International Tennis Hall of Fame

Inner courtyard

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.[1] 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 Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum in the Casino.[2][3] The combination of tennis matches and the museum allowed the building to be saved.

Entrance from Bellevue Avenue

Van Alen intended the facility to be "a shrine to the ideals of the game", and was elected president of the hall in 1957.[3] The International Tennis Hall of Fame was officially sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association at its foundation in 1954. It was recognized by the International Tennis Federation in 1986. The first Hall of Fame members were inducted in 1955; as of 2017, a total of 252 inductees from 23 countries have been recognized.[4]

In 2015, Martina Hingis was appointed as the first Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[5] The current Board of Governors includes former professional tennis players Todd Martin, Stan Smith and Katrina Adams.[6]

The museum houses a large collection of artifacts and memorabilia – including videos, photographs, audio recordings, tennis equipment and apparel, trophies, and art – highlighting the history of tennis from its origins up through the modern era. The collection is displayed year-round in the museum's 13,000 square feet (1,200 m²) of exhibit space.[7]

For a description of each award and a list of its recipients, see footnote.[8]

• 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

The Hall of Fame hosts several tournaments, including the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. 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, and Mardy Fish, as well as two-time champion Fabrice Santoro of France.

For a list of inductees—alphabetically, by country, and by year of induction—see footnote.[9]

Note: Inductees are listed below in two categories (Player category and Contributor category).

Player category

  Men's player

  Women's player

Name	Nationality	Category	Year inducted	Ref.
Agassi, Andre	United States	Recent Player	2011	[10]
Akhurst, Daphne	Australia	Master Player	2013	[11]
Alexander, Frederick "Fred"	United States	Player	1961	[12]
Allison, Wilmer	United States	Player	1963	[13]
Alonso, Manuel	Spain	Master Player	1977	[14]
Anderson, James	Australia	Master Player	2013	[15]
Anderson, Malcolm	Australia	Master Player	2000	[16]
Ashe, Arthur	United States	Recent Player	1985	[17]
Atkinson, Juliette	United States	Player	1974	[18]
Austin, Henry "Bunny"	Great Britain	Master Player	1997	[19]
Austin, Tracy	United States	Recent Player	1992	[20]
Baddeley, Wilfred	Great Britain	Master Player	2013	[21]
Barger-Wallach, Maud	United States	Player	1958	[22]
Becker, Boris	Germany	Recent Player	2003	[23]
Behr, Karl	United States	Player	1969	[24]
Betz Addie, Pauline	United States	Player	1965	[25]
Bingley Hillyard, Blanche	Great Britain	Master Player	2013	[26]
Bjurstedt Mallory, Molla	Norway/ United States	Player	1958	[27]
Borg, Björn	Sweden	Recent Player	1987	[28]
Borotra, Jean	France	Master Player	1976	[29]
Bromwich, John	Australia	Master Player	1984	[30]
Brookes, Norman	Australia	Master Player	1977	[31]
Brough Clapp, Louise	United States	Player	1967	[32]
Browne, Mary K.	United States	Player	1957	[33]
Brugnon, Jacques	France	Master Player	1976	[34]
Budge, John Donald "Don"	United States	Player	1964	[35]
Bueno, Maria Esther	Brazil	Recent Player	1978	[36]
Bundy Cheney, Dorothy	United States	Master Player	2004	[37]
Cahill, Mabel	Ireland	Player	1976	[38]
Campbell, Oliver	United States	Player	1955	[39]
Capriati, Jennifer	United States	Recent Player	2012	[40]
Casals, Rosemary	United States	Recent Player	1996	[41]
Chace, Malcolm	United States	Player	1961	[42]
Chang, Michael	United States	Recent Player	2008	[43]
Clark, Clarence	United States	Master Player	1983	[44]
Clark, Joseph	United States	Player	1955	[45]
Clijsters, Kim	Belgium	Recent Player	2017	[46]
Clothier, William	United States	Player	1956	[47]
Cochet, Henri	France	Master Player	1976	[48]
Connolly Brinker, Maureen	United States	Player	1968	[49]
Connors, James "Jimmy"	United States	Recent Player	1998	[50]
Cooper, Ashley	Australia	Master Player	1991	[51]
Cooper Sterry, Charlotte	Great Britain	Master Player	2013	[52]
Courier, Jim	United States	Recent Player	2005	[53]
Coyne Long, Thelma	Australia	Master Player	2013	[54]
Crawford, Jack	Australia	Master Player	1979	[55]
Davenport, Lindsay	United States	Recent Player	2014	[56]
Davidson, Owen	Australia	Master Player	2010	[57]
Davidson, Sven	Sweden	Master Player	2007	[58]
Davis, Dwight F.	United States	Player	1956	[59]
Dod, Charlotte "Lottie"	Great Britain	Player	1983	[60]
Doeg, John	United States	Player	1962	[61]
Doherty, Laurence	Great Britain	Player	1980	[62]
Doherty, Reginald	Great Britain	Player	1980	[63]
Douglass Chambers, Dorothea	Great Britain	Player	1981	[64]
Drobný, Jaroslav	Czechoslovakia/ Egypt	Master Player	1983	[65]
Dürr, Françoise	France	Master Player	2003	[66]
Dwight, James	United States	Player	1955	[67]
Edberg, Stefan	Sweden	Recent Player	2004	[68]
Emerson, Roy	Australia	Recent Player	1982	[69]
Etchebaster, Pierre	France	Court Tennis Player	1978	[70]
Evert, Christine "Chris"	United States	Recent Player	1995	[71]
Falkenburg, Robert "Bob"	United States/ Brazil	Player	1974	[72]
Fernández, Beatriz "Gigi"	United States ( Puerto Rico)	Recent Player	2010	[73]
Fraser, Neale	Australia	Master Player	1984	[74]
Fry-Irvin, Shirley	United States	Player	1970	[75]
Garland, Chuck	United States	Master Player	1969	[76]
Gibson, Althea	United States	Player	1971	[77]
Gimeno, Andres	Spain	Master Player	2009	[78]
Gonzales, Richard "Pancho"	United States	Player	1968	[79]
Goolagong Cawley, Evonne	Australia	Recent Player	1988	[80]
Gore, Arthur	Great Britain	Master Player	2006	[81]
Graf, Stefanie "Steffi"	Germany	Recent Player	2004	[82]
Grant, Bryan "Bitsy"	United States	Master Player	1972	[83]
Hackett, Harold	United States	Player	1961	[84]
Hall, David	Australia	Recent Player	2015	[85]
Hansell, Ellen	United States	Player	1965	[86]
Hard, Darlene	United States	Player	1973	[87]
Hart, Doris	United States	Player	1969	[88]
Haydon Jones, Ann	Great Britain	Player	1985	[89]
Henin, Justine	Belgium	Recent Player	2016	[90]
Hingis, Martina	Switzerland	Recent Player	2013	[91]
Hoad, Lewis "Lew"	Australia	Master Player	1980	[92]
Hopman, Harry	Australia	Master Player	1978	[93]
Hotchkiss Wightman, Hazel	United States	Player	1957	[94]
Hovey, Frederick	United States	Master Player	1974	[95]
Hunt, Joseph "Joe"	United States	Player	1966	[96]
Hunter, Frank	United States	Player	1961	[97]
Hull Jacobs, Helen	United States	Player	1962	[98]
Johnston, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1958	[99]
Jones Farquhar, Marion	United States	Master Player	2006	[100]
Kafelnikov, Yevgeny	Russia	Recent Player	2019	[101]
King, Billie Jean Moffitt	United States	Recent Player	1987	[102]
Kalkman-Van Den Bosch, Monique	Netherlands	Recent Player	2017	[103]
Kodeš, Jan	Czechoslovakia	Recent Player	1990	[104]
Koželuh, Karel	Czechoslovakia	Master Player	2006	[105]
Krahwinkel Sperling, Hilde	Germany/ Denmark	Master Player	2013	[106]
Kramer, John Albert "Jack"	United States	Player	1968	[107]
Kuerten, Gustavo "Guga"	Brazil	Recent Player	2012	[108]
Lacoste, René	France	Master Player	1976	[109]
Larned, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1956	[110]
Larsen, Arthur "Art"	United States	Player	1969	[111]
Laver, Rodney "Rod"	Australia	Recent Player	1981	[112]
Lawford, Herbert	Great Britain	Master Player	2006	[113]
Lendl, Ivan	Czechoslovakia/ United States	Recent Player	2001	[114]
Lenglen, Suzanne	France	Master Player	1978	[115]
Li Na	China	Recent Player	2019	[116]
Lott, George	United States	Player	1964	[117]
Mako, Constantine "Gene"	United States	Master Player	1973	[118]
Mandlíková, Hana	Czechoslovakia/ Australia	Recent Player	1994	[119]
Marble, Alice	United States	Player	1964	[120]
Mathieu, Simonne	France	Master Player	2006	[121]
Mauresmo, Amélie	France	Recent Player	2015	[122]
McEnroe, John	United States	Recent Player	1999	[123]
McGregor, Kenneth "Ken"	Australia	Master Player	1999	[124]
McKane Godfree, Kathleen "Kitty"	Great Britain	Master Player	1978	[125]
McKinley, Charles Robert "Chuck"	United States	Recent Player	1986	[126]
McLoughlin, Maurice	United States	Player	1957	[127]
McMillan, Frew	South Africa	Recent Player	1992	[128]
McNeill, Don	United States	Recent Player	1965	[129]
Moore, Elisabeth	United States	Master Player	1971	[130]
Mortimer Barrett, Angela	Great Britain	Master Player	1993	[131]
Mulloy, Gardnar	United States	Recent Player	1972	[132]
Murray, R. Lindley	United States	Master Player	1958	[133]
Năstase, Ilie	Romania	Recent Player	1991	[134]
Navratilova, Martina	Czechoslovakia/ United States	Recent Player	2000	[135]
Newcombe, John	Australia	Recent Player	1986	[136]
Noah, Yannick	France	Recent Player	2005	[137]
Novotná, Jana	Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	Recent Player	2005	[138]
Nüsslein, Hans	Germany	Master Player	2006	[139]
Nuthall Shoemaker, Betty	Great Britain	Master Player	1977	[140]
Olmedo, Alex	Peru/ United States	Master Player	1987	[141]
Orantes, Manuel	Spain	Master Player	2012	[142]
Osborne duPont, Margaret	United States	Recent Player	1967	[143]
Osuna, Rafael	Mexico	Recent Player	1979	[144]
Palfrey Danzig, Sarah	United States	Player	1963	[145]
Parker, Frank	United States	Player	1966	[146]
Patterson, Gerald	Australia	Master Player	1989	[147]
Patty, John Edward "Budge"	United States	Recent Player	1977	[148]
Pell, Theodore	United States	Master Player	1966	[149]
Perry, Frederick "Fred"	Great Britain	Master Player	1975	[150]
Pettitt, Tom	Great Britain	Court Tennis Player	1982	[151]
Pierce, Mary	France	Recent Player	2019	[152]
Pietrangeli, Nicola	Italy	Recent Player	1986	[153]
Quist, Adrian	Australia	Master Player	1984	[154]
Rafter, Patrick "Pat"	Australia	Recent Player	2006	[155]
Ralston, Dennis	United States	Recent Player	1987	[156]
Renshaw, Ernest	Great Britain	Master Player	1983	[157]
Renshaw, William	Great Britain	Master Player	1983	[158]
Richards, Vincent	United States	Player	1961	[159]
Richey, Nancy	United States	Master Player	2003	[160]
Riggs, Robert "Bobby"	United States	Player	1967	[161]
Roche, Anthony "Tony"	Australia	Recent Player	1986	[162]
Roddick, Andy	United States	Recent Player	2017	[163]
Roosevelt, Ellen	United States	Master Player	1975	[164]
Rose, Mervyn	Australia	Master Player	2001	[165]
Rosewall, Kenneth "Ken"	Australia	Recent Player	1980	[166]
Round Little, Dorothy	Great Britain	Master Player	1986	[167]
Ryan, Elizabeth	United States	Master Player	1972	[168]
Sabatini, Gabriela	Argentina	Recent Player	2006	[169]
Safin, Marat	Russia	Recent Player	2016	[170]
Sampras, Pete	United States	Recent Player	2007	[171]
Sánchez Vicario, Arantxa	Spain	Recent Player	2007	[172]
Santana, Manuel	Spain	Recent Player	1984	[173]
Savitt, Richard "Dick"	United States	Recent Player	1976	[174]
Schroeder, Frederick "Ted"	United States	Player	1966	[175]
Sears, Eleonora	United States	Master Player	1968	[176]
Sears, Richard	United States	Player	1955	[177]
Sedgman, Frank	Australia	Master Player	1979	[178]
Segura, Pancho	United States	Master Player	1984	[179]
Seixas, Elias Victor "Vic"	United States	Recent Player	1971	[180]
Seles, Monica	Yugoslavia/ United States	Recent Player	2009	[181]
Shields, Frank	United States	Player	1964	[182]
Shriver, Pamela "Pam"	United States	Recent Player	2002	[183]
Slocum, Henry	United States	Player	1955	[184]
Smith, Stanley "Stan"	United States	Recent Player	1987	[185]
Smith Court, Margaret	Australia	Recent Player	1979	[186]
Snow, Randy	United States	Recent Player	2012	[187]
Stich, Michael	Germany	Recent Player	2018	[188]
Stolle, Frederick "Fred"	Australia	Recent Player	1985	[189]
Suková, Helena	Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic	Recent Player	2018	[190]
Sutton Bundy, May	United States	Player	1956	[191]
Talbert, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1967	[192]
Tilden, William "Bill"	United States	Player	1959	[193]
Townsend Toulmin, Bertha	United States	Master Player	1974	[194]
Trabert, Anthony "Tony"	United States	Recent Player	1970	[195]
Turner Bowrey, Lesley	Australia	Master Player	1997	[196]
Van Ryn, John	United States	Player	1963	[197]
Vandierendonck, Chantal	Netherlands	Recent Player	2014	[198]
Vilas, Guillermo	Argentina	Recent Player	1991	[199]
Vines, Henry Ellsworth	United States	Player	1962	[200]
von Cramm, Gottfried	Germany	Master Player	1977	[201]
Wade, Virginia	Great Britain	Recent Player	1989	[202]
Wagner, Marie	United States	Master Player	1969	[203]
Ward, Holcombe	United States	Player	1956	[204]
Washburn, Watson	United States	Player	1965	[205]
Whitman, Malcolm	United States	Player	1955	[206]
Wilander, Mats	Sweden	Recent Player	2002	[207]
Wilding, Anthony "Tony"	New Zealand	Master Player	1978	[208]
Williams, Richard	United States	Player	1957	[209]
Wills Moody Roark, Helen	United States	Player	1959	[210]
Wood, Sidney	United States	Player	1964	[211]
Woodbridge, Todd	Australia	Recent Player	2010	[212]
Woodforde, Mark	Australia	Recent Player	2010	[213]
Wrenn, Robert "Bob"	United States	Player	1955	[214]
Wright, Beals	United States	Player	1956	[215]
Wynne Bolton, Nancye	Australia	Master Player	2006	[216]
Zvereva, Natalya "Natasha"	Belarus	Recent Player	2010	[217]

*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.[218][219]

Contributor category

Name	Life span	Nationality	Year inducted	Ref.
Adams, Russ	1930–2017	United States	2007	[220]
Adee, George	1874–1948	United States	1964	[221]
Baker, Lawrence	1890–1980	United States	1975	[222]
Barrett, John	1931–	Great Britain	2014	[223]
Bollettieri, Nick	1931–	United States	2014	[224]
Braden, Vic	1929–2014	United States	2017	[225]
Brown Grimes, Jane	1941–	United States	2014	[226]
Buchholz Jr., Earl	1940–	United States	2005	[227]
Chatrier, Philippe	1926–2000	France	1992	[228]
Clerici, Gianni	1930–	Italy	2006	[229]
Collins, Arthur "Bud"	1929–2016	United States	1994	[230]
Cullman III, Joseph	1912–2004	United States	1990	[231]
Danzig, Allison	1898–1987	United States	1968	[232]
Davies, Michael	1936–	Great Britain (Wales)	2012	[233]
David, Herman	1905–1974	Great Britain	1998	[234]
Dell, Donald	1937–	United States	2009	[235]
Drysdale, Cliff	1941–	South Africa	2013	[236]
Flink, Steve	1952–	United States	2017	[237]
Gray, David	1927–1983	Great Britain	1985	[238]
Griffin, Clarence	1888–1973	United States	1970	[239]
Gustav V of Sweden	1858–1950	Sweden	1980	[240]
Hardwick, Derek	1921–1987	Great Britain	2010	[241]
Heldman, Gladys	1922–2003	United States	1979	[242]
Hester, William	1912–1993	United States	1981	[243]
Hunt, Lamar	1932–2006	United States	1993	[244]
Jeffett, Nancy	1928–2017	United States	2015	[245]
Johnson, Robert	1899–1971	United States	2009	[246]
Jones, Perry	1890–1970	United States	1970	[247]
Kelleher, Robert	1913–2012	United States	2000	[248]
Kellmeyer, Fern "Peachy"	1944–	United States	2011	[249]
Laney, Al	1895–1988	United States	1979	[250]
Martin, Alastair	1915–2010	United States	1973	[251]
Maskell, Dan	1908–1992	Great Britain	1996	[252]
McChesney Martin, William	1906–1998	United States	1982	[253]
McCormack, Mark	1930–2003	United States	2008	[254]
Myrick, Julian	1880–1969	United States	1963	[255]
Nielsen, Arthur	1923–1980	United States	1971	[256]
Outerbridge, Mary	1852–1886	United States	1979	[257]
Parks, Brad	1957–	United States	2010	[258]
Pasarell, Charlie	1944–	United States	2013	[259]
Scott, Eugene "Gene"	1937–2006	United States	2008	[260]
Tingay, Lance	1915–1990	Great Britain	1982	[261]
Tinling, Ted	1910–1990	Great Britain	1986	[262]
Ţiriac, Ion	1939–	Romania	2013	[263]
Tobin, Brian	1930–	Australia	2003	[264]
Van Alen, James	1902–1991	United States	1965	[265]
Wingfield, Walter Clopton	1833–1912	Great Britain	1997	[266]

Global Ambassador category

Name	Nationality	Year appointed	Ref.
Hingis, Martina	Switzerland	2015	[267]
Kuerten, Gustavo	Brazil	2016	[268]

Nationalities

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

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