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The Italian Tennis Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Tennis, FIT) is the national governing body for the Tennis sport in Italy.
The Italian Tennis Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Tennis, FIT) is the national governing body for the Tennis sport in Italy.
History
The FIT was born inFlorence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
in 1910 with just 26 affiliated clubs.
Davis and Fed Cup
ATP Cup
United Cup
Presidents
Here are the 110 years of presidents of the ''Italian Tennis Federation''. *1910: Marquess Piero Antinori *1913 - 1927: Beppe Croce *1928:Augusto Turati
Augusto Turati (16 April 1888 – 27 August 1955) was an Italian journalist and Fascist politician.
Born in Parma, after moving to Brescia as a young man, Turati worked on newspapers and became one of the editors at the liberal ''Provincia ...
*1929 - 1938: Alessandro Lessona
Alessandro Lessona (Rome, 9 September 1891 – Florence, 10 November 1991) was an Italian Fascist politician, Minister of the Colonies of the Kingdom of Italy from June 1936 to April 1937 and Minister of Italian Africa from April to November 193 ...
*1939: Attilio Fontan
*1940 - 1941: Erberto Vasellia
*1943: Giorgio de' Stefani (Regent Presidential Committee)
*1944: Riccardo Sabbadini (Regent CONI
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)
*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
Mario Pescante (born July 7, 1938 in Avezzano) is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Biography
Pescante began his career as a university sports manager and was appointed s ...
(Commissary)
*1989 - 1998: Paolo Galgani
*1998 - 2000: Francesco Ricci Bitti
*2000: Gianguido Sacchi Morsiani (Commissary)
*2000: Luigi Tronchetti Provera (Commissary)
*from 2001:
Broadcast
The federation also has a satellite television channel,SuperTennis
SuperTennis is an Italian terrestrial and satellite television channel broadcasting tennis live of the Italian Tennis Federation.
Among the various events broadcasts the Davis Cup, the Fed Cup, the ATP Tour Masters 1000, ATP Tour 500, ATP Tour 2 ...
.
See also
*Tennis in Italy
Tennis in Italy is the 6th sport, with 1,298,000 people, by number of practitioners.
History
The four most successful Italian tennis players with regard to Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournament results are Nicola Pietrangeli (1959 French Cha ...
*Italy Davis Cup team
The Italy men's national tennis team represents Italy in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis. Italy won the Davis Cup in 1976, and finished as runners-up six times (1960, 1961, 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1 ...
*Italy Fed Cup team
The Italy women's national tennis team represents Italy in international women's tennis and is directed by the Federazione Italiana Tennis. The team played in the first ever tournament in 1963, and is one of four teams that has taken part in eve ...
References
External links
* {{Authority control National members of Tennis Europe Tennis in ItalyTennis
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 ...
1910 establishments in Italy