The Southern Tennis Foundation and USTA Southern announced today three tennis luminaries were inducted into the 2019 class of the Southern Tennis Hall of Fame: Julie Ditty, Mary Hatfield and Gordon A. Smith.

Ditty, of Louisville, Ky., reached a world ranking of No. 89 in singles and No. 65 in doubles and had a standout collegiate career at Vanderbilt. Hatfield, of McDonough, Ga., is a highly-regarded volunteer on the national, sectional, state and local levels, along with a former USTA Southern staffer. Gordon A. Smith, of Atlanta and New York, who served as USTA Southern president, is currently USTA Executive Director & CEO.