Federer, Del Potro, Kuznitova

Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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Twenty major champions Roger Federer Headline News International Tennis Hall of Fame 2026 nominees joined by 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potero and four major champions Svetlana Kuznetsova In the Player category of votes.
reporter Mary Carillo and administrator Marshall is happier is the nominee in the contributor category.
Here is today’s International Tennis Hall of Fame news release, which involves nominees for 2026:
this Player category ATP and WTA players who recognize an outstanding record of outstanding competitive achievements at the highest international level:
Roger Federer He is one of only eight men in tennis history and can achieve a professional grand slam in singles. He won his first major title at Wimbledon in 2003, becoming the first male player in tennis history to win 20 major singles titles. Federer then finished No. 1 in the world for 237 consecutive weeks, eventually maintaining his 310-week total in his career. He finished his career with a 103 singles title, ranked second in the Open Age and was named the Stefan Edberg Sports Spirit Award 13 times. In addition, Federer has been a favorite among ATP fans for 19 consecutive years (from 2003 to 2021). Federer represents Switzerland, whose country led his country to the Davis Cup in 2014 and won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Games. As part of the European team, Federer won three consecutive Laver Cup titles from 2017 to 2019.
Juan Martin del Potero Argentina was the 2009 U.S. Open Men’s Singles Championship, one of his 22 career champions. In 2008, though still a teenager, Del Potro won four ATP singles titles in a compilation of a 23-game winning streak. In 2009, Del Potro reached his first Grand Slam final and scored five sets in the U.S. Open. He became the youngest player in the top ten this year. In 2016, Del Potro led Argentina to its first Davis Cup title and won a silver medal in the Olympic singles competition.
Svetlana Kuznetsova Russia’s four major champions, singles and doubles matches. She won singles titles at the 2004 U.S. Open and 2009 Roland-Garros, and singles titles at the 2005 and 2012 Australian Openings. She won two more major finals in two disciplines. In her 15-year career, she has won 18 WTA singles titles and 16 doubles titles and ranked second in singles, second in singles and third in doubles. During his nine years representing Russia, Kuznetsova and her team won three Bille Jean King Cup titles.
this Contributor Category Consider Hall of Fame induction every two years and recognize the true pioneers, visionary leaders or individuals/groups that have made a transcendent impact on the sport:
Mary Carillo After retiring from her WTA tour career, she began her groundbreaking broadcast career in the early 1980s. Starting with an analyst at the American Network, she became the first woman to regularly review tennis, including men’s games. Her success paves the way for many other women to enter the fields and regularly cover the sport. Throughout her career, Carillo has provided hundreds of tennis events to major networks such as ESPN and NBC and has won multiple awards, including WTA’s “Broadcasting Company of the Year.” In addition to tennis, she also covered 16 Olympic Games and served as a correspondent for HBO’s “Real Sports” and won six Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards before being inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2018.
Marshall is happier In the early years of professional tennis in men, he was an influential leader, responsible for developing the organizational fundamentals of the growth and future success of the sport. In 1974, the Independent Men’s Tennis Committee (MTC) was formed as the governing body of men’s tennis, consisting of three ITF representatives, three ATP representatives and three championship representatives. Between 1974 and 1981, the MTC was not in power and could not enforce its own rules. In 1981, Hapter was hired to provide solutions to develop the first professional management for men’s tennis. During his tenure, the rules and codes of conduct were more modernized and implemented to prevent player misconduct, creating international certifications for officials and hiring the first full-time professional official. Additionally, MTC provided news and pushed contacts to all tournaments, started drug testing, and created a player pension fund. In 1990, when the Grand Slam was independent, the MTC was disbanded and the ATP Tour began. Both continue to be managed using Happer’s MTC rules. After the MTC, Happer served as Executive Director of the USTA for five years, during which, in addition for being responsible for the operation of the USTA, the US Open and the USTA Davis Cup, he supervised the negotiations for and signed the new 99-year lease for the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and the construction contract for the new Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Fan vote now
Fans around the world can weigh in which player category nominee deserves the Hall of Fame selection during ITHF fan voting. Polls are open and tennis fans can vote on the ballot on Friday, October 10. By voting, an official voting team composed of tennis journalists, historians and the Hall of Fame will vote this fall.
The top three candidates in the fan voting will receive an increase in the total number of votes from the official voting panel, with the first place receiving three percentage points, the second and third place being one percentage point. To be elected to the Hall of Fame, candidates must receive at least 75% or higher of the total number of official voting panels and any percentage of bonuses received in the fan vote.
The results of the fan vote will be announced shortly after the voting period.



