Ronald Alfred Shayes (12 September 1912 – 17 December 1940) was a British tennis player.

[1] Shayes reached the singles fourth round at Wimbledon three times and was a doubles semi-finalist twice.

In his only appearance at the U.S. National Championships in 1938 he took Bobby Riggs to five sets in a third round loss.

His 1939 reverse singles win over Bernard Destremau, which was considered an upset, secured a tie against France.

[1] In 1940, Shayes was killed in a flying accident in Southern Rhodesia, while training with the Royal Air Force.