International Tennis Federation
| International Tennis Federation (ITF) |
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| Formation | 1 March 1913 |
| Type | Federation of national associations |
| Headquarters | London, Great Britain |
| Membership | 205 national associations |
| Official languages | English |
| President | Francesco Ricci Bitti |
| Website | www.itftennis.com |
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The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.
It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913. In 1924 it became the officially recognised organisation with authority to control lawn tennis throughout the world, with official 'ILTF Rules of Tennis'. In 1977 it dropped the word 'lawn' from its title, recognising that most tennis was not played on grass.
Originally based in Paris, its funds were moved to London, UK during World War II; From that time onwards the ILTF/ITF has been run from London. Until 1987, the ITF was based at Wimbledon, it then moved to Barons Court, near Queens Club, and then moved again in 1998 to the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton.[1]
Its official annual is The ITF Year, describing the activities of the ITF over last 12 months. This replaced World of Tennis.
Function
The ITF operates the three major national team competitions in the sport, the Davis Cup for men, the Fed Cup for women and the Hopman Cup, mixed teams. The ITF sanctions the four Grand Slams: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.
While the ATP Tour and WTA Tour control most other high-level professional tournaments, the ITF runs developmental professional tours for men and women. The ITF Men's Circuit, consists of Futures tournaments with prize funds of USD 10,000 or USD 15,000. Medium level men's tournaments are run by the ATP through the ATP Challenger Tour. The ITF previously also ran four-week satellite tournaments of roughly the same quality level as Futures tournaments, but they were discontinued after the 2006 season. The ITF Women's Circuit incorporates both lower and mid-level tournaments, with prize funds ranging from USD 10,000 to USD 100,000. Virtually every ATP and WTA player started by playing on the ITF circuits.
The ITF is responsible for maintaining an international under-18 junior circuit for boys and girls, as well as a wheelchair tennis circuit.
ITN
The ITN (International Tennis Number) [2] is an international tennis rating system that gives tennis players a number that represents their general level of play. Players are rated from ITN 1 (ATP or WTA standard or equivalent) to 10 (starter players).
Conversion charts have been developed linking the ITN to other existing rating systems in ITF tennis nations and in time it is hoped that every tennis player worldwide will have a rating.
Below ITN 10 there are 3 further categories linked to the slower balls:
• 10.1 for players using green balls on the full size court
• 10.2 for players using orange balls on the 18 metre court
• 10.3 for players using red balls on the 11 metre court
Once players can ‘Serve, rally and score’ they should have a rating to help them find players to play with of a similar level.
ITF World Champions
Seniors
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles |
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| 1978 |  Björn Borg |
 Chris Evert |
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| 1979 | Martina Navrátilová |
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| 1980 | Chris Evert-Lloyd |
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| 1981 | John McEnroe |
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| 1982 | Jimmy Connors |
Martina Navratilova |
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| 1983 | John McEnroe |
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| 1985 |  Ivan Lendl |
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| 1987 |  Steffi Graf |
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| 1988 | Mats Wilander |
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| 1989 | Boris Becker |
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| 1990 |  Ivan Lendl |
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| 1991 | Stefan Edberg |
 Monica Seles |
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| 1992 | Jim Courier |
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| 1993 | Pete Sampras |
Steffi Graf |
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| 1994 |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
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| 1995 | Steffi Graf |
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| 1996 |  Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde |
Lindsay Davenport & Mary Joe Fernández |
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| 1997 |  Martina Hingis |
Lindsay Davenport & Jana Novotná |
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| 1998 | Lindsay Davenport |
 Jacco Eltingh & Paul Haarhuis |
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| 1999 | Andre Agassi |
Martina Hingis |
 Mahesh Bhupathi & Leander Paes |
Martina Hingis & Anna Kournikova |
| 2000 |  Gustavo Kuerten |
Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde |
 Julie Halard-Decugis & Ai Sugiyama |
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| 2001 | Lleyton Hewitt |
Jennifer Capriati |
Jonas Björkman & Todd Woodbridge |
Lisa Raymond & Rennae Stubbs |
| 2002 | Serena Williams |
 Daniel Nestor & Mark Knowles |
Virginia Ruano Pascual & Paola Suárez |
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| 2003 | Andy Roddick |
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Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan |
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| 2004 | Roger Federer |
Anastasia Myskina |
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| 2005 | Kim Clijsters |
Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur |
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| 2006 | Justine Henin |
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| 2007 |  Cara Black & Liezel Huber |
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| 2008 | Rafael Nadal |
 Jelena Janković |
Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjić |
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| 2009 | Roger Federer |
Serena Williams |
Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan |
Serena Williams & Venus Williams |
Juniors
| Year | Singles 1978-2003 | Doubles 1982-2003 | ||
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| Boys | Girls | Boys | Girls | |
| 1978 | Ivan Lendl |
Hana Mandlíková |
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| 1979 |  Raúl Viver |
Mary-Lou Piatek |
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| 1980 | Thierry Tulasne |
Susan Mascarin |
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| 1981 | Pat Cash |
Zina Garrison |
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| 1982 | Guy Forget |
Gretchen Rush |
 Fernando Pérez |
Beth Herr |
| 1983 | Stefan Edberg |
Pascale Paradis |
Mark Kratzmann |
 Larisa Savchenko |
| 1984 | Mark Kratzmann |
Gabriela Sabatini |
Agustín Moreno |
Mercedes Paz |
| 1985 |  Claudio Pistolesi |
Laura Garrone |
Petr Korda
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Mariana Perez-Roldan
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| 1986 | Javier Sánchez |
Patricia Tarabini |
Tomás Carbonell |
Leila Meskhi |
| 1987 | Jason Stoltenberg |
Natasha Zvereva |
Jason Stoltenberg |
Natalia Medvedeva |
| 1988 |  Nicolas Pereira |
Cristina Tessi |
David Rikl
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Jo-Anne Faull |
| 1989 | Nicklas Kulti |
Florencia Labat |
 Wayne Ferreira |
Andrea Strnadová |
| 1990 | Andrea Gaudenzi |
Karina Habšudová |
Marten Renström |
Karina Habšudová |
| 1991 | Thomas Enqvist |
Zdenka Malkova |
 Karim Alami |
Nancy Feber Eva Martincová |
| 1992 | Brian Dunn |
 Rossana de los Ríos |
Enrique Abaroa |
Laurence Courtois |
| 1993 |  Marcelo Ríos |
 Nino Louarsabishvili |
 Steven Downs |
Cristina Moros |
| 1994 | Federico Browne |
Martina Hingis |
Benjamin Ellwood |
 Martina Nedelkova |
| 1995 | Mariano Zabaleta |
Anna Kournikova |
Kepler Orellana |
Ludmila Varmuzova |
| 1996 | Sébastien Grosjean |
Amélie Mauresmo |
Sébastien Grosjean |
Jitka Schonfeldova
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| 1997 | Arnaud Di Pasquale |
Cara Black |
Nicolás Massú |
 Irina Selyutina
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| 1998 | Roger Federer |
Jelena Dokić |
José de Armas |
 Eva Dyrberg |
| 1999 | Kristian Pless |
Lina Krasnoroutskaya |
Julien Benneteau
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Daniela Bedáňová |
| 2000 | Andy Roddick |
María Emilia Salerni |
 Lee Childs
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María Emilia Salerni |
| 2001 |  Heru Wahyudi |
Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Bruno Echagaray
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Petra Cetkovská |
| 2002 | Heru Wahyudi |
Barbora Strýcová |
 Florin Mergea
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Elke Clijsters |
| 2003 |  Marcos Baghdatis |
Kirsten Flipkens |
Scott Oudsema |
Andrea Hlaváčková |
| Combined ranking 2004 | ||||
| Year | Boys | Girls | ||
| 2004 | Gaël Monfils |
Michaëlla Krajicek |
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| 2005 | Donald Young |
 Victoria Azarenka |
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| 2006 | Thiemo de Bakker |
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
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| 2007 |  Ričardas Berankis |
 Urszula Radwańska |
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| 2008 |  Yang Tsung-hua |
 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn |
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| 2009 | Daniel Berta |
Kristina Mladenovic |
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Source ITF Site
Publication
See also
- List of international sport federations
- ITF World Champions
References
External links
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