USTA Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame
In 2009, the USTA Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame inducted Trish Bostrom from Seattle who was a world-ranked player on the WTA Tour in the 1970s; Frank Inn from Medford, Ore., an award-winning tennis teaching pro who coached Jonathan Stark; and the late Wayne Sabin from Portland who was nationally ranked in the 1930s and played on the U.S. Davis Cup team.
Trish Bostrom
Trish Bostrom began her illustrious tennis career at the University of Washington where in 1972 she won the Pacific 8 Conference title. After graduation from UW, she played on the women’s pro tour from 1972-80 where she was ranked as high as No. 5 in the world in doubles and No. 35 in singles.
In 1977, Bostrom played on Wimbledon’s Centre Court with partner (and current tennis announcer) Mary Carillo where they beat Billie Jean King and Karen Sussman. Her other pro highlights included winning the Spanish Open in doubles, reaching the doubles finals of the Australian Open and the semifinals of the French Open and US Open in mixed doubles.
Bostrom is the only woman from Washington to be drafted by a pro tennis team and her five-year career playing World Team Tennis began in 1974. She went on to play women’s and mixed doubles for the Boston Lobsters, Indiana Loves, Sea-Port (Seattle-Portland) Cascades and the New Orleans Nets.
After finishing her pro tennis career, Bostrom graduated from law school and she currently has a law practice in Seattle. In 1987, she was the first woman inducted into the University of Washington Husky Hall of Fame.
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Frank Inn
Frank Inn is a nationally-known tennis coach and teaching professional with 25 years of experience developing quality junior and adult tennis players at the sectional, national, and professional level. One of his students was fellow USTA/PNW Hall of Fame member Jonathan Stark, a French Open title holder who was ranked No.1 in the world in doubles in 1994.
Inn has been a certified USPTA professional since 1984 and coached high school state champions, college players and ATP Tour players such as Stark. He has been voted Oregon Coach of the Year five times by the USPTA. In 2004, the U.S. Olympic Committee selected him as their Developmental Coach of the Year.
Inn also has been actively involved in the USTA as a volunteer. He served on the USTA/PNW Board of Directors for six years as Southern Oregon Area Vice President and has served on various USTA national committees. He is a member of the 2009 USTA Junior Competition Committee.
Currently, Inn continues to teach and coach tennis players of all levels in Medford, Ore., where he is Tennis Director at the Rogue Valley Swim & Tennis Club.
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Wayne Sabin
The late Wayne Sabin grew up playing tennis at the Irvington Club in Portland. In the 1930s, he joined the United States pro tour and soon became nationally ranked in men’s singles.
He was ranked No. 6 in 1937 and again in 1941. In 1939, Sabin achieved his highest ranking of No. 4 and was also selected to play on the U.S. Davis Cup team. His tournament victories included the U.S. Clay Court Doubles Championship with Bobby Riggs in 1936 and the U.S. Indoor Singles Championship three years later. Sabin reached the doubles finals of the US Open in 1941 with partner Gardnar Mulloy where they lost to Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder.
Prior to playing on the national circuit, Sabin won the Oregon State singles championship beating Don Budge’s brother Lloyd for the title in 1933. He also won the Oregon State doubles title in 1935 with fellow Portlander and USTA/PNW Hall of Fame member Elwood Cooke.