There have been many great tennis players who have become international stars due to their skill, championship titles, and sometimes their personal charm or on and off court behaviors. Tennis is a complete obsession for some people and they don’t even have to play the game to bee a fan. Everyone who enjoys the game has their favorite player, and this is actually one sport where favorites are not always associated with their home base. Of course there remains a tendency to be supportive of your home grown pros, but players who achieve the ranks of the Williams sisters, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and others, are respected and loved, though of course sometimes quite the opposite, with people from around the world.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization that is devoted to remembering and honoring the greats of the game. It is located in New Port, Rhode Island and serves as one of the most popular attractions of the city. It is hosted by and exists in the New Port Casino. The Casino itself was commissioned in 1880 and the hall of fame museum was founded in 1954. The building is one of the city’s examples of Victorian Architecture, and the majority of these are well preserved and part of the neighborhood’s fabulous atmosphere.
The first inductees into the hall of fame achieved their status in 1955 and the original intention was to shrine the ideals of the game, as was determined by James Van Alen who was the museum’s founder. The museum possesses one of the best collections of tennis memorabilia and various artifacts in the world. Over 19 countries have players included in the list of inductees and some of the memorabilia contains player photographs, tennis equipment, videos of player highlights from past championships such as Wimbledon tennis and others from the Grand Slam and those from the lower level tier.
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