- Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee (born
12 November 1954 ,Melbourne , Victoria,Australia ) is a retired Australiantennis player and prominent sports administrator.Tennis career
He who won two singles and twenty-four doubles titles during his professional career. A righthander, McNamee reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on
May 12 ,1986 when he became the world number 24. McNamee reached his highest doubles ATP-ranking onJune 8 ,1981 when he became the world number 1. McNamee won 24 men's doubles titles including four Grand Slam doubles titles in his career. He won the 1979Australian Open and the 1980 and 1982Wimbledon Championships withPeter McNamara and the 1983 Australian Open withMark Edmondson .McNamee was also a member of the
Australian Davis Cup Team which won theDavis 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"). [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]
ports 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 andCEO of theAustralian Open until 2006.From 2006 to 2008 he was the Tournament Director of the
Australian Golf Open . He also served as the CEO of theMelbourne Football Club from March to July 2008. [AAP (2008). [http://www.realfooty.com.au/articles/2008/07/23/1216492505679.html McNamee dumped as Demons CEO] . Retrieved July 23, 2008.]ATP Tour
ingles titles (2)
Doubles runner-ups (15)
References
External links
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* [http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=10002161 Davis Cup record]
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