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Federazione Italiana Tennis
Sport Tennis
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationFIT
Founded1910 (1910)
AffiliationITF
HeadquartersRome
Location Italy
PresidentAngelo Binaghi[1]
Official website
www.federtennis.it
Filippo Volandri the current non-playing captain of the azzurro Davis Cup team.[2]

The Italian Tennis Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Tennis, FIT) is the national governing body for the Tennis sport in Italy.

History

The FIT was born in Florence in 1910 with just 26 affiliated clubs.[3]

Davis and Fed Cup

Tournament Wins Teams Non-playing captain
Davis Cup 1976 Adriano Panatta
Corrado Barazzutti
Paolo Bertolucci
Tonino Zugarelli 		Nicola Pietrangeli
Fed Cup 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 Francesca Schiavone
Flavia Pennetta
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci 		Corrado Barazzutti

ATP Cup

Tournament Runner-up Team Non-playing captain
ATP Cup 2021 Matteo Berrettini
Fabio Fognini
Simone Bolelli
Andrea Vavassori 		Vincenzo Santopadre[4]

Presidents

Here are the 110 years of presidents of the Italian Tennis Federation.[3]

  • 1910: Marquess Piero Antinori
  • 1913 - 1927: Beppe Croce
  • 1928: Augusto Turati
  • 1929 - 1938: Alessandro Lessona
  • 1939: Attilio Fontan
  • 1940 - 1941: Erberto Vasellia
  • 1943: Giorgio de' Stefani (Regent Presidential Committee)
  • 1944: Riccardo Sabbadini (Regent CONI)
  • 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 (Commissary)
  • 1989 - 1998: Paolo Galgani
  • 1998 - 2000: Francesco Ricci Bitti
  • 2000: Gianguido Sacchi Morsiani (Commissary)
  • 2000: Luigi Tronchetti Provera (Commissary)
  • from 2001: Angelo Binaghi [it]

Broadcast

The federation also has a satellite television channel, SuperTennis.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Federazione Organizzazione - Presidente" (in Italian). federtennis.it. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Filippo Volandri replaces Corrado Barazzutti as Italy's Davis Cup captain". espn.com. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "110 ANNI DI PRESIDENTI FIT" (in Italian). federtennis.it. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ "L'ATP Cup mi affascina. Matteo giocherà sul veloce indoor a marzo" (in Italian). supertennis.tv. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021. Anche Vincenzo Santopadre, nell'occasione capitano del team azzurro, non vede l'ora di iniziare
  5. ^ "SuperTennis - Chi siamo" (in Italian). supertennis.tv. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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