Alfred Beamish

{{Short description|British tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}

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|fullname=Alfred Ernest Beamish

|image=A E Beamish.jpg

|country=United Kingdom

|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1879|8|6}}

|birth_place=Richmond, London, England

|death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1944|2|28|1879|8|6}}

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|turnedpro=1903 (amateur tour)

|retired=1921

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|AustralianOpenresult=F (1912)

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|Wimbledonresult=SF (1912, 1914)

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|Olympicsresult = 1R (1912)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult=F (1912)

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{{MedalBronze| 1912 Stockholm | Men's indoor doubles}}

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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.{{cite web|work=australianopen.com |title=History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific |url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/history.html |accessdate=2009-06-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525071428/http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/history.html |archivedate=25 May 2009 |url-status=dead }} Beamish also partnered Charles Dixon to win the bronze medal in the indoor doubles event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78 |title=Alfred Beamish |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 June 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/alfred-beamish-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/alfred-beamish-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Alfred Beamish |accessdate=2013-05-15 |work=sports-reference.com}} He was also twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1912 (where he beat Gordon Lowe before losing to Arthur Gore){{cite web |title=Wimbledon player archive – Alfred Beamish |url=https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/player_profile/070181c8-c8de-461e-b56b-e452a6b28110.html |publisher=AELTC}} and 1914 (where he lost to Norman Brookes). Beamish was married to Wimbledon singles semi finalist Winifred Beamish.