Traci Green Being Inducted Into Black Tennis Hall of Fame 2025
Black Tennis Hall of Fame 2025 to Induct Traci Green
Black Women in Sport Foundation is proud to announce that BWSF President Traci Green has been selected for induction into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2025.
Green, a United States Tennis Association (USTA) Middle States Hall of Famer, among other accolades, is well deserving of the honor.
INDUCTION CEREMONY
Saturday, September 20, 2025 - 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & CULTURE, 428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, Virginia 23220
Traci Green
Inductee, Black Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Traci Green and the other members of the Class of 2025 will be inducted into the Black Tennis Hall of Fame honoring and celebrating their exemplary contributions and accomplishments to the sport, future players, and their communities. The celebration will provide an opening Meet & Greet reception to socialize with attendees and inductees, followed by the official Ceremony, ending with a Champagne Celebration!
Black Tennis HOF ticket and event information:
http://www.blacktennishalloffame.com/p/black-tennis-hall-of-fame-2025-annual.html
Black Tennis HOF Video Announcement:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMAxJjqP2u2/?igsh=MXgyeTNnaHhzampsOA==
Traci Green’s Record speaks for itself
According to USTA MS, throughout Green’s junior tennis career, she was a highly-ranked local and national player and a two-time member of the US Junior National Team. These successes led her to more accolades and awards as a collegiate athlete at the University of Florida. She was a member of the Gators' 1998 NCAA championship team, won two ITA national indoor championships and was ranked No. 5 nationally in doubles and No. 12 in singles during the 1999-2000 season. She also ranks among Florida's career leaders in singles and doubles wins and was a three-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in both singles and doubles.
After graduating from Florida, Green attended Temple University for graduate work, where she was the volunteer assistant coach for the women’s tennis team. The following year she became a graduate assistant, and with her master’s degree in Sports Administration in hand and a new found love of coaching, she eventually went on to coach the Temple University women’s tennis team for three years.
Green then moved to Harvard, and now boasts an over 18-year record that speaks for itself. She has 190 wins, and is only the second coach in Harvard women's tennis history to earn triple-digit victories. In the fall of 2021, Green added The Ragatz Family Harvard Women's Coach of Excellence to her title.
Green led the program to the biggest turnaround in 35 years of Harvard women's tennis, leading a program with a losing record to winning an Ivy League title just two years after she began coaching the team. With that, Green became the first African-American coach at Harvard to win an Ivy League title.
Most recently, Green led her team to a historic 2023-24 season, finishing the year 19-5 and 5-2 in the conference, with a program record of 14 consecutive victories. Harvard ultimately finished second in the conference and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking its first appearance since 2010. The team finished its historic season ranked No. 41 in the final ITA Division I Women's Team Rankings.
Green serves on the USTA Board as a Presidential Appointee and is the President of the Black Women in Sport Foundation. She is also the former Vice Chair of the Sportsmen's Tennis and Enrichment Center.