Sponsors
Special Honors and Awards
2008 - NY College of Health Professions - Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters and Commencement Speaker
2007 - USPTA Florida Division Hall of Fame Inductee
2006 - Manatee County Government - Bollettieri Boulevard Street Dedication
2005 - Honorary Membership to the Lawn Tennis Writer's Association in recognition of his writing as a service to British Tennis.
2005 - Ranked 22nd on Tennis Magazine’s List of "Forty Greatest Moments of the Last Forty Years"
2004 - Inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame
2003 - Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health Spirit of Sports and Service Award
2002 - Cartier Grand Slam Legend Award (awarded by the American Cancer Society)
2002 - Inducted into the Italian-American Hall of Fame
2002 - Dick Vitale Boys and Girls Club Award
2000 - Tennis Magazine – Listed as #16 on list of 50 most influential people in tennis
1999 - The Sporting Life – Listed as #19 on list of 25 people who influenced tennis in the 20th century
1999 - International Tennis Hall of Fame Tennis Educational Merit Award
1999 - United States Olympic Committee National Coach of the Year for tennis
1998 - National Symposium for Children and Poverty Award
1991 - USPTA Coach of the Year
1987 - USTA Community Service Award