The Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame is an organization created in 1992 under the authority of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) which is the national governing body for

tennis in the United States Tennis was first played in the United States in 1874. In 1881 the National Lawn Tennis Association was founded in order to organize all tennis activities in the country. The first major tennis tournament was called the US Open Championship and w ...

. Tennessee is one of the nine states in the USTA's Southern Division, 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. As of 2022, it includes 82 honorees including five-time U.S. Davis Cup member

Roscoe Tanner Leonard Roscoe Tanner (born October 15, 1951) is a retired American tennis player, who turned professional in 1972 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on July 30, 1979. Tanner was famous for his big left-handed serve, which ...

and Great Britain Davis Cup team member Derrick Barton who moved to Tennessee to coach.

Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame members

*1992 — Lacy Roe Campbell *1992 — Eldon Roark *1992 — Pollard Parsons *1992 — Reese Patterson *1992 — Stanley Ford *1992 — Tommy Bartlett *1992 — Joe C. Davis Jr. *1992 — Alex Guerry *1993 — Jeanne Jenkins *1993 — Les Jenkins *1993 — Tommy Warren K. “Bopper” Clark *1993 — John P. "Jack" Murphy *1993 —

Zan Guerry Alexander "Zan" Guerry III (born February 12, 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Guerry, winner of the Under-16s Orange Bowl title in 1964, grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and won 13 national junior ...

*1993 — Jane Crofford *1993 — Alexander Wellford Sr. *1993 — Elizabeth Virginia "Eaddy" Dameron *1994 — Joe Garcia Jr. *1994 —

*1994 — Nelle Molly *1996 — Tommy Buford *1996 — Frank Willett *1996 — John "Yo" Strang *1996 — Peter van Lingen *1996 — John Patton Guerry *1997 — Bonnie Dondeville-Farley *1999 — Howard Z. Blum *1999 — Derrick Barton *1999 — Brownlee Curry Jr. *1999 — Thay Butchee *2001 — Phil Chamberlain *2001 — Tommy Mozur *2001 — Marilyn Voges Brown *2001 — Bob Helton *2003 — Mike DePalmer Sr. *2003 —

Bill Tym William A. Tym is an American former tennis player. Tennis career Tym, raised in Montville, New Jersey, attended Boonton High School and played collegiate tennis for the University of Florida. In 1963 he was SEC champion at No. 1 singles and earn ...

*2003 — DeWayne McCamish *2005 — John Beebe Nixon *2005 — Dave Mullins *2005 — Martha Anne Ferriss Parker *2005 — George McIntosh *2005 — W. R. “Rogers” McCall *2005 —

Kay McDaniel Kay McDaniel (born September 25, 1957) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, McDaniel was a three-time All-American tennis player at Louisiana State University in the late 1970s. McDan ...

*2005 — Louise George, *2006 —

Candy Reynolds Candy Reynolds (born March 24, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career During her career, Reynolds won the women's doubles title at the French Open in 1983 (partnering Rosalyn Fairbank). She was also a runner ...

*2007 — Stephen Lang Jr. *2007 — William A. “Billy” Pike *2007 — Anne Hutcheson Price *2007 — Wesley Cash *2007 — Peggy Winningham *2007 — G. Turner Howard III *2007 — Caroline Haynes *2008 — Sue T. Bartlett *2008 —

Ben Testerman Ben Testerman (born February 2, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in 1984 and a career-high doubles rank ...

*2009 — Jenny Settle *2009 — Darrell McDonald *2009 — Allen Morgan Jr. *2010 — Susan Hill Whitson *2010 — Elizabeth Sharp Henderson *2011 — Dana Royal Forsyth *2011 — Kapner "Cappie" Clark Boles *2012 — Fran Chandler *2012 — Pat Guerry *2013 — William T. Mathes *2013 — Alice Luthy Tym *2015 — William Dunavant Jr. *2016 — Phyllis Taylor *2016 — Eric Voges *2017 — Ned Caswell *2017 — Chris Woodruff *2018 — Cindy Kemp Battle *2019 — Pem Guerry *2019 — Sue McCulloch Webb *2019 — Keith West *2019 — Mike Hurley *2020 — Carla Brangenberg *2020 — Chris Brown *2021 — John Kreis * — Charlie Willis * — Percy Green * — Clyde McCambell * — Jane Taylor * — Nathan Thorpe

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