Leander Paes wins Hall of Fame Fan Vote

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanBaby | Thursday October 12, 2023

India’s Leander Paes has topped the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Fan Vote for the Class of 2024.

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic completed second and Spain’s Carlos Moya positioned third, the International Tennis Hall of Fame introduced Thursday.

The high 3️⃣ finishers within the Class of 2024 Fan Vote earn added proportion factors to their vote totals from the Official Voting Group 🏆

1st: @Leander earns 3 factors
2nd: @anaivanovic earns 2 factors
third: Carlos Moya earns 1 level

What’s subsequent: https://t.co/61iazPpBS3 pic.twitter.com/C5U4xVq8tz

— International Tennis Hall of Fame (@TennisHalloFame) October 11, 2023

Fan Voting is one among two steps within the Hall of Fame’s election course of. In addition to the Fan Vote, an Official Voting Group comprised of tennis journalists, historians, and Hall of Famers, vote on the Class of 2024 poll. By profitable the Fan Vote, Paes will obtain an extra three proportion factors added to his vote complete.

Paes, Ivanović and Moyá be part of Zimbabwe’s Cara Black, Canada’s Daniel Nestor, and Italy’s Flavia Pennetta on the poll within the Player Category. Vijay Amritraj and the United Kingdom’s Richard Evans are nominated within the Contributor Category, which isn’t thought-about as a part of Fan Voting and is set by the Official Voting Group solely.

Paes is the primary Asian man and the primary particular person from India to be nominated for the Hall of Fame within the Player Category. He is a winner of 18 Grand Slam titles, together with eight in doubles and 10 in combined doubles, and is one among solely three males in tennis historical past to realize a profession Grand Slam in each disciplines.