Russian Tennis Federation
The Russian Tennis Federation is the national governing body for tennis in Russia. It was founded in 1989 as the All-Russia Tennis Association and reorganized under its current name in 2002. The federation serves as the successor to the Tennis Federation of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Tennis Federation of the Soviet Union, which was previously known as the All-Union Tennis Section.
History
Arthur Davydovich McPherson, a native of Petersburg, was the founder and president of the first All-Russia 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.2022 suspension
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended the Russian Tennis Federation. In addition, Tennis Europe suspended the federation's membership. Teams representing Russia were therefore ineligible to compete at all Tennis Europe events. All Tennis Europe events in Russia were suspended, including the European Junior Tennis Championships in Moscow, and delegates from Russia were not eligible to attend the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Tennis Europe.Chairpersons
All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs
- , first chairman, killed by the Bolsheviks in 1919.
All-Union Tennis Section (1929—1959)
- Vasily Mantsev, executed during the Great Purge in 1939
- *Georgy Bobrov, executed during the Great Purge in 1938
- Boris Lavrenyov,
Tennis Federation of the USSR
- Dmitry Gosudarev
- Boris Volynov
- Igor Volk
- Shamil Tarpishchev
Tennis Federation of the RSFSR
- * Georgy Malinin
- * Sergey Ostrovoy,
- * Shamil Tarpishchev
All-Russia Tennis Association
- Nikita Mikhalkov, chairman → 1st president
- Yaroslav Kalagursky, president;, honorary president
- Shamil Tarpishchev, president
Russian Tennis Federation
- Shamil Tarpishchev, president
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| 1. |  |size=50pxJuniors16-and-under teams
Junior GS singles finalists by year;Local Boys' titles
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