Tennis: Becker to enter hall of fame

Boris Becker heads this year's class for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.

Francoise Durr, Nancy Richey and Brian Tobin also will be inducted on July 12, said Hall of Fame president Tony Trabert.

Becker won six Grand Slam singles titles and was ranked No 1 for a total of 109 weeks.

Durr won the 1967 French Open and 11 major doubles titles, Richey captured the 1967 Australian Open, the 1968 French Open, and four Grand Slam doubles titles, and Tobin was president of the International Tennis Federation from 1991-99.