Ivanisevic tops 2020 Hall of Fame fan vote

It took five weeks and thousands of votes from almost 130 countries, but the results are in for the second year of the Fan Vote of the 2020 Class of the Tennis Hall of Fame. The top three candidates are:

Ivanisevic receives three bonus percentage points added to his results from the Official Voting Group, Martinez receives two and Bjorkman receives one bonus percentage point.

1

Goran Ivanisevic

The Croatian won Wimbledon in 2001, picked up 22 ATP titles and peaked at No. 2.

2

Conchita Martinez

She won Wimbledon in 1994 and 33 WTA titles, also peaking at No. 2.

3

Jonas Bjorkman

The Swede won nine Grand Slam doubles titles and was world No. 1 in doubles.

This year was only the second time that inductees would be influenced by votes from both the Official Voting Group and bonus points earned by votes from fans. Candidates must receive 75 percent affirmative votes from both groups to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Two-time Roland-Garros champion Sergi Bruguera is also on the ballot for the Class of 2020.

All of the biggest names in tennis are carved into tennis history in Newport, R.I., including the likes of Pete Sampras, Rod Laver, Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick and last year, Mary Pierce, Li Na and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Being voted into the Hall of Fame secures a player's place in history forever.

The Class of 2020 Induction Ceremony will take place next year on July 18.