By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Photo Credit: Tennis International Fame Hall
Newport will be one of the hottest tickets in tennis next summer.
Twenty -one big sample Roger Federer International Tennis Titles Tennis Fame of the 2026 Nominant Class, united by 2009 US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro and big champion four times Svetlana Kuznetsova in the category of voting players.
Journalist Mary Carillo and administrator marshal They are candidates in the category of contributors.
Here is the announcement of today’s news of the International Tennis Hall of Fame for 2026 class candidates:
Player Knows ATP and WTA players who have reached a distinct record of competitive achievements at the highest international level:
Roger Federer It is one of the only eight men in the history of tennis to reach a magnificent career in the whim. He captured his first great title at the age of 21 in Wimbledon in 2003, becoming the first male player in the history of tennis to win 20 big single titles. Federer then went up to World Ranking No. 1 for a record 237 weeks in a row, eventually holding that place for 310 weeks in total during his career. He finished his career with 103 titles of bachelors, second in the open era, and was voted to receive the Sportmanship Stefan Edberg Award 13 times. Moreover, Federer was the favorite of ATP fans for a record 19 consecutive years, from 2003 to 2021. Representing Switzerland, Federer brought his place to the Davis Cup title in 2014 and captured the Olympic gold alongside Stan Wawrrinka at the 2008 Peking Games. in 2019.
Juan Martin del Potro Argentina is the champion of men’s 2009 men in 2009, one of the 22 titles captured during his career. In 2008, while still a young man, Del Potro won four ATP Singles titles along the way compiling a 23 -game winning belt. In 2009, Del Potro reached his first Grand Slam final and secured a five -set win at US Open. He finished the year as the youngest player in the best rankings of the 10th. In 2016, Del Potro took Argentina to her first Davis Cup title and also won a silver medal at the Singles Olympic competition.
Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia is a large champion four times, with two pieces in singles and doubles. She won single titles in US 2004 US Open and 2009 Roland-Garros titles, and doubles titles in the Australian openings 2005 and 2012. It reached two additional final finals in both disciplines. During her 15-year career, she won 18 titles of WTA bachelors and 16 in pairs and reached the high ranks of no.2 career in bachelors and no 3 in doubles. In the nine years of Russia’s representation, Kuznetsova and her teams captured three titles of the Bille Jean King Cup.

Category of Contributor It is considered for the induction of the Hall of Fame every two years, and knows the real pioneers, visionary leaders or individuals / groups who have made a transcendent impact on the sport:
Mary Carillo She began her broadcast career early in the early 1980s after retiring from her career playing at WTA Tour. Starting as an analyst for the USA Network, she became the first woman to comment regularly in tennis, including men’s matches. Her success paved the way for many other women to enter the field and cover the sport regularly. Throughout her career, Carillo has covered hundreds of tennis events for large networks such as ESPN and NBC, winning numerous awards, including WTA’s “year broadcaster”. Beyond tennis, it has also covered 16 Olympic Games and served as a correspondent for HBO’s “True Sports”, winning six EMMY® and three Peabody Awards prior to its induction in the 2018 sports fame hall.
marshal He was an influential leader in the early years of men’s professional tennis, responsible for developing organizational bases that enabled sports growth and future success. In 1974, the Independent Tennis Council for Men (MTC), consisting of three ITF representatives, three ATP representatives and three tour representatives were established as the management body for men’s tennis. Between 1974 and 1981, MTC had no administration and no way to enforce its rules. In 1981, Hall was hired to provide a solution, developing the first professional administration for men’s tennis. During his stay, Happer modernized and implemented the rules and codes of conduct to prevent the misconduct of players, created an international certification for officials, and employed the first full -time professional officials. Moreover, MTC provided press information and press interconnection for all shifts, began drug testing and established the player’s pension fund. In 1990, MTC wasted when the Grand Slams became independent, and the ATP tour began. Both continued to use the MTC rules of HAPPER for administration. After MTC, HAPPER served as the Executive Director of USTA for five years, during which he was responsible for the functioning of USTA, US Open and Usta Davis Cup, he overseen negotiations for and signed the new 99-year rent for the Tennis Billie King National Center and Arthur Asht.
Fans vote now directly
Fans around the globe can weigh on which player category candidates are deserving of the induction of the fame hall while voting for the ITHF fans. Surveys are open, and tennis fans can throw their ballots by Friday, October 10 Vote.tennispame.com. With the voting set, the official voting group consisting of tennis journalists, historians and halls of fame will cast their votes this fall.
The three main candidates in the fans’ voting will receive increased points in percentage of their votes from the official voting group, with the first place winning three percentage points, two percentage points and a third point point. To be elected to the fame hall, candidates must receive an affirmative vote of at least 75% or higher than the combined total result of the voting group, and any percentage point of the bonus won in the fans’ voting.
Results from the fans’ vote will be announced immediately after the polling period.

