Five-time Grand Slam singles champion Maria Sharapova, known for her fighting spirit on the court and the attention she receives off the court, and twins Bob and Mike Bryan in men’s doubles, who together have won 16 major titles. He was selected as a candidate for this first round of voting. International Tennis Hall of Fame.
The Newport, Rhode Island-based hall announced its Class of 2025 results on Thursday.
Canada’s Daniel Nestor, who has won 12 Grand Slam titles in men’s doubles and mixed doubles, received the 75% needed to qualify for the Hall in a vote among media, historians, Hall of Fame members, industry experts and industry experts. It did not receive the majority of votes. Pan. This was his third and final year as a candidate.
Sharapova won at least one title in each of her sport’s four most prestigious events, making her one of 10 women in tennis history to achieve a career Grand Slam and the first Russian woman to reach the top spot in the WTA singles rankings. It is done. She retired in 2020 at the age of 32 after a career that included 15 years in the spotlight, a 15-month doping ban, and multiple surgeries on her right shoulder.
Brother Brian also achieved a career Grand Slam and topped the ATP doubles rankings for 438 weeks. They won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and helped the United States win the 2007 Davis Cup. Bob is currently captain of Team USA, which will travel to Malaga, Spain for the finals next month to compete for the country’s first victory in that competition.
Mike Brian (he is right-handed and his brother is left-handed) is the career leader with 18 major men’s doubles trophies overall. He scored two goals alongside Jack Sock in 2018 while Bob was injured.
Sharapova quickly emerged as a star by winning her first major title by defeating Serena Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon final at the age of 17, and later won the 2006 US Open, 2008 Australian Open, and 2012 French Open. 2014.
Sharapova helped Russia win the team event known as the Billie Jean King Cup in 2008 and won a silver medal in singles at the 2012 Olympics, losing to Williams in the final.
Meanwhile, Sharapova earned millions more from endorsement deals than she did from prize money.
“There are two sides to me,” Sharapova told The Associated Press in a 2006 interview shortly before her victory at Flushing Meadows. “There is Maria, a tennis player. There is Maria, an ordinary girl. There is also Maria, a businesswoman. And this is where the ‘Maria Sharapova brand’ comes into play.”
At the 2016 Australian Open, Sharapova tested positive for the banned substance meldonium and was initially suspended for two years. After appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Sharapova received a reduced penalty after it was decided that there had been “non-gross negligence” in the incident and that “it cannot be considered intentional misconduct.”
Bryans and Sharapova are scheduled to be inducted in August.
City Hall | Canadian Sports Hall of Fame inductee Daniel Nestor reflects on Canadian tennis:
video-item-title">Canadian Sports Hall of Fame inductee Daniel Nestor reflects on Canadian tennis.
A former tennis star who won 91 doubles matches gives his thoughts on how tennis has changed in Canada.
