Alfred Beamish

Alfred Beamish
Full name	Alfred Ernest Beamish
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	6 August 1879; Richmond, London, England
Died	28 February 1944 (aged 64)
Turned pro	1903 (amateur tour)
Retired	1921
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	F (1912)
Wimbledon	SF (1912, 1914)
Other tournaments
WCCC	F (1921)
Olympic Games	1R (1912)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1912)
Medal record
Olympic Games

Alfred Ernest Beamish (6 August 1879 – 28 February 1944) was a British tennis player born in Richmond, Surrey, England. He finished runner-up to James Cecil Parke in the Men's Singles final of the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, in 1912.^[1] Beamish also partnered Charles Dixon to win the bronze medal in the indoor doubles event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.^[2] He was runner up in one of tennis early majors, the World Covered Court Championship, in 1921. He also competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[3] He was also twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1912 (where he beat Gordon Lowe before losing to Arthur Gore)^[4] and 1914 (where he lost to Norman Brookes).^[4] Beamish was married to Wimbledon singles semi finalist Winifred Beamish.

Grand Slam finals

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1912	Australasian Championships	Grass	James Cecil Parke	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 5–7

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1912	Australasian Championships	Grass	Gordon Lowe	James Cecil Parke Charles Dixon	6–4, 6–4, 6–2

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^ "Alfred Beamish". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "Alfred Beamish". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Wimbledon player archive – Alfred Beamish". AELTC.