Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame

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The Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame is an organization created in 1992 [1] under the authority of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) which is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. [2] Tennessee is one of the nine states in the USTA's Southern Division, [3] functioning as the "Tennessee Tennis Patrons Foundation" established in 1988. The latter is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation governed by an eight-member volunteer board which is responsible for choosing the state's hall of fame inductees. [4] As of 2022, it includes 82 honorees including five-time U.S. Davis Cup member Roscoe Tanner [5] and Great Britain Davis Cup team member Derrick Barton who moved to Tennessee to coach. [6]

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  2. ↑ "United States Tennis Association". usta.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ "USTA Southern". usta.com. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame". tntennishofstg.wpengine.com. Tennessee Tennis Patrons Foundation. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Tennis News/Roscoe Tanner". The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (November 18, 1994): D–2. November 18, 1994. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. 1 2 Maum, Emmitt (November 12, 1987). "Tennis is lifetime career for Derrick Barton". 148:451. The Commercial Appeal. p. E–15. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ Wiedmer, Mark (May 18, 2012). "Wiedmer: Guerry, Gilbert finally in". Chattanooga Times Free Press . Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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