World Sport News

Michael Stich is the sixth German tennis player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Newport/Rhode Island on Saturday. The 49-year-old has travelled to the USA especially for this purpose.

He is expected back in Hamburg on Sunday afternoon, just in time for the start of the Rothenbaum tournament, where he will be the tournament director for the last time.

“This honor is very important to me, and I look forward to it. That’s why it goes without saying that I’ll be there personally,” said the 1991 Wimbledon winner, who defeated Boris Becker in the final at the time. Stich won 18 ATP tournaments and climbed to second place in the world rankings in 1993.

Before Stich, Becker, Steffi Graf, Gottfried von Cramm, Hilde Sperling and Hans Nüsslein had already been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Together with the Hamburg engraving, the Czech Helena Sukova will also receive this honour this weekend.