Former World Number One Maria Sharapova and the US Doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan were Announced on Thursday as 2025 Inductees to the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Former world number one Maria Sharapova and the US doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan were announced on Thursday as 2025 inductees to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, is among only 10 women to have achieved a career singles Grand Slam.

She was atop the world rankings five times in a WTA career that spanned from 2001-2020.

The Bryan brothers teamed to win 16 major doubles titles and became the ATP's most successful duo, with a record 438 weeks atop the ATP doubles rankings.

Induction ceremonies will be conducted at the Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, on August 21-23 just ahead of the start of next year's US Open.

Sharapova won Wimbledon in 2004, the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008 and the French Open in 2012 and 2014.

"In retirement, you very seldomly get to reflect on your past, because you move on so quickly with life's responsibilities," Sharapova said.

"This is an incredible recognition. Thank you so much. I'm so grateful to the Hall of Fame and grateful to the voters."

Hall of Fame members, historians, journalists and fans voted in the selection process.

The Bryans, 2012 London Olympic men's doubles champions, combined for 119 tour-level titles and 1,109 match wins and helped the US team win the 2007 Davis Cup.

"It has been a great ride, the career, doing it together," Bob Bryan said.

Sharapova, one of only 10 women in tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam in singles, became the first Russian woman to reach the world No 1 ranking in 2005.

She also won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

Renowned for her never-say-die approach to the sport despite regularly being hampered by shoulder problems, Sharapova was one of the game's most recognisable players but her image took a hit after the announcement in 2016 that she failed a drug test.

Sharapova tested positive for meldonium at the Australian Open in 2016 and was later banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years before an appeal saw her suspension reduced to 15 months.

She returned to competition in 2017 and retired in February 2020, ending a career in which she won almost $40 million in prize money, became one of the highest paid sportswomen in the world and one of the most recognisable athletes.

The Bryans won 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles together and remain the most successful duos in ATP Tour history, holding the record for most weeks (438) atop the doubles world rankings.