2006 US Open champion Maria Sharapova and the all-time great doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan have been elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame as members of the class of 2025, it was announced Thursday.
Sharapova is set to be the first WTA player enshrined in Newport's all-time annals since Conchita Martínez in 2020 as one of the most prolific champions of the 21st century. After bursting onto the world stage with a career-defining victory at Wimbledon at age 17, Sharapova spent more than 400 total weeks ranked inside the WTA's Top 5 and is one of only 10 women all-time to achieve a career Grand Slam in singles.
After stunning Serena Williams to become third-youngest woman to win the singles title at the All England Club, Sharapova captured the US Open in 2006 for her second major at age 19 in her only career appearance in the US Open final. She later completed her career Grand Slam with victories at the Australian Open in 2008, and Roland Garros in 2012 and 2014, with five mjaors counting among her 36 career tour titles.
She finished as the runner-up at five other Grand Slam events in her career, and also won the Olympic silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.
The most successful doubles team in ATP tour history, the Bryan twins won 119 titles together over the course of their two-decade tennis career from 1998 to 2020. Sixteen of those were Grand Slam titles and a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London completed their career Golden Slam. They won at least one Slam title together for 11 consecutive seasons and, together, hold the record for weeks atop the ATP doubles world rankings with 438.
They currently hold the U.S. record with 25 Davis Cup matches won, and were part of the 2007 Davis Cup championship team which, to date, is the Americans' last title in the storied competition. In addition to the litany of achievements with his twin, Mike Bryan also won the US Open and Wimbledon with fellow American Jack Sock in 2018, ranking him No. 1 all-time with 18 career men's doubles major titles. He held the world No. 1 doubles ranking for a total of 506 weeks during his career.
Turning pro in 1998, the Bryans' first career final came a season later in 1999, where they lost to the team of Jim Courier and Todd Woodbridge in Houston. They lifted their first trophy together in 2001, in Memphis, and their first major came on the red clay of Roland Garros in 2003. A 2005 US Open trophy followed, and 2006 wins at the Australian Open and Wimbledon to complete their career Grand Slam, making them one of just four teams to complete the feat together in the Open Era.
Their longevity continued well into the next decade: Already the two most prolific doubles champions in ATP history, their milestone 100th career title as a pair came at the 2014 US Open, and their last came at the 2020 Delray Beach Open.
The Bryan brothers and Sharapova will be enshrined next summer in Newport, with the induction ceremony scheduled for Aug. 21-23, 2025.
