Peter McNamara was an Australian tennis player and coach, born on 5 July 1955 and died on 20 July 2019 at the age of 64 from prostate cancer. A right hander, he won five singles titles and nineteen doubles titles in his career and reached his highest singles ranking, world number seven, on 14 March 1983. With fellow Australian Paul McNamee he won the men's doubles championship at Wimbledon in 1980 and 1982 and the Australian Open doubles in 1979, and his highest doubles rank was number three. After retiring as a player he coached professionals including Mark Philippoussis, Grigor Dimitrov, Matthew Ebden and Wang Qiang.
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McNamara and fellow Australian Paul McNamee won the 1980 and 1982 men's doubles championship at Wimbledon
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McNamara and fellow Australian Paul McNamee won the 1980 and 1982 men's doubles championship at Wimbledon
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