Tag: Tennis
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ITF and beIN SPORTS announce landmark global media rights partnership
London, Feb 2, 2015: The International Tennis Federation and beIN SPORTS, a leading global sports channels network, today announced a strategic media rights partnership for Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas. The seven-year agreement, signed this week by ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti and the CEO of beIN MEDIA GROUP…
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Petkovic wins second Fed Cup Heart Award
London, Nov 7, 2014: The ITF today announced that Germany’s Andrea Petkovic has won the final Fed Cup Heart Award of 2014 in recognition of her performance during Germany’s semifinal victory against Australia in Brisbane in April. It is Petkovic’s second Heart Award having previously received the honour in 2011. Petkovic has played an important…
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Decision of the ITF Board of Directors regarding Davis Cup appeals
London, August 12, 2014: The ITF Board of Directors, at a meeting held on Tuesday, 12 August 2014, considered appeals by the Belgian Tennis Federation and Israel Tennis Association against the decisions of the Davis Cup Committee regarding venues for upcoming ties. Decision of the ITF Board of Directors regarding Davis Cup venue for Ukraine…
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ITF launches Chinese social media accounts for ITF, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas
London, August 08, 2014: The ITF announced today a partnership with Red Lantern Digital Media to launch social media platforms in China. On 8 August 2014, the first ITF social accounts will go live in China on Sino Weibo and Tencent WeChat, with its first objective being extensive coverage of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games…
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Germany through to first Fed Cup Final in 22 years
London, Apr 22, 2014: Twenty-two years after last reaching the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final, Germany will contest the competition’s showpiece tie on 8-9 November after a convincing semifinal triumph over Australia in Brisbane. The two-time champions, whose last foray to the final in 1992 ended in a 2-1 victory over Spain courtesy of…
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ITF launches Junior Masters in Chengdu
London, Apr 17, 2014: The ITF today announced the launch of the ITF Junior Masters, a new international event featuring the top eight ranked boys and girls on the 18-and-under ITF Junior World Ranking at the end of the year. The inaugural event will take place on 3-5 April 2015 at the Sichuan International Tennis…
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Radwanska, Halep, Pereira and Sharipova win Fed Cup Heart Awards
London, Apr 17, 2014: The ITF has announced the first four winners of the 2014 Fed Cup Heart Award. Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska claims her second career Heart Award for her performance in the World Group and World Group II first round category, while the Zone Group I winners are Romania’s Simona Halep, Brazil’s Teliana Pereira…
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Wawrinka receives Davis Cup Commitment Award
London, Apr 05, 2014: Swiss tennis star Stanislas Wawrinka headlines the latest group of players to be presented with the Davis Cup Commitment Award. The ITF, through its National Associations, presented further Davis Cup Commitment Awards during this weekend’s 2014 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group and zone group ties on Saturday 5 April.…
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Paradorn becomes Athlete Role Model for Nanjing
London, Mar 17, 2014: Thailand’s Paradorn Srichaphan, who won five singles titles in an outstanding career, will represent Tennis as an Athlete Role Model at the second Youth Olympic Games (YOG) to be held in Nanjing, China on 16-28 August. The 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event, for players aged 18-and-under, will take place on 17-24…
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Kenny MacLeod joins ITF as ED Commercial
London, Feb 28, 2014: The ITF announced today that Kenny MacLeod will join the ITF as Executive Director, Commercial. He will head-up the ITF’s Commercial Department of seven that concentrates on the ITF’s sponsorship and television portfolio. MacLeod comes to the ITF from the Scottish Football Association where he was Commercial and Marketing Director from…