Ian Ayre (18 August 1929 – 12 October 1991) was an Australian tennis player.

[2] Ayre was a contemporary of Frank Sedgman (1927), George Worthington (1928), Don Tregonning (1928), Rex Hartwig (1929), Ken McGregor (1929) and Mervyn Rose (1930).

[3][4][5][6] In 1953 he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, losing to Sven Davidson in straight sets, and the semifinals of the Australian Open, losing to Mervyn Rose in five sets.

In 1969 he supervised the Davis Cup team when the captain, Neale Fraser, was temporarily unable to.

[8] His Sydney Morning Herald obituary states he was involved in a doubles match when he died.