Hall of Famers Martina Navratilova, Jim Courier, Stan Smith and Andy Roddick were among those in the crowd, wearing their blue Hall of Fame blazers. Sharapova and the Bryan brothers also received a cast tennis racket that is the hall’s newest offering to inductees.

If I didn’t know her better, I think she could’ve been my sister. The yin to my yang. The calm to my storm,” Williams said of Sharapova