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==Honours== Hoad was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], in 1980 and in December 1985 was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards|Sport Australia Hall of Fame]].<ref name=sahof/> In January 1995 he was posthumously inducted into the Tennis Australia Hall of Fame together with friend and rival [[Ken Rosewall]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127258752 |title=Hoad and Rosewall for Hall of Fame. |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=6 December 1994 |page=29 |via=Trove}}</ref> The [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] organises a seniors tournament in his honour called ''The Lew Hoad Memorial ITF Veterans Tournament'', which is hosted by the Lew Hoad Campo de Tenis.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lew Hoad Memorial ITF Veterans Tournament|url=http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100028220|publisher=ITF|access-date=17 June 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714154127/http://www.itftennis.com/seniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100028220|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Kooyong Classic]] at [[Kooyong Stadium]], the principal warm-up event for the Australian Open, awards the Lew Hoad Memorial Trophy to the winner of the men's singles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pablo Carreno Busta beats Matthew Ebden to win Kooyong |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/pablo-carreno-busta-beats-matthew-ebden-to-win-kooyong/news-story/0e0b8031368dcd4961ea56275abda0c9 |website=[[The Australian]] |date=12 January 2018}}</ref> Kooyong stadium was the site of some of Hoad's greatest victories. The Lewis Hoad Reserve in Sydney and the Lew Hoad Avenue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana are named after him.<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |author1=Max Solling |title=Hoad, Lewis Alan (Lew) (1934β1994) |id2=hoad-lewis-alan-lew-18994 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of Lewis Hoad Reserve |url=https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/histories-local-parks-playgrounds/history-lewis-hoad-reserve |website=City of Sydney |date=27 March 2013}}</ref>
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