2018 Hall of Fame  
Joni Hannah, USPTA Member since 1993
 
Service to the USPTA (State, Section & National):
 

• Member/Elite Professional – USPTA Mid-Atlantic Division (“MAPTA”); 1993 to Present
• Member – MAPTA Women’s Liaison/Diversity Committee; 2005 and 2006
• Event Planner – MAPTA LessonAid Tennis Clinics for Victims of Hurricane Katrina; 2005 (Raised Over $3000.00)
• Virginia President – MAPTA; 2007 to 2011
• Treasurer – MAPTA; 2010 and 2011
• Second Vice President – MAPTA 2012 and 2013
• President – MAPTA President 2014 and 2015 (First female President in MAPTA history)
• Event Planner - MAPTA Tennis Thanks the Troops Tennis Tournament; 2013 to 2016 (Raised Over $5,000.00)
• Member - USPTA National Compensation Committee; 2014
• Host – USPTA Certification Testing at Westwood Country Club; 2014 to Present (4 to 5 test dates per year)
• Host – USPTA Tennis Directors’ Workshops at Westwood Country Club; 2014 to Present

 
Teaching/ Coaching Accomplishments:
 

• Worked with numerous high level national junior players and high school players including:

 

• Mary Kovarik, Furman University (named Southern Conference Division Player of the Year); and achieved #1 Ranking in USTA Mid-Atlantic 18 and Under;

 

• Katie Blaszak, Vanderbilt and Duke University, 4-time Washington, D.C. All Met  Player of the Year;  K-Swiss National Indoors Champion; undefeated in high school career; and Ranked #5 in the USA in 18 and Under Singles; and

 

• Laura Reichert, University of North Carolina, 3-time All Met Player of the Year, Virginia State AAA High School Champion in Singles, Ranked #15 in USA in 18 a

 
 
Playing Skills/Rankings:
 

• Silver Medalist – National Sports Festival. Colorado Springs, CO; 1979
• Ranked #2 in Florida in Mixed Doubles, Open; 1980
• Four-year full scholarship player for Division I varsity college tennis team, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL; 1981 to 1984
• Singles Champion – USTA Mid-Atlantic 25 and Over Clay Court; 1993
• Singles Champion -  USTA Mid-Atlantic 25 and Over Clay Court; 1994
• Doubles Champion – USTA Mid-Atlantic 25 and Over Clay Court; 1993
• Singles Champion – USTA Mid-Atlantic Open Clay Court; 1993
• Member of Championship Team – USTA 5.0 Nationals, San Antonio, TX; 1993
• Doubles Finalist – USTA National Grass Courts, 35 and Over, Merion, PA; 1997
• Singles Finalist – USTA National Grass Courts, 35 and Over, Merion, PA; 2001
• Doubles Champion – USTA National Grass Courts, 35 and Over, Merion, PA; 2001
• Doubles Champion – USTA Indoors, 40 and Over, Chicago, IL; 2002
• Singles Finalist – USTA Indoors, 40 and Over, Chicago, Ill; 2002  
• Singles Finalist – USTA National Grass Courts, 40 and Over, Forest Hills, NY; 2002
• Doubles Finalist – USTA National Grass Courts, 40 and Over, Forest Hills, NY; 2002
• Singles Champion – USTA Indoors, 40 and Over, Chicago, IL; 2003
• Doubles Champion – USTA Indoors, 40 and Over, Chicago, IL; 2003
• Singles Finalist – USTA National Grass Courts, 40 and Over, Forest Hills, NY; 2003
• Ranked #1 in the USA in Singles and Doubles, 40 and Over; 2003
• Captain of Young Cup Championship Team, 40 and Over, Gladbeck, Germany; 2003
• Singles Finalist – USTA National Grass Courts, 40 and Over, Forest Hills, NY; 2003  
• Captain of Young Cup 3rd Place Team, 40 and Over, Managvat, Turkey, 2004
• Captain of Young Cup 1st Place Championship Team, 40 and Over, Perth, Australia; 2005
• Ranked #7 in the World  in International Tennis Federation Rankings, 40 and Over; 2005
• Singles Finalist – USPTA World Championship, 45 and Over, Tampa, FL; 2007
• Doubles Champion – USPTA World Championship, 40 and Over, Tampa, FL; 2007

 
Service to Allied Associations:
 

• Member – Mid-Atlantic Intersectional Teams; 1996 to 2006
• Member/Captain – Mid-Atlantic Sears Cup Teams; 2002 to 2012 (21 – 3 Overall Record)
• Member/Captain – Mid-Atlantic Addie Cup Teams; 2002 to 2014
• Member – Seeding Committee, National Senior Women’s Tennis Association; 2007 and 2008
• Member – USTA Senior Competition Committee; 2008 to 2014
• Vice Chairman – USTA Senior Competition Committee; 2012 to 2014
• Host - USTA Tennis Professionals Workshop at Westwood Country Club; 2013 
• Messages – MAPTA ServiceLines Magazine

 
Awards and Honors:

• Teaching Pro of the Year – USTA Virginia Division; 2004
• Tennis Professional of the Year – USPTA Virginia; 2005
• Margaret Russo National Sportsmanship Award - National Senior Women’s Tennis Association;  2006
• Named one of the area’s ten greatest players and contributors in The Great Book of Washington, D.C. Sports Lists by Andy Pollin and Leonard Shapiro; 2008 
• Tennis Professional of the Year – MAPTA; 2014
• USTA Mid-Atlantic Hall of Fame 2023 Centennial Class