Tennis Educational Merit award
The International Tennis Hall of Fame annually presents the Tennis Educational Merit Awards to a man and woman who has made notable contributions in the tennis education field at the national level and have demonstrated leadership and creative skills in such areas as instruction, writing, organization and promotion of the game of tennis. The award is presented annually in March for the preceding year, to a recipient who is a United States citizen.
| Recipient - Men | Recipient - Women | |
| 1967 | Harry A. “Cap” Leighton | Not presented |
| 1968 | William C. Lufler | Not presented |
| 1969 | Dennis Van der Meer | Not presented |
| 1970 | Harry James | Not presented |
| 1971 | John Conroy | Not presented |
| 1972 | Harry Fogleman | Eve F. Kraft |
| 1973 | Bill & Chet Murphy | Marion Wood Huey |
| 1974 | Victor Braden & Paul Xanthos |
Margaret O. duPont |
| 1975 | Rolla Anderson & Clarence Maybry |
Helen Lewis |
| 1976 | Robert Sassano | Pat Freebody |
| 1977 | Not presented | Dr. Ann Pittman |
| 1978 | Jack Barnaby | Peggy Mann |
| 1979 | Ed Faulkner | Sarah Palfrey Danzig |
| 1980 | George Basco | Lois Blackburn |
| 1981 | Bill Tym | Dr. Marigold Edwards |
| 1982 | Dick Gould | Elaine Mason |
| 1983 | Tom Stow | Alice Tym |
| 1984 | Sean Sloane | Barbara Wynne |
| 1985 | Dr. Charles Wolbers | Mildred West |
| 1986 | Jim Leighton | Christine S. Beck |
| 1987 | Jim Reffkin | Emilie Burrer Foster |
| 1988 | Brad Parks | Pam Shriver |
| 1989 | Not presented | Not presented |
| 1990 | Arthur Ashe, Jr. | Jeanie Peabody |
| 1991 | Skip Hartman | Marceil Whitney |
| 1992 | Dr. Jack Groppel & Dr. Jim Loehr |
Not presented |
| 1993 |
Doug MacCurdy | Zina Garrison Jackson |
| 1994 | Henry Talbert | Katherine Chabot Willette |
| 1995 | Peter Burwash | Kathy Woods |
| 1996 | Ronald B. Woods | Donna Floyd Fales |
| 1997 | Dr. Irving V. Glick | Helen Moser Petersen |
| 1998 | James R. O’Neill | Becky Desmond |
| 1999 | Nick Bollettieri | Dr. Ann Lebedeff |
| 2000 | David Benjamin & Dr. Howard Brody |
Lisa Duncan |
| Recipient - Men | Recipient - Women | |
| 2001 | Dr. Brian Hainline & Frank Brennan |
Patricia Van der Meer |
| 2002 | Tim Heckler & Dr. E. Paul Roetert |
Not presented |
| 2003 | Kirk Anderson & Bob Greene |
Pam Austin |
| 2004 | Dr. Allen Fox | Ann Valentine |
| 2005 | Daniel J. Santorum | Louise Gengler |
| 2006 | Dr. Marc R. Safran & Dr. David T. Porter |
Barbara Fackel |
| 2007 | Dr. Todd S. Ellenbecker | Sharon Rosenburgh & Kathleen Stroia |
| 2008 | Rodney Harmon | Not presented |
| 2009 | W. Ben Kibler & Steve Wilkinson |
Not presented |
| 2010 | Dale Caldwell & Dan Magill |
Jodie Adams & Leslie Allen |
| 2011 | Mark Kovacs & Butch Staples |
Lynn Bender |
| 2012 | Ned Eames | Kathy Rinaldi |
| 2013 | Bill Norris | Anne Davis |
| 2014 | Not presented | Kirstie Marx |
| 2015 | Tom Daglis | Dee Henry |
| 2016 | Jorge Andrew | Delaine Mast |
| 2017 |
Dan James | Anne Smith |
| 2018 | Tim Russell | Gigi Fernandez |
| 2019 |
Dave Fish | Lynne Rolley |
| 2020 |
Not presented | Not presented |
| 2021 |
Not presented | Not presented |
