Russian Tennis Federation (Russian: Федерация тенниса России) is a national governing body of tennis in Russia, founded as the All-Russia Tennis Association in 1989 and reorganized under the current name in 2002.[1] It is the successor of Tennis Federation of the RSFSR (1959–1989) and the Tennis Federation of the USSR (1959–93, known before as All-Union Tennis Section, 1929-1959).
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended the Russian Tennis Federation.[2] In addition, Tennis Europe suspended the federation's membership.[3] Teams representing Russia were therefore ineligible to compete at all Tennis Europe events (including Winter & Summer Cups, European Beach Tennis, and Senior Club Championships).[3] All Tennis Europe events in Russia were suspended, including the European Junior Tennis Championships (16 & Under) in Moscow, and delegates from Russia were not eligible to attend the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Tennis Europe.[3]
History
Arthur Davidovich McPherson (1870–1919), a native of Petersburg, was the founder[when?] and president of the first All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, the forerunner of today's Russian Tennis Federation. In 1903 he organized the first St. Petersburg tennis championship, and four years later he set up the first national tournament. By 1913 the Russian championship was on the international tour and the game was thriving.
"История тенниса в дореволюционной России" [History of Tennis in Pre-Revolutionary Russia]. tennistrue.ru (in Russian). TennisTrue — Consulting Center. Retrieved 4 January 2022. Died from typhoid in 1919, in one of Moscow prisons.
^"Бобров Георгий Николаевич" [Bobrov Georgy Nikolayevich]. bessmertnybarak.ru. Bessmertny Barak. Retrieved 1 December 2021. Sentenced: by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR on June 20, 1938, on charges of participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization
^ ab"Региональные федерации" [Regional Federations]. tennis-russia.ru (in Russian). Russian Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
"Руководство" [Management]. tennis-russia.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.