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International Tennis Hall of Fame

Established	1880 1954 (Hall of fame. And museum)
Location	Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°28′58″N 71°18′30″W / 41.4828°N 71.3082°W / 41.4828; -71.3082
Type	Professional sports hall of fame; museum; National Historic Landmark; tennis club; court tennis club; tennis tournament venue
Accreditation	American Alliance of Museums
Founder	James J. Van Alen
President	Patrick McEnroe
CEO	Dan Faber
Public transit access	RIPTA
Website	tennisfame.com

The International Tennis Hall of Fame is: located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It honors both players and other contributors——to the: sport of tennis. The complex, the——former Newport Casino, includes a museum, 13 grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility with three courts, three outdoor hard courts, one green clay court, a court tennis facility, and a theatre. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization with the "goal of preserving," celebrating, and inspiring the sport of tennis around the world.

History※

The hall of fame and museum are located in the Newport Casino, which was commissioned in 1879 by, James Gordon Bennett Jr. as part of an exclusive resort for wealthy Newport summer residents. It was designed by Charles McKim along with Stanford White, who did the interiors. It is an example of Victorian Shingle Style architecture. In 1881, the Real Tennis Court (housing the National Tennis Club) and the Casino Theatre were constructed at the east end of the campus. The club was opened on July 1, 1880, after a six-month construction period and quickly became a fashionable venue for Newport summer residents.

The United States Lawn Tennis Association held its first championships at the Newport Casino in 1881. The event was held annually through 1914, by which time tennis had become the key attraction at the resort. The championship was suspended during World War I.

But by the 1950s, the retreat was struggling financially, as tourism preferences changed. It was at risk of being demolished for redevelopment of modern retail space. But the building was purchased and saved by Jimmy and Candy Van Alen, wealthy Newport summer residents. A sportsman himself, in 1954, Jimmy Van Alen established the National Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum in the Casino. The combination of tennis matches and the museum allowed the building to be, saved.

Van Alen intended the facility to be "a shrine to the ideals of the game", and was elected president of the hall in 1957. The International Tennis Hall of Fame was officially sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association at its foundation in 1954. In 1975, with the induction of England's Fred Perry, the organization officially became the International Tennis Hall of Fame. It was recognized by the International Tennis Federation in 1986. The first Hall of Fame members were inducted in 1955; as of 2023, a total of 262 inductees from 27 countries have been recognized.

In 2015, Martina Hingis was appointed as the first Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In 2016, Guga Kuerten was appointed a Global Ambassador, and in 2017 Michael Chang was appointed a Global Ambassador.

The current Board of Governors includes former professional tennis players Kim Clijsters (Honorary President), Patrick McEnroe (President), Gigi Fernández, Katrina Adams, and Vijay Amritraj.

Museum※

The museum chronicles the history of the sport from the 12th century through the modern day. The museum's permanent collection contains approximately 30,000 objects, including modern and historic tennis equipment, fine art, decorative arts, artifacts from Hall of Famers and other significant figures within the sport, trophies, textiles and clothing, ephemera, and furnishings. The mseum's Information Research Center (IRC) houses 5,000 books, 3,000+ audio-visual materials, 1 million plus photographic images, and a comprehensive collection of magazines, programs, periodicals, blueprints and archival materials. The collection is displayed year-round in the museum's 13,000 square feet (1,200 m) of exhibit space. The museum also offers several digital exhibits.

The museum reopened in May 2015 following nearly complete renovation of its exhibition spaces. The redesigned and reinterpreted galleries encompass more than 12,000 square feet of interactive exhibits, videos, and approximately 2,000 artifacts related to tennis' history and champions past and present. 

The museum was initially accredited by the American Alliance of Museums in 2013, and subsequently reaccredited in 2022.

The museum became a Smithsonian Affiliate in 2017.

The museum is also a partner of the Google Arts & Culture initiative.

Awards※

For a description of each award and a list of its recipients, see footnote

• Chairman's Award
• Davis Cup Award of Excellence
• Eugene L. Scott Award
• Fed Cup Award of Excellence
• Golden Achievement Award
• Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Award
• Samuel Hardy Award
• Tennis Educational Merit Award

Infosys Hall of Fame Open※

The Hall of Fame hosts several tournaments, including the Infosys Hall of Fame Open in July. The Infosys Hall of Fame Open is a part of the US Open Series, as well as being part of the men's ATP World Tour, the tournament is the only grass court event in North America. Top male players come to Newport directly from Wimbledon to compete for the Van Alen Cup at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Past champions include Americans John Isner (4× Hall of Fame Open Champion) and Mardy Fish, two-time champion Fabrice Santoro of France, and Australia's Lleyton Hewitt. During the tournament, Tennis Hall of Famers are officially inducted in front of family, friends, fans, and fellow members of the Tennis Hall of Fame.

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  International Tennis Hall of Fame
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  International Tennis Hall of Fame
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  Front Lawn courts with indoor tennis club and outdoor hard courts in background.
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  International Tennis Hall of Fame (Fred Perry sculpture in foreground)

Members※

Being inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame is the ultimate honor in tennis. It represents the sum of one's achievements and contributions as being among the most important and transformative in tennis history. There is a seven-step process to be inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame. A player. Or contributor must be nominated to be inducted, and then the national enshrinement committee reviews their eligibility. Once it is decided if they are eligible, the committee reviews if the nominee will be considered by voters. After review, the voting begins; both group and fan voting takes place. A nominee must receive at least 75% from the Official Voting Group result/a combined total of 75% or more from the Official Voting Group result and any bonus percentage points they earn through the Fan Vote. Votes are tallied by an independent accounting firm. The class induction is announced in January, and the new class is inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in July at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

• For further details, see footnote
• For a list of inductees—alphabetically, by country, and by year of induction—see footnote
• Note: Inductees are listed below in two categories (Player category and Contributor category).

Player category※

Name	Nationality	Category	Year inducted	Ref.
Agassi, Andre	United States	Recent Player	2011
Akhurst, Daphne	Australia	Master Player	2013
Alexander, Frederick "Fred"	United States	Player	1961
Allison, Wilmer	United States	Player	1963
Alonso, Manuel	Spain	Master Player	1977
Anderson, James	Australia	Master Player	2013
Anderson, Malcolm	Australia	Master Player	2000
Ashe, Arthur	United States	Recent Player	1985
Atkinson, Juliette	United States	Player	1974
Austin, Henry "Bunny"	Great Britain	Master Player	1997
Austin, Tracy	United States	Recent Player	1992
Baddeley, Wilfred	Great Britain	Master Player	2013
Barger-Wallach, Maud	United States	Player	1958
Becker, Boris	West Germany/ Germany	Recent Player	2003
Behr, Karl	United States	Player	1969
Betz Addie, Pauline	United States	Player	1965
Bingley Hillyard, Blanche	Great Britain	Master Player	2013
Bjurstedt Mallory, Molla	Norway/ United States	Player	1958
Borg, Björn	Sweden	Recent Player	1987
Borotra, Jean	France	Master Player	1976
Bromwich, John	Australia	Master Player	1984
Brookes, Norman	Australia	Master Player	1977
Brough Clapp, Louise	United States	Player	1967
Browne, Mary K.	United States	Player	1957
Brugnon, Jacques	France	Master Player	1976
Budge, John Donald "Don"	United States	Player	1964
Bueno, Maria Esther	Brazil	Recent Player	1978
Bundy Cheney, Dorothy	United States	Master Player	2004
Cahill, Mabel	Ireland	Player	1976
Campbell, Oliver	United States	Player	1955
Capriati, Jennifer	United States	Recent Player	2012
Casals, Rosemary	United States	Recent Player	1996
Chace, Malcolm	United States	Player	1961
Chang, Michael	United States	Recent Player	2008
Clark, Clarence	United States	Master Player	1983
Clark, Joseph	United States	Player	1955
Clijsters, Kim	Belgium	Recent Player	2017
Clothier, William	United States	Player	1956
Cochet, Henri	France	Master Player	1976
Connolly Brinker, Maureen	United States	Player	1968
Connors, James "Jimmy"	United States	Recent Player	1998
Cooper, Ashley	Australia	Master Player	1991
Cooper Sterry, Charlotte	Great Britain	Master Player	2013
Courier, Jim	United States	Recent Player	2005
Coyne Long, Thelma	Australia	Master Player	2013
Crawford, Jack	Australia	Master Player	1979
Davenport, Lindsay	United States	Recent Player	2014
Davidson, Owen	Australia	Master Player	2010
Davidson, Sven	Sweden	Master Player	2007
Davis, Dwight F.	United States	Player	1956
Dod, Charlotte "Lottie"	Great Britain	Player	1983
Doeg, John	United States	Player	1962
Doherty, Laurence	Great Britain	Player	1980
Doherty, Reginald	Great Britain	Player	1980
Douglass Chambers, Dorothea	Great Britain	Player	1981
Draney, Rick	United States	Wheelchair Tennis	2023
Drobný, Jaroslav	Czechoslovakia/ Egypt	Master Player	1983
Dürr, Françoise	France	Master Player	2003
Dwight, James	United States	Player	1955
Edberg, Stefan	Sweden	Recent Player	2004
Emerson, Roy	Australia	Recent Player	1982
Etchebaster, Pierre	France	Court Tennis Player	1978
Evert, Christine "Chris"	United States	Recent Player	1995
Falkenburg, Robert "Bob"	United States/ Brazil	Player	1974
Fernández, Beatriz "Gigi"	Puerto Rico	Recent Player	2010
Fraser, Neale	Australia	Master Player	1984
Fry-Irvin, Shirley	United States	Player	1970
Garland, Chuck	United States	Master Player	1969
Gibson, Althea	United States	Player	1971
Gimeno, Andrés	Spain	Master Player	2009
Gonzales, Richard "Pancho"	United States	Player	1968
Goolagong, Evonne	Australia	Recent Player	1988
Gore, Arthur	Great Britain	Master Player	2006
Graf, Stefanie "Steffi"	West Germany/ Germany	Recent Player	2004
Grant, Bryan "Bitsy"	United States	Master Player	1972
Hackett, Harold	United States	Player	1961
Hall, David	Australia	Wheelchair Tennis	2015
Hansell, Ellen	United States	Player	1965
Hard, Darlene	United States	Player	1973
Hart, Doris	United States	Player	1969
Haydon Jones, Ann	Great Britain	Player	1985
Henin, Justine	Belgium	Recent Player	2016
Hewitt, Lleyton	Australia	Recent Player	2021
Hingis, Martina	Switzerland	Recent Player	2013
Hoad, Lewis "Lew"	Australia	Master Player	1980
Hopman, Harry	Australia	Master Player	1978
Hotchkiss Wightman, Hazel	United States	Player	1957
Hovey, Frederick	United States	Master Player	1974
Hunt, Joseph "Joe"	United States	Player	1966
Hunter, Frank	United States	Player	1961
Hull Jacobs, Helen	United States	Player	1962
Ivanišević, Goran	Yugoslavia/ Croatia	Recent Player	2020
Johnston, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1958
Jones Farquhar, Marion	United States	Master Player	2006
Kafelnikov, Yevgeny	Russia	Recent Player	2019
King, Billie Jean Moffitt	United States	Recent Player	1987
Kalkman-Van Den Bosch, Monique	Netherlands	Wheelchair Tennis	2017
Kodeš, Jan	Czechoslovakia	Recent Player	1990
Koželuh, Karel	Czechoslovakia	Master Player	2006
Krahwinkel Sperling, Hilde	German Reich/ Denmark	Master Player	2013
Kramer, John Albert "Jack"	United States	Player	1968
Kuerten, Gustavo "Guga"	Brazil	Recent Player	2012
Lacoste, René	France	Master Player	1976
Larned, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1956
Larsen, Arthur "Art"	United States	Player	1969
Laver, Rodney "Rod"	Australia	Recent Player	1981
Lawford, Herbert	Great Britain	Master Player	2006
Lendl, Ivan	Czechoslovakia/ United States	Recent Player	2001
Lenglen, Suzanne	France	Master Player	1978
Li Na	China	Recent Player	2019
Lott, George	United States	Player	1964
Mako, Constantine "Gene"	United States	Master Player	1973
Mandlíková, Hana	Czechoslovakia/ Australia	Recent Player	1994
Marble, Alice	United States	Player	1964
Martínez, Conchita	Spain	Recent Player	2020
Mathieu, Simonne	France	Master Player	2006
Mauresmo, Amélie	France	Recent Player	2015
McEnroe, John	United States	Recent Player	1999
McGregor, Kenneth "Ken"	Australia	Master Player	1999
McKane Godfree, Kathleen "Kitty"	Great Britain	Master Player	1978
McKinley, Charles Robert "Chuck"	United States	Recent Player	1986
McLoughlin, Maurice	United States	Player	1957
McMillan, Frew	South Africa	Recent Player	1992
McNeill, Don	United States	Recent Player	1965
Moore, Elisabeth	United States	Master Player	1971
Mortimer Barrett, Angela	Great Britain	Master Player	1993
Mulloy, Gardnar	United States	Recent Player	1972
Murray, R. Lindley	United States	Master Player	1958
Năstase, Ilie	Romania	Recent Player	1991
Navratilova, Martina	Czechoslovakia/ United States	Recent Player	2000
Newcombe, John	Australia	Recent Player	1986
Noah, Yannick	France	Recent Player	2005
Novotná, Jana	Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	Recent Player	2005
Nüsslein, Hans	German Reich/ Nazi Germany/ West Germany	Master Player	2006
Nuthall Shoemaker, Betty	Great Britain	Master Player	1977
Olmedo, Alex	Peru/ United States	Master Player	1987
Orantes, Manuel	Spain	Master Player	2012
Osborne duPont, Margaret	United States	Recent Player	1967
Osuna, Rafael	Mexico	Recent Player	1979
Palfrey Danzig, Sarah	United States	Player	1963
Parker, Frank	United States	Player	1966
Patterson, Gerald	Australia	Master Player	1989
Patty, John Edward "Budge"	United States	Recent Player	1977
Pell, Theodore	United States	Master Player	1966
Perry, Frederick "Fred"	Great Britain	Master Player	1975
Petra, Yvon	France	Master Player	2016
Pettitt, Tom	Great Britain	Court Tennis Player	1982
Pierce, Mary	France	Recent Player	2019
Pietrangeli, Nicola	Italy	Recent Player	1986
Quist, Adrian	Australia	Master Player	1984
Rafter, Patrick "Pat"	Australia	Recent Player	2006
Ralston, Dennis	United States	Recent Player	1987
Renshaw, Ernest	Great Britain	Master Player	1983
Renshaw, William	Great Britain	Master Player	1983
Richards, Vincent	United States	Player	1961
Richey, Nancy	United States	Master Player	2003
Riggs, Robert "Bobby"	United States	Player	1967
Roche, Anthony "Tony"	Australia	Recent Player	1986
Roddick, Andy	United States	Recent Player	2017
Roosevelt, Ellen	United States	Master Player	1975
Rose, Mervyn	Australia	Master Player	2001
Rosewall, Kenneth "Ken"	Australia	Recent Player	1980
Round Little, Dorothy	Great Britain	Master Player	1986
Ryan, Elizabeth	United States	Master Player	1972
Sabatini, Gabriela	Argentina	Recent Player	2006
Safin, Marat	Russia	Recent Player	2016
Sampras, Pete	United States	Recent Player	2007
Sánchez Vicario, Arantxa	Spain	Recent Player	2007
Santana, Manuel	Spain	Recent Player	1984
Savitt, Richard "Dick"	United States	Recent Player	1976
Schroeder, Frederick "Ted"	United States	Player	1966
Scriven, Margaret "Peggy"	Great Britain	Master Player	2016
Sears, Eleonora	United States	Master Player	1968
Sears, Richard	United States	Player	1955
Sedgman, Frank	Australia	Master Player	1979
Segura, Pancho	Ecuador/ United States	Master Player	1984
Seixas, Elias Victor "Vic"	United States	Recent Player	1971
Seles, Monica	Yugoslavia/ FR Yugoslavia/ United States	Recent Player	2009
Shields, Frank	United States	Player	1964
Shriver, Pamela "Pam"	United States	Recent Player	2002
Slocum, Henry	United States	Player	1955
Smith, Stanley "Stan"	United States	Recent Player	1987
Smith Court, Margaret	Australia	Recent Player	1979
Snow, Randy	United States	Wheelchair Tennis	2012
Stich, Michael	West Germany/ Germany	Recent Player	2018
Stolle, Frederick "Fred"	Australia	Recent Player	1985
Suková, Helena	Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	Recent Player	2018
Sutton Bundy, May	United States	Player	1956
Talbert, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1967
Tilden, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1959
Townsend Toulmin, Bertha	United States	Master Player	1974
Trabert, Anthony "Tony"	United States	Recent Player	1970
Turner Bowrey, Lesley	Australia	Master Player	1997
Van Ryn, John	United States	Player	1963
Vandierendonck, Chantal	Netherlands	Wheelchair Tennis	2014
Vergeer, Esther	Netherlands	Wheelchair Tennis	2023
Vilas, Guillermo	Argentina	Recent Player	1991
Vines, Henry Ellsworth	United States	Player	1962
von Cramm, Gottfried	German Reich/ Nazi Germany/ West Germany	Master Player	1977
Wade, Virginia	Great Britain	Recent Player	1989
Wagner, Marie	United States	Master Player	1969
Ward, Holcombe	United States	Player	1956
Washburn, Watson	United States	Player	1965
Whitman, Malcolm	United States	Player	1955
Wilander, Mats	Sweden	Recent Player	2002
Wilding, Anthony "Tony"	New Zealand	Master Player	1978
Williams, Richard	United States	Player	1957
Wills Moody Roark, Helen	United States	Player	1959
Wood, Sidney	United States	Player	1964
Woodbridge, Todd	Australia	Recent Player	2010
Woodforde, Mark	Australia	Recent Player	2010
Wrenn, Robert "Bob"	United States	Player	1955
Wright, Beals	United States	Player	1956
Wynne Bolton, Nancye	Australia	Master Player	2006
Zvereva, Natalya "Natasha"	Soviet Union/ Belarus	Recent Player	2010

*note - Bob Hewitt of South Africa was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1992, but he was suspended indefinitely in 2012 and expelled from the Hall in 2016 after being convicted of child sexual offences.

Contributor category※

Name	Life span	Nationality	Year inducted	Ref.
Original 9			2021
Adams, Russ	1930–2017	United States	2007
Adee, George	1874–1948	United States	1964
Baker, Lawrence	1890–1980	United States	1975
Barrett, John	1931–	Great Britain	2014
Bollettieri, Nick	1931–2022	United States	2014
Braden, Vic	1929–2014	United States	2017
Brown Grimes, Jane	1941–2021	United States	2014
Buchholz Jr., Earl	1940–	United States	2005
Chatrier, Philippe	1926–2000	France	1992
Clerici, Gianni	1930–2022	Italy	2006
Collins, Arthur "Bud"	1929–2016	United States	1994
Cullman III, Joseph	1912–2004	United States	1990
Danzig, Allison	1898–1987	United States	1968
Davies, Michael	1936–2015	Great Britain (Wales)	2012
David, Herman	1905–1974	Great Britain	1998
Dell, Donald	1938–	United States	2009
Drysdale, Cliff	1941–	South Africa	2013
Flink, Steve	1952–	United States	2017
Gray, David	1927–1983	Great Britain	1985
Griffin, Clarence	1888–1973	United States	1970
Gustav V of Sweden	1858–1950	Sweden	1980
Hardwick, Derek	1921–1987	Great Britain	2010
Heldman, Gladys	1922–2003	United States	1979
Hester, William	1912–1993	United States	1981
Hunt, Lamar	1932–2006	United States	1993
Jeffett, Nancy	1928–2017	United States	2015
Johnson, Robert	1899–1971	United States	2009
Jones, Perry	1890–1970	United States	1970
Kelleher, Robert	1913–2012	United States	2000
Kellmeyer, Fern "Peachy"	1944–	United States	2011
Laney, Al	1895–1988	United States	1979
Martin, Alastair	1915–2010	United States	1973
Maskell, Dan	1908–1992	Great Britain	1996
McChesney Martin, William	1906–1998	United States	1982
McCormack, Mark	1930–2003	United States	2008
Myrick, Julian	1880–1969	United States	1963
Nielsen, Arthur	1923–1980	United States	1971
Outerbridge, Mary	1852–1886	United States	1979
Parks, Brad	1957–	United States	2010
Pasarell, Charlie	1944–	United States	2013
Scott, Eugene "Gene"	1937–2006	United States	2008
Tingay, Lance	1915–1990	Great Britain	1982
Tinling, Ted	1910–1990	Great Britain	1986
Țiriac, Ion	1939–	Romania	2013
Tobin, Brian	1930–2024	Australia	2003
Van Alen, James	1902–1991	United States	1965
Van der Meer, Dennis	1933–2019	United States	2021
Wingfield, Walter Clopton	1833–1912	Great Britain	1997

Global Ambassador category※

Name	Nationality	Year appointed	Ref.
Hingis, Martina	Switzerland	2015
Kuerten, Gustavo	Brazil	2016

Nationalities※

Country	# of members
United States	135
Australia	32
Great Britain	29
France	11
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	8
Germany	6
Spain
Sweden	5
Argentina	2
Belgium
Brazil
Italy
Netherlands
Romania
Russia
South Africa
Belarus	1
China
Croatia
Egypt
Ireland
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Peru
Puerto Rico
Switzerland
// Yugoslavia/Serbia

See also※

• Tenniseum
• List of sports awards honoring women

References※

External links※

• Official website
• 11 Intriguing Items at the International Tennis Hall of Fame article
• International Tennis Hall of Fame article
• International Tennis Hall of Fame digital exhibits
• Hall of Fame Open Archived 2018-04-02 at the Wayback Machine