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Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
ho won two singles and twenty-four doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, 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 on June 8, 1981 when he became the world number 1.

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Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator.
Tennis career
He who won two singles and twenty-four doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, 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 on June 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 1979 Australian Open and the 1980 and 1982 Wimbledon Championships with Peter McNamara and the 1983 Australian Open with Mark Edmondson.
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 of the Australian Golf Open. He also served as the CEO of the Melbourne Football Club from March to July 2008.
ATP Tour
Singles titles (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score | | 1. | 1980 | Palm Harbor, U.S. | Hard | Stan Smith | 6–4, 6–3 | | 2. | 1982 | Baltimore WCT, U.S. | Carpet | Guillermo Vilas | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
Singles runner-ups (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score | | 1. | 1980 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Guillermo Vilas | 6–4, 6–0, 6–0 | | 2. | 1983 | Houston WCT, U.S. | Clay | Ivan Lendl | 6–2, 6–0, 6–3 | | 3. | 1983 | Brisbane, Australia | Carpet | Pat Cash | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | | 4. | 1986 | Nice, France | Clay | Emilio Sánchez | 6–1, 6–3 | | 5. | 1986 | St. Vincent, Italy | Clay | Simone Colombo | 2–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Doubles titles (23)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score | |
| 1. | 1979 | Nice, France | Clay | Peter McNamara | Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 | | 2. | 1979 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | | Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj | 7–5, 6–4 | | 3. | 1979 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | | Ismail El Shafei John Feaver | 7–5, 7–6 | | 4. | 1979 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | | John Chris Lewis | 7–6, 6–3 | | 5. | 1979 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | | Paul Kronk | 7–6, 6–2 | | 6. | 1980 | Palm Harbor, U.S. | Hard | Paul Kronk | John James | 6–4, 7–5 | | 7. | 1980 | Houston, U.S. | Clay | | Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart | 6–4, 6–4 | | 8. | 1980 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | | Stan Smith | 7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4 | | 9. | 1980 | Stockholm, Sweden | Carpet | Heinz Günthardt | Stan Smith | 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 | | 10. | 1980 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | | Vitas Gerulaitis Brian Gottfried | 6–2, 6–4 | | 11. | 1981 | Masters Doubles WCT, London | Carpet | | Hank Pfister | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | | 12. | 1981 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | | Mark Edmondson Mike Estep | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 | | 13. | 1981 | Sydney Outdoor, Australia | Grass | | Hank Pfister John Sadri | 6–7, 7–6, 7–6 | | 14. | 1982 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | | Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart | 6–7, 7–6, 6–3 | | 15. | 1982 | Bournemouth, England | Clay | Buster Mottram | Henri Leconte Ilie Nastase | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | | 16. | 1982 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | | John McEnroe | 6–3, 6–2 | | 17. | 1983 | Memphis, U.S. | Carpet | | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | | 18. | 1983 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | Brian Gottfried | Kevin Curren Steve Denton | 6–4, 6–3 | | 19. | 1983 | Brisbane, Australia | Carpet | Pat Cash | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick | 7–6, 7–6 | | 20. | 1983 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | Mark Edmondson | Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart | 6–3, 7–6 | | 21. | 1984 | Houston, U.S. | Clay | | Nduka Odizor | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | | 22. | 1984 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Clay | | Wally Masur | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | | 23. | 1984 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | | Bernard Mitton Butch Walts | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles runner-ups (15)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score | |
| 1. | 1977 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 | | 2. | 1980 | Forest Hills WCT, U.S. | Clay | Peter McNamara | John McEnroe | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 | | 3. | 1980 | London/Queen's Club, England | Grass | Sherwood Stewart | Rod Frawley Geoff Masters | 6–2, 4–6, 11–9 | | 4. | 1980 | Bologna, Italy | Carpet | Steve Denton | Balázs Taróczy Butch Walts | 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 | | 5. | 1980 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Heinz Günthardt | Stan Smith | 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 | | 6. | 1980 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Grass | | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick | 7–5, 6–4 | | 7. | 1981 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | | Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | | 8. | 1982 | Nice, France | Clay | Balázs Taróczy | Henri Leconte Yannick Noah | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 | | 9. | 1983 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Clay | Ferdi Taygan | Mark Dickson Cassio Motta | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | | 10. | 1984 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | Pat Cash | John McEnroe | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 | | 11. | 1984 | Hong Kong | Hard | Mark Edmondson | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | 6–7, 6–3, 7–5 | | 12. | 1985 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Vitas Gerulaitis | Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd | 6–4, 6–4 | | 13. | 1985 | Boston, U.S. | Clay | | Libor Pimek Slobodan Živojinovic | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 | | 14. | 1986 | Fort Myers, U.S. | Hard | Peter Doohan | Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl | 7–5, 6–4 | | 15. | 1986 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | | Boris Becker John Fitzgerald | 6–4, 7–6 |
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