Peter McNamara (5 July 1955 – 20 July 2019
) was an Australian
tennis player
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and coach.
McNamara won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles
ATP-ranking on 14 March 1983 when he became world No. 7. McNamara and fellow Australian
Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954) is an Australian former doubles world No. 1 tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
Tennis career Juniors
In his hometown, McNamee won the boys' singles tournament at the 1973 Australian Open.
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won the 1980 and 1982 men's doubles championship at
Wimbledon
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and the
Australian Open
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doubles in 1979.
McNamara's highest rank in doubles was No. 3.
After retiring as a player, McNamara coached professionals including
Mark Philippoussis
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,
Grigor Dimitrov
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,
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He is a two-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, having won the 2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, 2022 Wimbledon Championships in men's ...
and
Wang Qiang.
McNamara died on 20 July 2019, at the age of 64, from
prostate cancer
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.
Career finals
Singles (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Doubles (19 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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1955 births
2019 deaths
Australian male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) champions
Australian tennis coaches
Deaths from prostate cancer
Deaths from cancer in Germany
Tennis players from Melbourne
Wimbledon champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
People educated at Marcellin College, Bulleen