Canadian tennis legend Daniel Nestor has returned to the poll for the Worldwide Tennis Corridor of Fame’s Class of 2025 within the Participant Class. Nestor is joined by fellow nominees five-time singles Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova and American doubles group Bob and Mike Bryan.
Having loved a stellar taking part in profession from 1991-2018, profitable eight doubles and 4 blended doubles Grand Slam titles in addition to an Olympic Gold medal (Sydney 2000) and 4 ATP Tour Finals doubles crowns, that is the third yr Nestor has been named on the poll. In complete, he gained 91 profession titles, spent over 100 weeks because the No. 1-ranked doubles participant on this planet and held the document as the primary participant to win 1,000 ATP doubles matches. He was additionally an ever-present on Group Canada in Davis Cup motion taking part in in 53 ties, together with versus Serbia within the 2013 semi-finals.
“It’s an actual honour to be named on the poll for a 3rd yr,” Nestor mentioned. “It’s superb to be acknowledged amongst a number of the all-time greats of the game. Congratulations to my fellow nominees, Maria [Sharapova], and Bob and Mike [Bryan].”
The ballot for the ITHF Class of 2025 is now open and followers can vote for Nestor at vote.tennisfame.com. Voting will run by Thursday, September 12. Along with the fan ballot, the Official Voting Group comprised of tennis journalists, historians, and Corridor of Famers, will solid their ballots over the subsequent month.
To be elected to the Corridor of Fame, candidates should obtain an affirmative vote of at the least 75% or greater from the mixed complete of the Official Voting Group outcome, and any bonus proportion factors earned within the Fan Vote. The highest three candidates within the Fan Vote will obtain added proportion factors to their vote totals from the Official Voting Group, with first place incomes three proportion factors, second place two proportion factors, and third place one proportion level.
The ITHF Class of 2025 shall be introduced in October, with induction set to happen August 21-23, 2025 in Newport, Rhode Island. For extra info, please go to tennisfame.com/class-of-2025-ballot.