Peter McNamara

This article is about the tennis player. For the Australian publisher and editor, see Peter McNamara (publisher) .

Peter McNamara
Nickname:	Great Macs
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	5th July 1955
Size:	185 cm
1st professional season:	1974
Resignation:	1987
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,046,935
singles
Career record:	204: 133
Career title:	5
Highest ranking:	7 (March 14 1983)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	238: 116
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	3 (December 13 1982)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Peter McNamara (born July 5, 1955 in Melbourne , † July 20, 2019 in Sonthofen , Germany ) was an Australian tennis player .

Career

In his career he won five individual titles, including the 1981 International German Tennis Championships in Hamburg . In 1983 he reached his highest position on the world rankings with seventh place . In doubles he was far more successful; he won 19 tournaments, mostly with his compatriot Paul McNamee . The two won the doubles competition at Wimbledon in 1980 and 1982 and the Australian Open in 1979 .

McNamara was married. He had four children from two different marriages. He died on July 20, 2019 at the age of 64 from complications from prostate cancer .

successes

Legend (victories in brackets)

Grand Slam (3)

ATP World Championship / Tennis Masters Cup (1)

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP International Series Gold (0)

ATP International Series (19)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	1979	Berlin	sand	Patrice Dominguez	6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 7, 6: 2
2.	1980	Brussels (1)	sand	Balázs Taróczy	7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
3.	1981	Hamburg	sand	Jimmy Connors	7: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 4
4th	1981	Melbourne	carpet	Vitas gerulaitis	6: 4, 1: 6, 7: 5
5.	1983	Brussels (2)	carpet	Ivan Lendl	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1979	Nice	sand	Paul McNamee	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
2.	1979	Cairo	sand	Paul McNamee	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7: 5, 6: 4
3.	1979	Brussels	sand	Billy Martin	Carlos Kirmayr Balázs Taróczy	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
4th	1979	Palermo	sand	Paul McNamee	Ismail El Shafei John Feaver	7: 5, 7: 6
5.	1979	Sydney (1)	race	Paul McNamee	Steve Docherty Christopher Lewis	7: 6, 6: 3
6th	1979	Australian Open	race	Paul McNamee	Cliff Letcher Paul Kronk	7: 6, 6: 2
7th	1980	Houston	sand	Paul McNamee	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	1980	Wimbledon (1)	race	Paul McNamee	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 4
9.	1980	Sydney (2)	race	Paul McNamee	Vitas Gerulaitis Brian Gottfried	6: 2, 6: 4
10.	1981	World Doubles WCT	carpet	Paul McNamee	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6: 3, 2: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
11.	1981	Stuttgart	sand	Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Mike Estep	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
12.	1981	North Conway	sand	Heinz Günthardt	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	7: 5, 6: 4
13.	1981	The Woodlands	sand	Heinz Günthardt	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4
14th	1981	Melbourne	carpet	Paul Kronk	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
15th	1981	Sydney (3)	race	Paul McNamee	Hank Pfister John Sadri	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6
16.	1982	Milan	carpet	Heinz Günthardt	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7: 6, 7: 6
17th	1982	Monte Carlo	sand	Paul McNamee	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3
18th	1982	Wimbledon (2)	race	Paul McNamee	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6: 3, 6: 2
19th	1983	Memphis	carpet	Paul McNamee	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4

Web links

Commons : Peter McNamara  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Peter McNamara (English)
• ITF profile of Peter McNamara (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Peter McNamara (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Peter McNamara: 1955-2019
2. ↑ In Memoriam: Peter McNamara. In: tennis.com.au. July 22, 2019, accessed on July 22, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Stephanie Myles: Cancer claims Peter McNamara at 64. In: tennis.life. July 21, 2019, accessed on July 22, 2019 .