{"id":293256,"date":"2025-11-19T12:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/293256\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:41:07","slug":"roger-federer-elected-into-the-international-tennis-hall-of-fame-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/293256\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer elected into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Player News<br \/>\n    Roger Federer elected into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame<\/p>\n<p>Swiss legend headlines Class of 2026<\/p>\n<p>November 19, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/federer-hall-of-fame-announcement-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Roger Federer won 103 tour-level titles in his career.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Peter Staples\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n<p>        Roger Federer won 103 tour-level titles in his career.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/roger-federer\/f324\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a>, who held the No. 1 spot in the PIF ATP Rankings for 310 weeks during his illustrious career, has been elected into the International Hall of Fame in the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss legend won 103 tour-level titles, second only to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jimmy-connors\/c044\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Connors<\/a> (109). Federer lifted 20 major trophies and earned 28 ATP Masters 1000 crowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tremendous honor to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and to stand alongside so many of the game\u2019s great champions,\u201d Federer said. \u201cThroughout my career, I\u2019ve always valued the history of tennis and the example set by those who came before me. It was very special to receive the news at Swiss Tennis, surrounded by the next generation of players \u2014 the place where my own journey first began. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be recognized in this way by the sport and by my peers is deeply humbling. I look forward to visiting Newport next August to celebrate this special moment with the tennis community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Federer was notified of his election by fellow Hall of Fame members in a call that included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/stefan-edberg\/e004\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stefan Edberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/boris-becker\/b028\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boris Becker<\/a>, two players who helped inspire the Swiss superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Federer owns the record for most consecutive weeks at World No. 1 at 237 from Feberuary 2004-August 2008. He earned ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours five times, received the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/stefan-edberg\/e004\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stefan Edberg<\/a> Sportsmanship Award 13 times, and was named ATP Fans&#8217; Favourite for a record 19 consecutive years from 2003-21.<\/p>\n<p>The Class of 2026, which also includes sportscaster and journalist Mary Carillo (Contributor Category), will be officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame during the Induction Celebration in Newport, Rhode Island from 27-29 August 2026. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Player News Roger Federer elected into the International Tennis Hall Of Fame Swiss legend headlines Class of 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-293256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}