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International Lawn Tennis Federation
Homepage: http://www.itftennis.com/
Rules and regulations: http://www.itftennis.com/abouttheitf
/rulesregs/
History:
In a general conference
convened in Paris in March 1913, 12 national
tennis associations founded the International
Lawn Tennis Federation in response to the
growing need for an international governing
body for the sport. Among the inaugural
members include: Australasia (Australia
and New Zealand), Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands,
Russia,
South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Spain.
Aside from establishing its first set of
officers, the general conference yielded
initial edicts on the official language
of the federation (which was French, with
English translation), and the designation
of Great Britain as the host of the “World
Championships on Grass – in perpetuity’.
As governing body
of tennis in the world, the Federation promotes
and develops the sport to make it a truly
global sport available to all in a non-racial,
non-political form and to preserve the integrity
and independence of tennis as a sport. Currently,
the federation has 202 member associations
from countries in every continent. The federation
reaches out to all its members through its
six regional associations: the Asian Tennis
Federation, Confederacion SudAmericana de
Tenis, Confederacion SudAmericana de Tenis,
COTECC, Oceania Tennis Federation, and Tennis
Europe.
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