Oct 24, 2024 07:56 PM IST
Maria Sharapova and the Bryan Brothers have been elected to the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame’s Class of 2025.
On Thursday, tennis legends Maria Sharapova, Bob and Mike Bryan had been chosen for the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame’s Class of 2025. Sharapova is a five-time Grand Slam champion and can be a former world No. 1. In the meantime, the Bryan brothers are probably the most profitable males’s doubles pair in historical past.
Maria Sharapova and the Bryan brothers shall be inducted into the Tennis Corridor of Fame.
Former participant Kim Clijsters, who can be President of the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame and Class of 2017 Corridor of Famer, mentioned, “I am honored to welcome Maria Sharapova and Bob and Mike Bryan as the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.”
“Beyond each of their historic accomplishments on the court, the Class of 2025 have had such a profound impact on the game of tennis and have inspired multiple generations of fans across the world. We look forward to celebrating them in Newport next year,” she added.
Sharapova and the Bryan brothers shall be inducted on August 23, on the Corridor of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.
Sharapova can be one of many ten ladies to bag the profession Grand Slam. She can be an Olympic medalist, having clinched silver in ladies’s singles on the 2012 Olympics. She turned the primary Russian lady to prime the singles rankings on August 22 2005 as an 18-year-old, and final held the place on July 8, 2012. Her 5 main titles are two on the French Open, one every on the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. In whole, she gained 36 titles, together with the year-end championships on her debut in 2004.
The Bryan brothers have gained a number of Olympic medals, together with gold in 2012, and have gained extra skilled video games, matches, tournaments and Grand Slams than every other males’s pairing. That they had the World No. 1 doubles rating collectively for 438 weeks, which is longer than anybody else in doubles historical past, and have additionally been World No. 1 collectively for a document 139 consecutive weeks.
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