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Bolletteiri is included in Hall of Fame nominations!

by bahamaderek on Sep.11, 2009, under Nick Bollettieri

6102205P NICK BOLLETTIERILed by the pairings of Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, and Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva, doubles specialists dominate the list of nominees for the 2010 class at the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Woodbridge holds the ATP record for most doubles titles in the Open era, with 83, and spent 204 weeks ranked No. 1 in men’s doubles. He and Woodforde— nicknamed “The Woodies”—won 61 titles together, including 11 at Grand Slam tournaments. They were the first team in the 20th century to win five consecutive titles at Wimbledon.

They also won a doubles gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Woodforde was ranked No. 1 in doubles for 84 weeks.

Fernandez and Zvereva won six consecutive Grand Slam doubles titles from 1992-93, only part of their career haul.

The fifth “recent player” category nominee is Anders Jarryd, who completed a career Grand Slam in doubles and finished with 59 total doubles titles with 19 partners.

Other nominees:

— master player category: Owen Davidson, Peter Fleming, Bob Lutz;

— contributor category: Brad Parks, Nick Bollettieri,(the picture is Nick showing 8 year old Anna Kournikova the ropes), Derek Hardwick, Eiichi Kawatei.

The inductees will be announced in January.

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