Alfred Beamish


Alfred Ernest Beamish was a British tennis player born in Richmond, Surrey, England. He finished as runner-up to James Cecil Parke in the Men's Singles final of the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open in 1912. Beamish also partnered with Charles Dixon to win the bronze medal in the indoor doubles event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He was the runner-up in one of tennis's early majors, the World Covered Court Championship in 1921. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was also twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1912 and 1914. Beamish was married to Wimbledon singles semi-finalist Winifred Beamish.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1912Australasian ChampionshipsGrass

Doubles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1912Australasian ChampionshipsGrass

World Championships finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1921World Covered Court ChampionshipsWood