcnamee at creative innovation 2010
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).
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.