.Oct 24, 2024, 08:59 AM ETFive-time major champ and previous realm No. 1 Maria Sharapova and Bob and also Mike Bryan, the best productive males's doubles coupling in past, were named to the International Ping Pong Hall of Fame's Course of 2025 on Thursday.They will definitely be inducted Aug. 23 at the Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, complying with a three-day event and also related activities.In a statement, Kim Clijsters, the Venue's president and a participant of the 2017 Hall of Popularity course, applauded the triad for their jobs as well as accomplishments." Past each of their famous accomplishments on the court, the Training class of 2025 have actually had such a great influence on the activity of tennis and also have actually motivated several eras of fans throughout the realm," Clijsters mentioned. "Our team look forward to commemorating all of them in Newport next year." Sharapova, 37, is one of 10 females to attain the job Grand Slam. Some of the most recognizable gamers on tour for much of her occupation, Sharapova was actually Forbes' highest-paid female athlete on the planet for 11 consecutive years because of her revenues on the court and numerous recommendation deals.She wrote on X that she was "incredibly thankful" to become a Hall of Famer and also thanked her fans.Incredibly thankful to acquire this respect. A big thanks to The Venue of Fame, as well as to all the electors. Very most notably, this acknowledgment is actually such a gorgeous tip of deep blue sea gratitude I eat my followers. Each one of you made me grab the celebrities u2728 and check out what ... https://t.co/vRNp0JqR77u2014 Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) October 24, 2024 Sharapova's reputation and marketability suffered following the news of an unsuccessful examination for a prohibited substance in 2016, and also she was suspended coming from the sporting activity for 15 months. She returned to competition in April 2017 and gained her last title at the Tianjin Open that Oct. She retired in February 2020. She won 36 names overall as well as stated an Olympic silver medal while exemplifying her native Russia in 2012. Sharapova held the world's top position on 5 separate celebrations for a combined 21 weeks. She was actually ranked in the leading five for 408 weeks.Identical identical twins as well as California natives Bob and Mike Bryan, 46, succeeded 16 major titles, four ATP Finals and 119 total titles all together. The Bryan bros held the No. 1 increases ranking for 438 weeks, featuring a touch of 139 full weeks coming from February 2013 to Oct 2015. They had the year-end top ranking 10 opportunities, gotten Olympic doubles gold in 2012 and also bronze in 2008, and also helped lead the USA crew to Davis Cup victory in 2007. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedMike, more mature than Bob by 2 mins, won 2 additional primary multiplies titles and also the year-end ATP Finals along with Jack Sock in 2018 when Bob was actually sidelined along with personal injury, placing Mike atop the listing for the majority of perpetuity. Both bros made a number of combined doubles trophies-- Bob along with 7 and also Mike with 4-- throughout their 22-year profession. They resigned all together in August 2020. In a meeting today with ESPN, Bob mentioned they will possess "merely tipped over" in surprise if somebody had actually told all of them as tennis-loving children that they will 1 day wind up in the Venue of Prominence." It was nothing our company ever even put on our objective checklist," Bob said. "It's nearly too unattainable for a young child to deal with that, and we constantly merely enjoyed what we carried out. I believe that's what steered our team to this factor, as well as it allowed our team to participate in tennis for as long. It was never truly function or even lose for our team." ... It's an unbelievably unique feeling even if all of our idols and so much of the legends of the game are in certainly there, and also to become featured in a residence that holds those names is incredible for us." Mike informed ESPN that people began mentioning to all of them the opportunity of the 2 inevitably being actually Hall of Famers once they broke Todd Woodbridge and Proof Woodforde's document for the majority of headlines with each other (61 ), but it had not been something either was paid attention to during the course of their careers." Our company considered 'The Woodies' document like climbing Mount Everest. It was such a milestone, but we would still sort of shrug it off when people would point out, 'Oh eventually you may be in Newport,'" Mike claimed. "Once we put our noises down and also really had the chance to review our physical body of work, our team believed it could accumulate when the ballot came in 5 years. Then it resided in the rear of our minds." Bob and Mike Bryan gained Australian Opens, pair of French Opens, 3 Wimbledons and also five United States Opens as a multiplies pairing. Greg Wood/AFP/Getty ImagesThe 2 were thrilled to know they had actually been actually nominated in August. Previously this month, while Mike and his household were actually visiting Bob and his family in South Fla after leaving their Tampa fl Bay-area home during Storm Milton, both bros acquired a text inquiring whether they can attend a Zoom telephone call later on that day.Sitting side-by-side in Bob's workplace, they understood it was good news as quickly as they saw Clijsters' grinning skin on the display. Clijsters informed all of them they were formally aspect of the 2025 Hall of Prominence course, alongside Sharapova, a person whom they have actually known because she first began tour." She's performed excellent factors for the sport, as well as excellent things off the courthouse, so to become in this lesson along with her is actually unique," Mike said.Bob stated they were actually looking forward to spending quality time along with Sharapova in the course of the lead-in celebrations and also to have a professional affair to thank every person who aided them in the process." Our experts retired in the course of the astronomical, and also we certainly never definitely possessed an odds to give thanks to every one of these individuals that participated in a major part in our job," Bob claimed. "Our team merely type of sailed off right into the sunset as well as never placed a bow on the whole journey. So we're mosting likely to try to acquire as lots of people together as feasible and simply tell all of them just how pleased our experts are which this is their moment as well.".