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By Scoop Malinowski

Carlos Moya was ATP World No. 1 in 1999, he won the French Open (1998) and Davis Cup. Moya won twenty ATP World Tour singles titles overall.

Moya’s last major appearance was losing in the first round at the 2009 Australian Open. The five year period has lapsed but Moya has still not been nominated for the Newport Hall of Fame election ballot.

Moya’s credentials and accomplishments compare or exceed inducted Hall of Famers like Michael Chang, Andy Roddick and Gabriela Sabatini, among others.

Is it just an oversight – or is there some sort of subconscious bias against clay court titans, particularly Spanish Grand Slam champions? Juan Carlos Ferrero (one Roland Garros title, No. 1 in the world), Sergi Bruguera (two Roland Garros titles) and Alberto Costa (one Roland Garros title) have not yet been nominated to appear on the Hall of Fame ballot.

Carlos Moya was a super champion and a credit to tennis. Richard Krajicek, the 1996 Wimbledon champ said this about the exceptional sportsmanship of Costa and especially Moya: “In general, he’s very disciplined. That’s also what I saw with Costa, Alberto Costa, he’s also very mature for his age. Even now, sometimes I go crazy on the court. Then you could see my emotions much better. These guys are unbelievable. I don’t know about Costa, but Moya I’ve seen before. He’s a very fair player. When I look at him, he says the ball is wide, I really believe him. Very fair. He would never, no matter what the score is, would never take a point. The way he behaves on the court, I think that is a very big plus for the Spanish, those two. I don’t know about the other ones very well. But, those two, I really see how well they are on the court. That’s a very big plus for them.”

Carlos Moya deserves to be honored with a Hall of Fame ballot nomination.

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