Golden Achievement Award

The award is presented annually on a worldwide basis to a person who has made important contributions internationally to tennis in the fields of administration, promotion or education and has devoted long and outstanding service to the sport.

The award is presented to a person who is living at the time of his or her nomination. It does not in any way preclude the recipient from later being enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, however, it will not be presented to a person who has already been enshrined.

The award is jointly offered by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation, presented each year at an appropriate location. The selection committee, Chaired by Sir James Harvie-Watt, consists of Jane Brown Grimes, Jan Kodes and Geoff Pollard representing the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and Francesco Ricci Bitti, John James and Barbara Travers representing the International Tennis Federation.

Roman Murashkovsky, Russian Tennis Federation vice president and an ITF board member; Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation; Valentina Matvienko, head of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation; and Francesco Ricci Bitti, president of ITF.