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Tennis South Africa (TSA) is the national governing body for the sport of
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 ...
in
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. It is a not-for-profit organization, which "invests its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels and to raise funds for and on behalf of tennis players and the game of tennis within the Republic of South Africa". The TSA is affiliated to both
International Tennis Federation The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve national tennis associations. As of 2016, there ...
and
Confederation of African Tennis Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) (french: Confédération Africaine de tennis ) is the continental governing body of tennis in Africa. It is the non-profit private organization based in Tunis and affiliated with International Tennis Federati ...
. The association was created to standardise rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in South Africa.


Affiliate members

This is a list of provincial affiliated members of TSA, according to the constitution of TSA the affiliation of members has to be revised after fixed interval of period. *Boland Tennis Association *Border Tennis Association
Tennis Eastern Province
*Eden Tennis Association *Free State Tennis Association
Gauteng Central Tennis Association
*Gauteng East Tennis Association *Gauteng North Tennis Association
KwaZulu Natal Tennis Association
*Limpopo Tennis Association *Mpumalanga Tennis Association *Northern Cape Tennis Association *North West Tennis Association
Western Province Tennis


Board members

The board of the association comprises not less than nine and not more than twelve members; as described by the constitution of association. The board should at all time comprise at least 50% of members representing previously disadvantaged communities. The board members appointed for the term of three years. The current board members of the association are:


See also

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South Africa Davis Cup team The South Africa men's national tennis team represents South Africa in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Tennis South Africa. South Africa won the Davis Cup in 1974 by default as India withdrew from the finals as a protest a ...
*
South Africa Fed Cup team The South Africa Billie Jean King Cup team represents South Africa in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the South African Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. History South ...
* South Africa at the Hopman Cup *
Women's tennis in South Africa Women's tennis in South Africa has historically been played primarily by English-speaking whites, with lower adoption rates by other groups of women in the country. International ties existed early with an Australian team touring in 1928. South Afri ...


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Tennis South Africa
{{National Members of the International Tennis Federation National members of the Confederation of African Tennis
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 ...
Tennis in South Africa Sports organizations established in 2000 Organisations based in Pretoria 2000 establishments in South Africa