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Peter McNamara

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Peter McNamara Famous memorial

Birth
Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Death
21 Jul 2019 (aged 64)
Germany
Burial
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Australian Professional Tennis Player. He won nineteen doubles tournaments and five singles. Known best for playing in doubles tournaments with fellow Australian Paul McNamee, they won the 1979 Australian Open and 1980 and 1982 Wimbledon doubles titles. The highest rank they reached was 3rd. As a singles player, his highest ranking was 7th. He made it to the Australian Open singles semifinals in 1980, the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1981 and was part of the last eight in the 1982 French Open. After his retirement in 1987, he became a successful coach, working with Mark Philippoussis, Grigor Dimitrov as well as Wang Qiang of China.
Australian Professional Tennis Player. He won nineteen doubles tournaments and five singles. Known best for playing in doubles tournaments with fellow Australian Paul McNamee, they won the 1979 Australian Open and 1980 and 1982 Wimbledon doubles titles. The highest rank they reached was 3rd. As a singles player, his highest ranking was 7th. He made it to the Australian Open singles semifinals in 1980, the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1981 and was part of the last eight in the 1982 French Open. After his retirement in 1987, he became a successful coach, working with Mark Philippoussis, Grigor Dimitrov as well as Wang Qiang of China.

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  • Originally Created by: Glendora
  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201377174/peter-mcnamara: accessed ), memorial page for Peter McNamara (5 Jul 1955–21 Jul 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201377174; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Find a Grave.