The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the highest governing body of tennis. It oversees tennis competitions at all levels, from Grand Slams and Olympics to lower-level Futures tournaments. The ITF was founded in 1913 with 12 founding member nations and has since helped establish tennis facilities in over 90 developing countries through grants.

2.  The International Tennis Federation,
ITF for its acronym in English, is the highest
body of world tennis, whose
main objective, fair, expand and
bring the sport to everyone.

3.  The ITF has an effect in
competitions ranging from the most
important professional events like the
Olympics, the Grand Slams, Davis Cup and
Fed Cup, even the entry level as the
tournaments Satellites
and Futures ITF Circuit for the male and
female as well as events for juniors, veterans
and wheel chair.He is also co-owner
and co-host of the Masters Cup Series
with the Grand Slams and
ATP. This Cup is the season that concludes
the ATP.

4.  Duane Williams was one of the
great managers, who along with
Charles Barde, honorary member of
the Swiss Tennis Association and
Henri Wallet French Tennis Federation, gave
strength to this idea.
Finally, twelve
were associations gathered for the first
time at the annual conference held in Paris
on March 1,
1913 thus founding the International
Tennis Federation.

5.  The need to
establish an international federation beg
an in 1911. In those years the lawn
tennis began to develop with
great force in the world, so an
alliance was made imperative for
the sport was structured in an
orderly worldwide, taking advantage
of National Tennis Associations were
already established and conformed.

6.  Australasia (Australia and New Zealand)
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
great Britain
Holland
Russia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain (who didn’t attend but sent his approval)

7.  The hierarchical structure of the
federation is composed of the Chair and
Vice-Presidents, Congress, the Executive
Committee, the Council and the
Technical Committees. Now the chair is
Francesco Ricci Bitti, since 1999.

8.  The ITF can assist National Association by
providing grants towards the establishment
or improvement of National Tennis Centres
in developing countries.
 Since 1984, 94 National Associations have
taken advantage of the assistance
available, either to construct a new facility,
to renovate or to add roofing and lighting
to the courts, under their ownership or
control.

9.  The grants for facilities awarded to countries
are paid in installments at the start, midway
and at completion of the projects.
 The ITF facility grant represents a small
percentage of the overall building cost;
however the grant often acts as an
endorsement and catalyst to enable
associations to attract other funding
whether from the government or private
sector.

11.  The tennis court that itf did in Cambodia

12.  In 2010, the following 9 National
Associations benefited from the facility
grant:
Bolivia
Cambodia
Djibouti
Grenada
Guatemala
Malawi
Seychelles
Syria
Turks & Caicos

13.  Novak Djokovic

14.  Rafael Nadal

15.  Roger Federer