Tag: ITF

  • ITF junior team competitions 2013

    ITF junior team competitions 2013

    London, Mar 11, 2013: The ITF announced that over 350 teams from almost 100 nations have entered the 2013 ITF junior team competitions: Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup by BNP Paribas for the 16-and-under age group, and World Junior Tennis for the 14-and-under age group. Boys and girls teams in both age groups…

  • Introduce athlete biological passport

    Introduce athlete biological passport

    London, Mar 07, 2013: The Tennis Anti-Doping Programme Working Group, comprised of representatives of the ITF, ATP, WTA and the Grand Slam tournaments met on 5 March 2013 as part of their regular review of the programme, and expressed unified support to implement an Athlete Biological Passport Programme from 2013. The Athlete Biological Passport provides…

  • Martina Hingis elected to ITF Hall of Fame

    Martina Hingis elected to ITF Hall of Fame

    Newport, R.I, USA – Mar 05, 2013: Martina Hingis, a former world No. 1 and winner of 15 Grand Slam tournament titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, has been elected to receive the highest honour in the tennis, enshrinement in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Monday’s announcement, which comes as part of the…

  • ITF Beach Tennis World Championships

    ITF Beach Tennis World Championships

    London, Feb 21, 2013: The ITF announced that the ITF Beach Tennis World Championships will return to Italy when the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) hosts the 2013 Championships in the Adriatic resort of Cervia in Ravenna from Wednesday 31 July until Sunday 4 August. The flagship event on the ITF Beach Tennis Tour will see…

  • ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship

    ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship

    London, Feb 18, 2013: The second ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship will take place at Russia’s National Tennis Centre in Moscow on 18-21 July 2013. The Championship returns to last year’s venue as part of a three-year agreement with the Russian Tennis Federation. The Team Championship is a mixed competition in which nations compete…

  • 5th ABN AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis

    5th ABN AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis

    Rotterdam – Netherlands, Feb 18, 2013: World No. 1 Shingo Kunieda claimed his latest NEC Wheechair Tennis Tour title on Saturday after Dutchman Maikel Scheffers pulled out of their scheduled final at the 5th ABN AMRO World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam due to injury. Scheffers appeared on court shortly before Saturday’s scheduled singles final…

  • Decision in the case of Barbora Zahlavova Strýcová

    Decision in the case of Barbora Zahlavova Strýcová

    London, Feb 14, 2013: The International Tennis Federation announced today that Barbora Zahlavova Strýcová has been found to have committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under Article 2.1 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (presence of a Prohibited Substance in a player’s sample). Ms Zahlavova Strýcová, a 26-year-old tennis player from Czech Republic, provided a sample on 16 October 2012…

  • Tennis: Fed Cup semifinalists determined

    Tennis: Fed Cup semifinalists determined

    London – Feb 12, 2013: The semifinal line-up has been decided in the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group with Russia set to face Slovak Republic at home whilst holders Czech Republic face a road trip to Italy in the other half of the draw. The Czech team was already 2-0 up overnight thanks…

  • Wheelchair tennis star Vergeer announces her retirement

    Wheelchair tennis star Vergeer announces her retirement

    London – GBR, Feb 12, 2013: Esther Vergeer has today announced her retirement from wheelchair tennis bringing an end to the most illustrious career the sport has ever seen. The 31-year-old Dutch star, who celebrated ten years without a defeat on the international wheelchair tennis circuit on 30 January, has been the face of her…

  • ITF revises Fed Cup dead rubber policy

    ITF revises Fed Cup dead rubber policy

    London, Feb 07, 2013: The ITF announced today that it has revised the dead rubber policy for all Fed Cup ties, starting with this weekend’s Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and World Group II first round ties on 9-10 February. The new policy states that if a tie is decided after the third…