About ITF

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 and today it is affiliated with 211 national tennis associations and six regional associations. The ITF's governance responsibilities include maintaining and enforcing the rules of tennis, regulating international team competitions, promoting the game, and preserving the sport's integrity via anti-doping and anti-corruption programs. Regional associations were created in July 1975 as six supra-national associations: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Australia. The goal was to decrease the gap between the ILTF and national associations. These evolved into the current regional associations.