Russian Tennis Federation

Russian Tennis Federation
Sport	Tennis
Jurisdiction	National
Abbreviation	RTF
Founded	1989
Headquarters	Luzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow
President	Shamil Tarpishchev
Replaced	Tennis Federation of the RSFSR / Tennis Federation of the USSR
(founded)	1959
Official website
	www.tennis-russia.ru

It is the successor of Tennis Federation of the RSFSR (1959–1989) and the Tennis Federation of the USSR (1959–93, known before as All-Union Tennis Section, 1929-1959).

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended the Russian Tennis Federation. In addition, Tennis Europe suspended the federation's membership. Teams representing Russia were therefore ineligible to compete at all Tennis Europe events (including Winter & Summer Cups, European Beach Tennis, and Senior Club Championships). All Tennis Europe events in Russia were suspended, including the European Junior Tennis Championships (16 & Under) in Moscow, and delegates from Russia were not eligible to attend the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Tennis Europe.

History

Arthur Davidovich McPherson (1870–1919), a native of Petersburg, was the founder^[when?] and president of the first All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, the forerunner of today's Russian Tennis Federation. In 1903 he organized the first St. Petersburg tennis championship, and four years later he set up the first national tournament. By 1913 the Russian championship was on the international tour and the game was thriving.

Chairpersons

All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs

Arthur McPherson [ru] (Jun 1908—1917), first chairman, killed by the Bolsheviks in 1919,

All-Union Tennis Section (1929—1959)

Vasily Mantsev, executed during the Great Purge in 1939
Georgy Bobrov, executed during the Great Purge in 1938,
Viktor Bogolepov [ru]
Boris Lavrenyov (1951—1955),

Tennis Federation of the USSR

Iliodor Kulev [ru] (Aug 1959—1961, 1965—1980)
Dmitry Gosudarev (1961—1965)
Boris Volynov (1980—1985)
Igor Volk (1985—1991)
Shamil Tarpishchev (1991—1992; often listed as combined with the CIS)

Tennis Federation of the RSFSR

(subject to the Tennis Federation of the USSR; sometimes listed as combined with the USSR)

- Georgy Malinin (1959—1968)
- Sergey Ostrovoy (1969—1988),
- Shamil Tarpishchev (1991—1992; often listed as combined with the USSR)

All-Russia Tennis Association

(successor to the Tennis Federation of the RSFSR since 1990, to the Tennis Federation of the USSR since 1993)

Nikita Mikhalkov (1989—1995), chairman → 1st president
Yaroslav Kalagursky (1995—1999), president; (1999—present), honorary president
Shamil Tarpishchev (1999—2001), president