McCain in singles
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McCain in doubles
As with his singles career McCain's best Doubles performances came in 1984, where he reached the finals at Melbourne and Sydney Outdoors. At Sydney - he partnered with Tom Gullikson. Despite his ranking of 223, he and Gullikson defeated 4 partnerships, all 8 players having far superior rankings. He and Gullikson finally fell to Paul Annacone of the US and Christo van Rensburg of the Republic of South Africa. They lost a tight match 6–7, 5–7.
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Later, in Melbourne, McCain partnered with Mike Bauer of the United States. Here they stormed the rankings once again, only to fall in a three-set loss to Broderick Dyke and Wally Masur, both of Australia in the finals.
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