The Buffalo Tennis Hall of Fame was established in 2005 by Founder and President Todd Miller.
The permanent home of the BTHOF is Miller Tennis Center where inductees’ plaques are prominently displayed, preserving their place in Buffalo tennis history.
Inaugural Class 2005: Jimmy Arias, Bobby Banck, Joe DiCarlo, Charlie Garfinkel, Clay Hamlin, Rev. Bob Hetherington, Dorothy & Marvin Krasner, Leo Kronman, Tom LaPenna, Ethel Marshall, Carol Kraus Martin, Todd Miller, Jack Sunderland.
Class of 2006: Mike Albano, Seth Bowen, Jack Castle, Cathy Farrell, Alex Gaeta, Pat Lord, Bob Mack, Terry McMahon, Karen Peterson Schleifer, Lou Schaefer, Rauno Suominen, Ken White, Mary McLean Wilson.
Class of 2007/08: Jeff Boychuck, Peter Braun, Bill Cole, Dirk Dugan, Englander Family, Rachel Epstein, Amy Ehrenreich Haller, Steve Korduba, Bea Massman, Bill Monkarsh, Art Richtand,
Dan Schulefand, Cathy DiCarlo Zbieszkowski.
Class of 2011: Kelly Brown, John Brunner, Russ Crispell,
Neil Simon, Jay Udwadia, Paul Walker
Class of 2014: Kevin Arias, David Loder, Bridget Merrick,
Gene Miller, Ross Nwuachukwu, Lyndsay Shosho, Kathy Twist
Class of 2017: Antonio Arias, Jon Choboy, Rachel Cain Delpriore, Art & Jim Faturos, Gus Franczyk, TJ Klier, Michelle Mitchell, Andreea Novacaenu, Dave Russell, Chris Sadkowski, Nicholas Sargent, Dave & Peter Scamurra, Bill Schillings.
Class of 2019: Ian Fletcher, Jordan Freedman, Marcus Fugate, Vusa Hove, Olga Khmylev, Murray Klauber, Winston Lin,
Joey LoVullo, Robert Lindley Murray, Rich & Randy Rocchio,
Joe Schafer, Carloyn McGrath Schopp, Joseph Turski,
Lance Vodicka, Sherif Zahir.
Introducing the Class of 2024
Induction , June 23, 2024
RICH ABBOTT
IRV BRENT
JOE BRODNICKI
WALLY FRANCZYK
ETHEL HAAS
RICK JACOB
LYDIA KAYSER
ED LINDSAY
KRISTEN (ORTMAN) MAINES
CLIFFORD MARSH JR
DEBBIE (DiCARLO) MILLER
COURTNEY (KLEIN) MOSKAL
RANDY MURPHY
LEE NICKELL
MARK SZAFNICKI
JENNY SCHNEIDER
RUSS TRINGALI
DANA (RAPPORT) YECKES
NICK ZIEZIULA
Established in 2012 to honor the all-time best players and contributors over the rich history of this legendary tournament. The first Buffalo MUNY Tennis Tournament was held in 1923.
Class of 2012: Kelly Brown, Jack Castle, Walter Franczyk, Charlie Garfinkel,
Rev. Bob Hetherington, Leo Kronman, Pat Lord, Ethel Marshall,
Carol Kraus Martin, Bea Massman, Karen Peterson Schleifer, Lou Schaffer.
2014: Gus Franczyk, Vusa Hove, Joseph Turski
2017: Ethel Haas
2019: Rich Abbott
2024:
Derek Acker, Irving Brent, Nelson Dreyfuss, JoAnn Curran, Belle Farrar,
Marcus Fugate, Lydia Kayser, Cristen Cirrito Kessler, Tom LaPenna, Ed Lindsay,
Debbie DiCarlo Miller, Todd Miller, Randy Murphy, Eddie Nowak,
Andreea Novaceanu, Ross Nwachukwu, Miranda Podlas, Louise Rich,
Gert Raszeja, Art Richtand, Rich Rocchio, Joe Schafer, Jenny Schneider,
Henreitta Trankle, Russ Tringali, Ken White, Ruth Englander Willenborg,
Dana Rapport Yeckes, Cathy DiCarlo Zbieszkowski, Nick Zieziula
Files coming soon.
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