Official account of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) | Inspiring future generations by preserving tennis history and celebrating its legends 🏆
Thank you,
@delpotrojuan
, for this beautiful moment and so many other wonderful memories 💙
Congratulations to a true sportsman on a tremendous career 👏🇦🇷
A legendary run: preserved ✅
The first-ever qualifier to win a major title has a place in the home of tennis history. Thank you,
@EmmaRaducanu
, for donating your memorable
#USOpen
outfit to the ITHF collection! 🙌🏆🇬🇧
The recent events surrounding Peng Shuai are deeply troubling. The International Tennis Hall of Fame shares in concern for her well-being and in the call for an assurance of her safety.
#WhereIsPengShuai
✔️Career Grand Slam
✔️ 2004
@WTA
Tour 🏆
✔️ 21 weeks at No. 1️⃣
✔️Olympic Medalist 🥈
✔️
@FedCup
Champion 🇷🇺
Congratulations to
@MariaSharapova
on a remarkable career!
With 13+ weeks as
@wta
world no. 1 and her 3️⃣rd major title,
@iga_swiatek
is now an automatic inclusion on her first eligible International Tennis Hall of Fame ballot, 5 years after retirement. 🤩👏
The youngest woman to win three majors since 2008, and the first woman from Poland 🇵🇱 to win the
@USOpen
👏
Congratulations to
#USOpen
champion,
@iga_swiatek
🏆🎉
"The human decision was the right one."
Featured in the third episode of
#TennisWorthy
presented by
@infosys
is one of the world's most respected humanitarians; Vijay Amritraj.
Vijay talks about how integrity overpowers on-court triumphs.
🔗:
The youngest woman to win three majors since 2008, and the first woman from Poland 🇵🇱 to win the
@USOpen
👏
Congratulations to
#USOpen
champion,
@iga_swiatek
🏆🎉
Pictured: the only five players in tennis history to achieve 300 singles match wins at the four Grand Slams.
Welcome to an elite club,
@RafaelNadal
👏
#RolandGarros
A few months ago,
@RogerFederer
wore this apparel on court for his final match.
Now, a timeless moment in tennis history is commemorated at the ITHF ✨
Thank you for letting us share a piece of your magical moment with the world, 🫶
#RForever
🔗:
Magical milestones in Melbourne, living on forever in Newport ✨
Following their
@AustralianOpen
victories in January,
@RafaelNadal
and
@ashbarty
donated kits from their historic runs to the ITHF's permanent collection.
Thrilled to share them with generations to come 💙
377 cumulative weeks at No. 1, 22 singles majors, 1 gold medal, and a calendar year of Grand Slams in 1988.
Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Stefanie Graf 🥳
Food for thought as a new season gets underway... 👌
“It’s not about wins and losses, it’s about doing the right thing. It tells you a lot about
@AndreAgassi
and his outlook on the sport.” - Pete Sampras on the best sportsmanship move he’s ever seen.
#TennisWorthy
@MiamiOpen
Engineering the greatest match comeback in a storied career, on the brightest of stages 🏆
@RafaelNadal
's five-set win over Daniil Medvedev in the 2022
@AustralianOpen
final is the winner of the Best
#Comeback
Within a Match 💪
#ITHFMomentsVote
🏆 Winner of 23 majors
3️⃣-time Olympic medalist
2️⃣-time
@BJKCup
champion
The inventor of the ⭐️ Golden Slam ⭐️
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Stefanie Graf! 🇩🇪💪
➡️
8️⃣ Grand Slams, 1️⃣ Olympic Gold, 3️⃣ Davis Cup titles, over 💯 weeks as world No. 1️⃣, countless memories of greatness.
Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer
@AndreAgassi
! 🥳
Grand Slam Champions ☑️
Olympic Medalists ☑️
Fed & Davis Cup Champs ☑️
Hall of Famers ✅
Congratulations to International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2020!
Goran Ivanisevic 🇭🇷
Conchita Martinez 🇪🇸
👏👏👏
A
@usopen
champion,
@Wimbledon
doubles champion, Olympic medalist, Phillippe Chatrier award winner and one of two Argentinian Hall of Famers 🇦🇷
Feliz cumpleaños,
@sabatinigabyok
! 🥳
Congratulations
@iga_swiatek
! 🌴
With her second
@bnpparibasopen
title, Swiatek is now the winningest women's player at Indian Wells since the event's start in 1989.
With a 90% win rate, she passes the previous mark of 89.5% set by Hall of Famer Steffi Graf.
Seventeen years between his first and most recent
@rolandgarros
titles 🏆
We're hoping for a healthy recovery for the dominant force on clay.
Get well soon,
@RafaelNadal
, the tennis community will miss you at the French Open this year 🫶
Making a dream come true 🤩 with the
@rolandgarros
title 🏆
@AnaIvanovic
overcame adversity to become Serbia's first
@WTA
world No. 1 🇷🇸
Now, she's on the ballot for the ITHF 👏
Cast your ballot for Ana! 🗳 |
#ITHFVote
A comeback that will live alongside the greatest moments in tennis history ✨
@RafaelNadal
is the first men's player in the Open Era to overcome a two-set deficit and win the
#AusOpen
.
The newest Museum residents 🙌
Pieces of 2021
@usopen
glory live on at the ITHF!
@DaniilMedwed
's title-winning racquet and the kit
@EmmaRaducanu
wore during her magical fortnight are now on display in Newport ✨
Setting the example, and an inspiration for excellence.
Venus and Serena Williams have sparked a generation of Black players to pick up a racquet, with the ripple effects reaching the highest levels of today's game.
#BlackHistoryMonth
|
@WTA
Lindsay Davenport is one of only five women who have ended the year ranked
@WTA
No. 1 in the world at least four times.
Happy birthday to the six-time major champ and Hall of Famer! 🥳👏
🔗:
Tennis players to win 25 consecutive matches since 2000:
Hologic
@WTA
Tour
✅ V. Williams
✅ S. Williams
✅ Henin
✅ Azarenka
✅
@iga_swiatek
@atptour
✅ Federer
✅ Nadal
✅ Djokovic
✅ Murray
Poland's first major champion! 🇵🇱👏
Iga Swiatek is the first woman to win
@rolandgarros
without dropping a single set since Hall of Famer Justine Henin in 2007 💪
Congratulations,
@iga_swiatek
!
Happy Birthday to 59-time Slam champion and legend,
@Martina
🎉
In her four-decade career, Martina had an 85.89% overall win percentage 🤯
She's the oldest player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, and holds the record for most Wimbledon singles titles with 9 🏆👏
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to an extraordinary champion on the court & a tireless champion for enabling kids to succeed off the court, Hall of Famer
@AndreAgassi
. 🏆🇺🇸🎂
Learn more about what this legend is up to today:
Forever a Hall of Famer,
@Clijsterskim
! 👏 Thank you for the fantastic memories on court, around the world and in Newport ❤️
Congratulations, and can't wait to see what's next in tennis and beyond!
➡️
Who else has watched (and loved) Untold: Breaking Point on
@netflix
? 🙋♀️🙋♂️🙋
Thank you,
@MardyFish
, for sharing your story, and bringing light to such an important topic. Glad the Hall of Fame Open was able to play a meaningful role in an incredible career 🙌
#ATPNewport
Navratilova, Court, Graf, Evert, Seles...
And now, Swiatek 👏
The only
@WTA
names in the Open Era to win at least 35-straight matches during their career, and capture multiple
#RolandGarros
singles titles.
History unlocked 🔓 for
@iga_swiatek
🇵🇱
The first of many 🏆🤩
@serenawilliams
's first major singles title came at the 1999
@usopen
, when the 17-year old phenom defeated 5 Hall of Famers - in succession - on the way to lifting the trophy.
Her dress from that prescient day now calls the ITHF Museum home.
Wishing a very Happy Birthday today to 8-time Grand Slam Champion, former World No. 1, Olympic Gold Medalist, Davis Cup Champion... Hall of Famer
@AndreAgassi
! 🎂
Imagine winning
#Wimbledon
and not making enough money to get home. That’s why
@BillieJeanKing
and others fought for Open Tennis.
📽️ On the 50th Anniversary of the Open Era and her 3rd straight Wimbledon title, BJK reflects on the "transition generation."
#TennisWorthy
Legends to legends, it was a grand welcome to the International Tennis Hall of Fame for Conchita Martinez & Goran Ivanisevic in Melbourne! 👏 🎉
#AusOpen
The ITHF remembers Hall of Famer Gianni Clerici, celebrated Italian journalist, who has passed at age 91.
A prolific writer and broadcaster, Clerici contributed to a wide range of publications. His flair, knowledge and love of tennis regaled fans all over the world.
"We were troublemakers. And now, today...we're rockstars." ✨
Together and ready to take their place amongst tennis' legends in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. This evening, the Original 9 will be the first group ever inducted into the ITHF.
#EnshrinementWeekend
|
@wta
Trailblazers. Believers. Rebels. 💪
The Original 9 - pioneers of women's professional tennis and gamechangers in the world of athletics - are headed to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
@wta
|
@BillieJeanKing