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Former doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been suspended from the
International Tennis Hall of Fame after an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused girls he coached.
Officials announced on Thursday that his legacy has been stripped from the institution.
Hall of Fame CEO Mark Stenning said his executive committee had voted unanimously to suspend Hewitt indefinitely after an outside investigation deemed credible the allegations of multiple women who said they were abused by Hewitt while he was coaching them decades ago.
The Australian-born Hewitt, who now lives in the Eastern Cape, won several Grand Slam events during his career in the 1960s and 1970s and was inducted into the Hall in 1992.
