Italian Tennis Federation

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Federazione Italiana Tennis
FIT
File:FIT logo.png
Sport Tennis pictogram.svg Tennis
Jurisdiction Italy
Founded 1910 (1910)
Affiliation ITF
Headquarters Rome
Location  Italy
President Angelo Binaghi[1]
Official website
www.federtennis.it
File:Filippo Volandri.jpg
Filippo Volandri the current non-playing captain of the azzurro Davis Cup team.[2]

The Italian Tennis Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Tennis , FIT) is the national governing body for the Tennis sport in Italy.

History

The FIT was born in Florence in 1910 with just 26 affiliated clubs.[3]

Davis and Fed Cup

Tournament Wins Teams Non-playing captain
Davis Cup 1976 Adriano Panatta
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci
Tonino Zugarelli
Nicola Pietrangeli
Fed Cup 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
Corrado Barazzutti

ATP Cup

Tournament Runner-up Team Non-playing captain
ATP Cup 2021 Matteo Berrettini
Fabio Fognini
Simone Bolelli
Andrea Vavassori
Vincenzo Santopadre[4]

Presidents

Here are the 110 years of presidents of the Italian Tennis Federation.[3]

  • 1910: Marquess Piero Antinori
  • 1913 - 1927: Beppe Croce
  • 1928: Augusto Turati
  • 1929 - 1938: Alessandro Lessona
  • 1939: Attilio Fontan
  • 1940 - 1941: Erberto Vasellia
  • 1943: Giorgio de' Stefani (Regent Presidential Committee)
  • 1944: Riccardo Sabbadini (Regent CONI)
  • 1949 - 1956: Aldo Tolusso
  • 1958 - 1969: Giorgio de' Stefani
  • 1969 - 1973: Luigi Orsini
  • 1973 - 1976: Giorgio Neri
  • 1976 - 1988: Paolo Galgani
  • 1988 - 1989: Mario Pescante (Commissary)
  • 1989 - 1998: Paolo Galgani
  • 1998 - 2000: Francesco Ricci Bitti
  • 2000: Gianguido Sacchi Morsiani (Commissary)
  • 2000: Luigi Tronchetti Provera (Commissary)
  • from 2001: Angelo Binaghi (it)

Broadcast

The federation also has a satellite television channel, SuperTennis.[5]

See also

References

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