The Luxembourg Tennis Federation (french: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tennis) is the

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Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

and responsible for the development of the game in the country.

Tennis in Luxembourg

Tennis is a popular sport, as it is across

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. There are 53 tennis clubs in the country, the oldest of which (TC Diekirch) was founded in 1902. The governing body is the Luxembourg Tennis Federation. The

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was held in Luxembourg (Kockelscheuer) until 2021, and was ranked as a

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tournament on the

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. Luxembourgers have had little success in professional tennis.

Gilles Müller Gilles Müller (; born 9 May 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg. He is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist and the most successful male tennis player in the history of his country. Müller won two titles on the ATP Wo ...

, considered the best men's player the country has ever produced, reached the quarter-finals of the 2008 U.S. Open and the

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Championships, has two ATP Titles and has a career high ranking of 21st. Women's players that have reached the top fifty include

Anne Kremer Anne Kremer (born 17 October 1975) is a Luxembourgish retired tennis player. Anne won two singles titles on the WTA Tour. On 29 July 2002, she achieved her best WTA ranking of world No. 18. Anne completed her schooling at the Athénée de Luxe ...

(18th),

Karin Kschwendt Karin Kschwendt (born 14 September 1968) is a former professional tennis player who represented Luxembourg, Germany and Austria at various points in her career. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 37 on 12 August 1996. In doubles, she ...

(37th) and

Claudine Schaul Claudine Schaul (born 20 August 1983) is a former tennis player from Luxembourg. Her career-high rankings are world No. 41 in singles, which was achieved on 24 May 2004, and No. 71 for doubles, achieved on 8 November 2004. Schaul first played ...

(41st).

List of presidents

* Alex Servais (1946–1948) * Georges Reuter (1949–1962) *

Géza Wertheim Géza Wertheim (3 July 1910 – 10 August 1979) was a Luxembourgian tennis player and bobsledder. He made thirty appearances for Luxembourg in the Davis Cup between 1947 and 1957, losing all thirty. He later became President of the Luxembourg ...

(1963–1965) * Frantz Think (1966–1968) * Josy Dunkel (1969–1972) * Georges Weyrich (1973–1978) * Georges Logelin (1979–1986) *

Michel Wolter Michel Wolter (born 13 September 1962 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian politician. He was the youngest-ever member of the Chamber of Deputies when elected in 1984, and served as Minister for the Interior from 1995 to 2004. He is also a b ...

(1987–1993) *

Paul Helminger Paul Helminger (28 October 1940 – 16 April 2021) was a Luxembourgish politician who was Mayor of Luxembourg City from 1999 to November 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party (from 1994 to 2012, and previously ...

(1994–2003) * Yves Kemp (2003 - 2013) * Claude Lamberty (2013 - )

References

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Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Organisations based in Esch-sur-Alzette 1946 establishments in Luxembourg