Disgraced former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt has been expelled from the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The 76-year-old Hewitt was sentenced to six years in a South African prison last May after being found guilty of rape.

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"The expulsion is a result of a conviction against Hewitt on two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault," the International Tennis Hall of Fame announced in a statement. "The conviction was issued by a South African court in March 2015, and the appellate courts have now denied the right to further appeals of the conviction."

Hewitt, who was inducted into the Newport, R.I.-based Hall in 1992, was indefinitely suspended from the International Tennis Hall of Fame in November 2012.

"Upon his suspension in 2012, his Hall of Fame plaque and all references to him among the Hall of Famers were immediately removed," the Hall of Fame said in its statement.

Hewitt had pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. Charges were filed against the native Australian, who became a South African citizen in 1967 after marrying a South African woman, in 2013.

Hewitt, who won the Grand Slam in doubles and mixed doubles, was accused of rape and sexual assault by former junior players he coached in a few different countries.


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