Awards

Since 1947, the USIC has awarded the William M. Johnston Trophy to male tennis players who have demonstrated exceptional character, sportsmanship, manners, spirit of cooperation and contribution to the growth of the game, including rendering assistance to both adult and junior players. Beginning in 1986, the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Trophy has been awarded to female tennis players fitting the same criteria.

Sarah Palfrey Danzig and “Little Bill” Johnston gave championship cups won by them to be used for this purpose. The names of the winners are inscribed on the respective cups. The winners to date are as follows:

Johnston Trophy

1947 John A. Kramer

1948 E. Victor Seixas, Jr.

1949 Frederick H. Schroeder, Jr.

1950 J. Gilbert Hall

1951 W. Donald McNeill

1952 Francis X. Shields

1953 William F. Talbert

1954 L. Straight Clark

1955 Chauncey Depew Steele, Jr.

1956 Hamilton Richardson

1958 Thomas P. Brown, Jr.

1959 Bernard J. Bartzen

1961 Eugene Scott

1962 Jon A. Douglas

1963 Martin Riessen

1964 Arthur Ashe, Jr.

1965 Charles P. McKinley

1966 R. Dennis Ralston

1968 Stanley R. Smith

1969 Charles Pasarell

1970 Tom Gorman

1971 James McManus

1972 Roscoe Tanner

1980 Brian Gottfried

1982 Gene Mayer

1985 Mats Wilander

1986 Ken Rosewall

1987 Tim Mayotte

1988 Fred Perry

1989 Rodney G. Laver

1991 Neale Fraser

1992 Pancho Segura

1993 Butch Buchholtz

1994 Gardnar Mulloy

1995 Roy S. Emerson

1997 Tom Gullikson

1998 Cliff Drysdale

2000 Tim Wilkison

2001 Todd Martin

2002 Tony Trabert

2003 Michael Chang

2004 Jim Courier

1964 Arthur Ashe, Jr.

2005 Fred Kovaleski

2006 Donald Dell

2007 Vitas Gerulaitis

2008 Patrick McEnroe

2009 Fred Stolle

2010 MaliVai Washington

2011 Peter Fleming

2012 James Blake

2013 Jan Kodes

2014 Darren Cahill

2015 David Hall

Danzig Trophy

1986 Pamela Shriver

1987 Virginia Wade

1988 Dorothy B. Cheney

1989 Donna F. Fales

1990 Pauline B. Addie

1991 Carole Graebner

1992 Wendy Turnbull

1993 Maria Bueno

1994 Francois Durr-Browning

1995 Billie Jean King

1996 Mary Joe Fernandez

1997 Lesley Turner

1998 Olga Morozova

2001 Rosie Casals

2002 Zina Garrison

2003 Monica Seles

2004 Tracy Austin

2005 Christine Evert

2006 Julie Heldman

2007 Andrea Jaeger

2008 Chanda Rubin

2009 Martina Navratilova

2010 IIana Kloss

2011 Mary Carillo

2012 Kim Clijsters

2013 Lisa Raymond

2014 Gigi Fernandez

2015 Amelie Mauresmo