Alfred Beamish

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title: "Alfred Beamish" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1879-births", "1944-deaths", "english-male-tennis-players", "british-male-tennis-players", "olympic-bronze-medallists-for-great-britain", "olympic-medalists-in-tennis", "olympic-tennis-players-for-great-britain", "tennis-players-from-the-london-borough-of-richmond-upon-thames", "tennis-players-at-the-1912-summer-olympics", "tennis-players-at-the-1920-summer-olympics", "medalists-at-the-1912-summer-olympics", "british-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "royal-army-service-corps-soldiers", "people-from-richmond,-london", "military-personnel-from-the-london-borough-of-richmond-upon-thames", "20th-century-english-sportsmen"] description: "British tennis player" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Beamish" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British tennis player ::

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Field	Value
name	Alfred Beamish
fullname	Alfred Ernest Beamish
image	A E Beamish.jpg
country	United Kingdom
birth_date
birth_place	Richmond, London, England
death_date
turnedpro	1903 (amateur tour)
retired	1921
AustralianOpenresult	F (1912)
Wimbledonresult	SF (1912, 1914)
Othertournaments	yes
WCCCresult	F (1921)
Olympicsresult	1R (1912)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	F (1912)
medaltemplates-expand	yes
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|name=Alfred Beamish |fullname=Alfred Ernest Beamish |image=A E Beamish.jpg |country=United Kingdom |birth_date= |birth_place=Richmond, London, England |death_date= |height= |turnedpro=1903 (amateur tour) |retired=1921 |plays= |careerprizemoney= |singlesrecord= |singlestitles= |highestsinglesranking= |AustralianOpenresult=F (1912) |FrenchOpenresult= |Wimbledonresult=SF (1912, 1914) |USOpenresult= |Othertournaments = yes |WHCCresult = |WCCCresult = F (1921) |Olympicsresult = 1R (1912) |AustralianOpenDoublesresult=F (1912) |OthertournamentsDoubles= |OlympicsDoublesresult= |doublesrecord= |doublestitles= | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = Alfred Ernest Beamish (6 August 1879 – 28 February 1944) 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 (where he beat Gordon Lowe before losing to Arthur Gore) and 1914 (where he lost to Norman Brookes). Beamish was married to Wimbledon singles semi-finalist Winifred Beamish.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1912	Australasian Championships	Grass	BRI James Cecil Parke	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 5–7
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Doubles (1 runner-up)

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

Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1921	World Covered Court Championships	Wood	FRA William Laurentz	2–6, 4–6, 2–6
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References

References

1. "History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific". australianopen.com.
2. "Alfred Beamish". Olympedia.
3. "Alfred Beamish". sports-reference.com.
4. "Wimbledon player archive – Alfred Beamish". [[AELTC]].

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