The Monegasque Tennis Federation (french: Fédération Monégasque de Tennis, FMT) is the governing body for tennis in

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. It was founded in 1927 and is responsible for organizing, coordinating and promoting tennis in Monaco. The Federation organizes its own national championships and appoints the managers of the Monaco

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team. FMT is responsible for the organization of the Monte-Carlo Masters every year in April, as well as the Davis Cup matches. The FMT uses the same ranking system as the

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History

The Monegasque Lawn Tennis Federation was established on May 21, 1927. The first president was British Consul Major William G.Henley and vice-president Emile Riey. Its objective is to support and co-ordinate tennis clubs in the Principality and encourage relations with foreign federations and clubs. The Federation is affiliated with the International Tennis Federation since a decision of its general assembly of March 16, 1928. Initially, its affiliation had little chance of succeeding because the Principality had only one club the courts of which were located in French territory. Finally, the request was accepted on declaration of the Monegasque representative according to which there would be three clubs comprising 15 courts in addition to those located in Saint-Roman.

Organization

The FMT brings together four clubs: the Monte-Carlo Country Club, the Monte-Carlo Tennis Club, the International Lawn Tennis Club of Monaco and the Association Sportive de la Sûreté Publique. The Monte-Carlo Country Club (M.C.C.C.) site has 23 clay courts, 2 indoor courts and 2 hard courts. The facilities offered by the club are used by world famous players such as

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, Milos Raonic, Tomáš Berdych,

Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. Čilić has won 20 ATP Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2014 US Open. He was also runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and the 2018 Austral ...

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, Grigor Dimitrov, David Goffin, Daniil Medvedev, Stéfanos Tsitsipás, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitová and

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. Baroness

Elizabeth-Ann de Massy Elizabeth-Ann (Noghès) de Massy (3 July 1947 – 10 June 2020) was the daughter of Princess Antoinette of Monaco and Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. She was a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Prince Rainier III. She was ...

was the president of FMT since 1992 till her death in June 2020. In July 2020 Melanie-Antoinette de Massy, the daughter of the late Elizabeth-Ann de Massy was appointed a new president.

Notable members

Benjamin Balleret Benjamin Balleret (born 15 January 1983) is a professional tennis player from Monaco. His father, Bernard Balleret, is former tennis player, while his cousin Arthur Rinderknech also plays the sport professionally. Balleret is a member of the Mon ...

Romain Arneodo Romain Arneodo (born 4 August 1992) is a French-born Monegasque professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.(in FrenchRomain Arneodo pourra représenter Monaco en Coupe Davis sur ''codesport.fr'', 30 septembre 2013 From 2008 to 2013, A ...

* Hugo Nys *

Lucas Catarina Lucas Catarina (born 26 August 1996) is a Monégasque tennis player. Catarina has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 341 achieved on 11 June 2018. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 526 achieved on 27 May 2019. He has w ...

Notable former members

Vladimir Landau Vladimir Maximilianovich Landau ( rus, Владимир Максимилиа́нович Ланда́у, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr məksʲɪmʲɪlʲɪˈanəvʲɪtɕ lɐnˈdaʊ; September 24, 1971) was a Russian-born Monegasque tennis player. In 1931 he ...

Patrick Landau Patrick Landau (5 September 1945 – 3 October 2007) was a tennis player from Monaco. During his career, Landau competed at Roland Garros and at the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run ...

Alexandre-Athenase Noghès Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (15 June 1916 – 16 February 1999) was an international tennis champion, married Marinette Bastel, having one son Lionel (racing driver), best known as the first husband of Princess Antoinette of Monaco, whom he marri ...

Bernard Balleret Bernard Balleret (born 11 May 1954) is a French-born Monegasque professional tennis player. Balleret participated in the main draw of three French Opens during his career. He lost to American Fred McNair in the opening round of the 1976 French O ...

Jean-René Lisnard Jean-René Lisnard (born 25 September 1979) is a professional tennis player who represents Monaco, and formerly France. He has been a member of the Monaco Davis Cup team since 2007. He is to date, the only Monegasque tennis player to have won ...

Thomas Oger Thomas Oger (born 22 March 1980) is a professional Monegasque tennis player. Oger reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Profess ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Monegasque_Tennis_Federation National members of Tennis Europe Sports governing bodies in Monaco Tennis in Monaco 1927 establishments in Europe 1920s establishments in Monaco