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Stunning news this week is that the ATP will cancel the Hall of Fame Championships ATP tournament next July and a new ATP tournament will begin in July 2025 in Saudi Arabia. The WTA Finals is also expected to be transferred to Saudi Arabia. The final Hall of Fame Open will be contested from July […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · grass court tennis · Hall of Fame · Newport · Saudi Arabia
Indian tennis great Leander Paes is one of six nominees in the Player Category for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s ballot for the Class of 2024. In addition to Paes, Cara Black, Ana Ivanović, Carlos Moyá, Daniel Nestor and Flavia Pennetta return to the ballot in the Player Category. The Player Category recognizes ATP […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Moya · International Tennis Hall of Fame · Leander Paes · Newport
Sep/23
19
Tribute: Close Encounters With John Isner
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By Scoop Malinowski The American tennis great John Isner retired earlier this month from professional tennis. But the sixteen-time ATP champion and former ATP world no. 8 has left his mark on the sport, achieving outstanding success and results, victories vs Federer, Nadal, Murray and Djokovic and also popularity and friendship with his peers… One […] Continue to read full article...
Atlanta · ATP · Fila · Georgia Bulldog · John Isner · NCAA · Newport · Prince · US Open · Wimbledon
This summer the International Tennis Hall of Fame only inducted two players most people have never seen play, wheelchair super champions Rick Drainey and Esther Vergeer. The criteria for singles players to be nominated for election was recently changed. Now to enter the International Tennis Hall of Fame a singles player must have won three […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/23
19
Wonderful day at the Hall of Fame Open Newport
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I arrive before noon and after exiting the media center, Shintaro Mochizuki is walking towards me on the path. He lost first round to Liam Broady and here was my chance to do a biofile with the former junior Wimbledon champ. At first he said he’d do it after lunch but then decided to do […] Continue to read full article...
Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson retired from tennis in February 2022 but his competitive fires didn’t burn out. The 2021 Newport champion said he stopped playing completely for mine months and dedicated time to other fitness pursuits and some golf. It wasn’t until a couple of months ago a friend asked to hit and […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/23
16
Newport 2023 Begins With Some Old And New Faces
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The Infosys Newport Hall of Fame Open always produces an eclectic draw of a range of player and this year is no different. First round qualies began today and an interesting duel was between veterans Donald Young and Illya Marchenko. The 35 year old ranked 338 from Ukraine and the American 33 year old ranked […] Continue to read full article...
Donald Young · Illya Marchenko · Infosys Hall of Fame Championships · Newport
MAY 9, 2023, NEWPORT, R.I, U.S.A., – Tickets are now on sale for the 2023 Infosys Hall of Fame Open, to be held July 16-23 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Single-session and weekly series tickets for the ATP Tour’s only grass court tournament played outside of Europe are now available at infosyshalloffameopen.com. Options include individual […] Continue to read full article...
Infosys Hall of Fame Championships · Newport · Tennis Hall of Fame
International Tennis Hall of Fame CEO Todd Martin has resigned from his position, effective January 1, 2023. Martin has served as ITHF CEO since September 2014. Martin has accepted a new role as Head of Tennis for Beemok Capital, which is the owner of multiple tennis assets in Charleston, S.C. and now in Cincinnati, Ohio. […] Continue to read full article...
Jul/22
25
Isner and Macpherson Target Seventh Atlanta Title
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By Scoop Malinowski John Isner’s stunning ATP career began in style in 2007 and fifteen years later the big man is still a mighty force in professional tennis. I was there in Washington DC 2007 when the 22 year old Isner won his first five ATP matches, all in third set tiebreakers. The then unknown […] Continue to read full article...
Atlanta · ATP · David Macpherson · John Isner · Newport
