Tennis-Federer to be inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame

Tennis - ATP Masters 1000 - Shanghai Masters - Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, Shanghai, China - October 10, 2025 Former tennis player Roger Federer in action with actor Donnie Yen during the celebrity doubles exhibition match against former tennis player Zheng Jie and actor Wu Lei. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

(Reuters) -Roger Federer will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) in an induction celebration set for August 2026 in Newport, Rhode Island, the ITHF said on Wednesday.

Federer won 20 Grand Slams, the first male player to reach the benchmark, and clinched 103 career titles before retiring in 2022. He held the world number one ranking for a record 237 weeks straight between 2004 and 2008.