Australian Tennis Museum

Thelma Long honoured in the US

The Australian Tennis Museum would like to congratulate Thelma Long for her recent induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum (ITHFM) at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, on July  13, 2013.   Rod Laver accepted the award on Thelma’s behalf.  She was inducted into the Master Player Category.

Thelma had a remarkable career over 20 years, winning 19 grand slam tournament titles.  These included wins in the singles, doubles and mixed doubles.  In 1952 she achieved a world ranking of No. 7 and took out an Australian triple by winning the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Australian Open.

The Museum assisted in sending some of Thelma’s trophies to the ITHFM in the US for their Tribute Exhibition, on display for one year.  Two other great Australian players were inducted into this category, Daphne Ackhurst (1903-1933) and James Anderson (1894-1929).  For more information visit www.tennisfame.com