Peter McNamara

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Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara (born 5 July 1955, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian tennis player.

He won five singles and nineteen doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March 1983 when he became World number 7. He is the current coach of Bulgarian tennis professional Grigor Dimitrov.

1 Singles titles (5)
2 Doubles titles (19)
3 Runner-ups (10)

Singles titles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Patrice Dominguez	6–4, 6–0, 6–7, 6–2
2.	1980	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–3, 6–0
3.	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jimmy Connors	7–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
4.	1981	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	6–4, 1–6, 5–5 DEF.
5.	1983	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Doubles titles (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	Nice, France	Clay	Paul McNamee	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
2.	1979	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Paul McNamee	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–4
3.	1979	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Billy Martin	Carlos Kirmayr Balázs Taróczy	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
4.	1979	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Paul McNamee	Ismail El Shafei John Feaver	7–5, 7–6
5.	1979	Sydney Outdoor, Sydney	Grass	Paul McNamee	Steve Docherty John Chris Lewis	7–6, 6–3
6.	1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul McNamee	Cliff Letcher Paul Kronk	7–6, 6–2
7.	1980	Houston, United States	Clay	Paul McNamee	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–4
8.	1980	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Paul McNamee	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
9.	1980	Sydney Outdoor, Sydney	Grass	Paul McNamee	Vitas Gerulaitis Brian Gottfried	6–2, 6–4
10.	1981	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Paul McNamee	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
11.	1981	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Mike Estep	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
12.	1981	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	7–5, 6–4
13.	1981	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
14.	1981	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet	Paul Kronk	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
15.	1981	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Paul McNamee	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
16.	1982	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 7–6
17.	1982	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
18.	1982	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Paul McNamee	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2
19.	1983	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Paul McNamee	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 5–7, 6–4

Runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Sydney	Grass	Chris Kachel	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–1, 6–1
2.	1980	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Paul McNamee	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
3.	1980	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	John Feaver	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–4, 6–4
4.	1980	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	7–5, 6–4
5.	1981	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Paul McNamee	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
6.	1981	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	DEF
7.	1982	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–5, 6–4
8.	1982	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–3, 6–1
9.	1985	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Paul McNamee	Libor Pimek Slobodan Živojinović	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
10.	1986	Sydney Indoor, Sydney	Hard (i)	Paul McNamee	Boris Becker John Fitzgerald	6–4, 7–6

Awards
Preceded by Ivan Lendl	ATP Most Improved Player 1982	Succeeded by Jimmy Arias

Australian Open men's doubles champions

(1969) Rod Laver / Roy Emerson • (1970) Bob Lutz / Stan Smith • (1971) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1972) Ken Rosewall / Owen Davidson • (1973) John Newcombe / Malcolm Anderson • (1974) Ross Case / Geoff Masters • (1975) John Alexander / Phil Dent • (1976) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1977 (Jan)) Arthur Ashe / Tony Roche • (1977 (Dec)) Ray Ruffels / Allan Stone • (1978) Wojtek Fibak / Kim Warwick • (1979) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1980) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1981) Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick • (1982) John Alexander / John Fitzgerald • (1983) Mark Edmondson / Paul McNamee • (1984) Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart • (1985) Paul Annacone / Christo van Rensburg • (1987) Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd • (1988) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • (1989) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • ( 1990) Pieter Aldrich / Danie Visser • (1991) Scott Davis / David Pate • (1992) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Danie Visser / Laurie Warder • (1994) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1995) Jared Palmer / Richey Reneberg • (1996) Stefan Edberg / Petr Korda • (1997) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1998) Jonas Björkman / Jacco Eltingh • (1999) Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter • (2000) Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach • (2001) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2002) Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor • (2003) Fabrice Santoro / Michaël Llodra • (2004) Fabrice Santoro / Michaël Llodra • (2005) Wayne Black / Kevin Ullyett • (2006) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2007) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2008) Jonathan Erlich / Andy Ram • (2009) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2010) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2011) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

Wimbledon (Open Era) gentlemen's doubles champions

(1968) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1969) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1970) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1971) Roy Emerson / Rod Laver • (1972) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1973) Jimmy Connors / Ilie Năstase • (1974) John Newcombe / Tony Roche • (1975) Vitas Gerulaitis / Gene Mayer • (1976) Brian Gottfried / Raúl Ramírez • (1977) Ross Case / Geoff Masters • (1978) Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan • (1979) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1980) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1981) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1982) Peter McNamara / Paul McNamee • (1983) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1984) Peter Fleming / John McEnroe • (1985) Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy • (1986) Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander • (1987) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1988) Ken Flach / Robert Seguso • (1989) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1990) Rick Leach / Jim Pugh • (1991) John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd • (1992) John McEnroe / Michael Stich • (1993) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1994) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1995) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1996) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (1998) Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis • (1999) Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes • (2000) Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde • (2001) Donald Johnson / Jared Palmer • (2002) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2003) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2004) Jonas Björkman / Todd Woodbridge • (2005) Stephen Huss / Wesley Moodie • (2006) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan • (2007) Arnaud Clément / Michaël Llodra • (2008) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić • (2010) Jürgen Melzer / Philipp Petzschner • (2011) Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

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