Former British Davis Cup star Mike Davies is to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
The former player is currently chief executive of the New Haven Open tournament and has enjoyed a career of more than 40 years in tennis promotion and administration. He is being honoured for his off-court contribution to the game.
Davies' first role in the sport was as executive director of World Championship Tennis, the forerunner to the current ATP World Tour.
During this spell, he was responsible for shaping tennis into the sport it is today, introducing the tie-break to the professional circuit, bringing in coloured balls, as well as the 90-second changeover period at a change of ends.
The Swansea-born Davies, now 76, went on to work for the ATP and the International Tennis Federation before taking on his current role in Connecticut.
In his playing days, he was ranked number one in Britain and represented GB in the Davis Cup from 1956 to 1960. In 1960 he reached the Wimbledon men's doubles final and he remains the last Briton to do so.
Davies has been elected in the 'contributor' category and will be officially inducted at a special ceremony on July 14 at Newport, Rhode Island, home to the Hall of Fame.
Further inductees will be announced in the coming month, including for recent player, a category in which former Grand Slam champions Gustavo Kuerten, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Jennifer Capriati have all been nominated.
