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Criteria for Selection

Residency Requirements

  1. Primary consideration of accomplishments will be those made while a resident of Mississippi.
  2. Primary consideration will be given those over the age of 45.  The reason for this is that to be considered for nomination one must have supported Mississippi tennis over a period of time.

Tennis Accomplishments as a player

  1. MTA, STA, USTA Championships
  2. MTA, STA, USTA Rankings
  3. Other

Tennis Support

  1. Administration
  2. MTA, STA, USTA (officer and committees)
  3. Tournament (chairman, director, referee, umpire etc)
  4. Coach
  5. Other

Tennis Awards and Recognition

  1. National
  2. Sectional
  3. Mississippi

Selection of Inductee

  1. Will be made from a list of nominees by a Committee of a minimum of three person appointed by the President of the Tennis Foundation of Mississippi
  2. No more than two persons may be inducted in any one year.
  3. Nomination for induction must be made in writing.
  4. The Committee will select the Inductee(s) based on his/her support of Mississippi tennis using all the information made available to them from the above criteria and any other information deemed pertinent.

Nomination Form

Grants & Scholarship

The Mississippi Tennis Association's Board of Directors has approved the establishment of two scholarships for entering freshmen at a two year or four year community college, college or university...

Junior Programs

Community Tennis

The Mississippi Tennis Association would like to announce that it will again offer Facility Grants to communities across the state that are in need of funding for tennis facilities!

Adult Programs

The 2024 Mississippi Rock & Roll Wheelchair Tournament, a Level 3 USTA Sanctioned Tournament, is set to take place April 26-28!