Fred McNair

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Frederick V. McNair, IV (born July 22, 1950, in Washington DC, U.S.) is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1976. That year, he teamed up with Sherwood Stewart to capture the men's doubles titles at French Open, the German Open and the Masters. McNair was also a mixed doubles runner-up at the French Open in 1981, partnering Betty Stove. In 1978, he was a member of the US team which won the Davis Cup. In nine years on the professional tour, McNair won 16 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 67.

Prior to turning professional, McNair played tennis for the University of North Carolina, where he was a four-time All-American and an NCAA doubles finalist in 1973.

McNair comes from a tennis playing family. His grandfather, Fred Jr., and father, Fred III, both played in the US Tennis Championships (now known as the US Open). Fred III and Fred IV formed a father-son doubles team which won six US national father and son doubles championship titles.

Since retiring from the tennis tour, McNair has become the President of McNair & Company Inc., a family practice founded by his grandfather in 1931 which uses life insurance in estate planning and executive benefits arena. He won the USTA 35-over tennis title in 1989 and 40-over title in 1995.

[edit] Doubles titles (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Aptos, U.S.	Hard	Jeff Austin	Raymond Moore Onny Parun	6–2, 6–1
2.	1973	Christchurch, New Zealand	Hard	Anand Amritraj	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	W/O
3.	1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet	Raz Reid	Byron Bertram John Feaver	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	1975	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Hans Kary	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
5.	1975	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Allan Stone Kim Warwick	6–2, 7–6
6.	1975	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Jeff Borowiak Haroon Rahim	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
7.	1976	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Steve Krulevitz Trey Waltke	6–3, 6–2
8.	1976	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
9.	1976	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Dick Crealy Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
10.	1976	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
11.	1976	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Wojtek Fibak Juan Gisbert	6–3, 6–4
12.	1976	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Marty Riessen	Vitas Gerulaitis Ilie Năstase	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
13.	1977	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
14.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Jan Kodeš Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–1
15.	1978	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Roger Taylor Antonio Zugarelli	6–3, 7–5
16.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (21)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Merion, U.S.	Grass	John Austin	Colin Dibley Allan Stone	7–6, 6–3
2.	1974	Merion, U.S.	Grass	Mike Machette	Roy Barth Humphrey Hose	7–6, 6–2
3.	1976	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–2
4.	1976	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	William Brown Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–4
5.	1976	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 6–2
6.	1977	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–6, 5–7
7.	1977	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–5, 7–5
8.	1977	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	7–5, 6–3
9.	1977	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	Bob Hewitt Raúl Ramírez	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
10.	1977	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Marty Riessen Dick Stockton	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
11.	1977	Cologne, Germany	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–5
12.	1978	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–2
13.	1978	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–2, 7–5
14.	1978	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Bob Hewitt Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–4
15.	1978	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Raúl Ramírez	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 7–6
16.	1978	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 7–5
17.	1979	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Francisco González	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–3, 6–4
18.	1980	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Fritz Buehning	Wojtek Fibak Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–4
19.	1981	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Anand Amritraj	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–3
20.	1981	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Steve Denton Tim Wilkison	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
21.	1982	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Tim Wilkison	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	6–3, 7–6