Paul McNamee (born 12 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a former tennis player.
He who won two singles and twenty-four doubles titles during his professional career. A righthander, 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).
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 onwards he will be Tournament Director of the Australian Golf Open.
