Russian Tennis Federation

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The Russian Tennis Federation (Russian: Федерация тенниса России, romanized: Federatsiia tennisa Rossii) is the national governing body for tennis in Russia. It was founded in 1989 as the All-Russia Tennis Association and reorganized under its current name in 2002.[1] The federation serves as the successor to the Tennis Federation of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) (1959–1989) and the Tennis Federation of the Soviet Union (1959–93), which was previously known as the All-Union Tennis Section (1929–1959).

Sport Tennis
(incl. Beach tennis)
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationRTF
Founded1989
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Russian Tennis Federation
Sport Tennis
(incl. Beach tennis)
JurisdictionNational
AbbreviationRTF
Founded1989
HeadquartersLuzhnetskaya Naberezhnaya, Moscow
PresidentShamil Tarpishchev
ReplacedTennis Federation of the RSFSR / Tennis Federation of the USSR
(founded)1959
Official website
www.tennis-russia.ru
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History

Arthur Davydovich McPherson (1870–1919), a native of Petersburg, was the founder and president of the first All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs (est. 1908), 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.

2022 suspension

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended the Russian Tennis Federation.[2] In addition, Tennis Europe suspended the federation's membership.[3] Teams representing Russia were therefore ineligible to compete at all Tennis Europe events (including Winter & Summer Cups, European Beach Tennis, and Senior Club Championships).[3] 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.[3]

Chairpersons

Main climate-related parts – because the Extreme North allows indoor tennis courts only — of the Russian Empire (Imperial Russia) with population (125.6 mln according to the 1897 census)
  1. European Russia (subdivision) [fr] (50 Governorates: 93.4 mln) (74.4%)
  2. Congress Poland (10 Governorates: 9.4 mln) (7.40%)
  3. Caucausus Krai (11 Governorates and Oblasts: 9.2 mln) (7.10%)
  4. Middle Asia (9 Governorates: 7.7 mln) (6.10%)
  5. Siberia (9 Governorates: 5.7 mln) (4.50%)
  6. Other (Census-eligible citizens abroad and in the Grand Duchy of Finland: 40.661)[4] (0.03%)
Main climate-related (the Extreme North allows indoor tennis courts only) parts of the Russian Federation (Russia) with population (144 mln in 2018)
  1. European part of Russia (European Russia: 110 mln) (76.4%)
  2. Asian part of Russia (North Asia: 34 mln), the Extreme North mostly (23.6%)

All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs

  • Arthur McPherson [ru] (Jun 1908—1917), first chairman, killed by the Bolsheviks in 1919 (official version – died from typhoid in one of Moscow prisons).[5][6][4]

All-Union Tennis Section (1929—1959)

Tennis Federation of the USSR

Tennis Federation of the RSFSR

  • (subject to the Tennis Federation of the USSR; sometimes 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[9]

Russian Tennis Federation

(consists of 73 Regional federations)[11]

Vice-presidents[11]
  1. Bakulev, Vladimir
  2. Bokarev, Andrey
  3. Gordeev, Alexander
  4. Kafelnikov, Yevgeny
  5. Lazarev, Vladimir
  6. Myskina, Anastasia
  7. Panteleev, Evgeny
  8. Selivanenko, Alexey
  9. Vikharev, Dmitry
  10. Yumasheva, Polina
  11. (Secretary-General) Shatkhin, Yakov
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Juniors

16-and-under teams

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Junior Davis / Billie Jean King Cup winners
Tournament Year Host Winner
Boys 1990 Netherlands Rotterdam  Soviet Union
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (later represented Commonwealth of Independent States CIS (1992),
Russia/
Russia, since 1993)[18]
Andrei Medvedev (later represented Commonwealth of Independent States CIS (1992),

Ukraine,[19] since 1993)
Dmitri Tomashevich (later represented Commonwealth of Independent States CIS (1992),

Uzbekistan, since 1993)
Girls 1997 Canada Vancouver  Russia
Anastasia Myskina
Elena Dementieva
Girls 2009 Mexico San Luis Potosí  Russia
Ksenia Kirillova
Daria Gavrilova (since 2015, has been representing
Australia)
Polina Leykina*
Girls 2010 Mexico San Luis Potosí  Russia
Margarita Gasparyan
Daria Gavrilova (since 2015, has been representing
Australia)
Victoria Kan*
Girls 2013 Mexico San Luis Potosí  Russia
Veronika Kudermetova
Daria Kasatkina (since 2025, has been representing  Australia)
Aleksandra Pospelova*
Boys 2016 Hungary Budapest  Russia
Alen Avidzba
Timofey Skatov (since 2018, has been representing
Kazakhstan)
Alexey Zakharov
Boys 2021 Turkey Antalya  Russia
Yaroslav Demin
Maxim Zhukov
Danil Panarin*
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* was part of the winning team but did not play in the final
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Junior GS singles finalists by year

Local Boys' titles
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YearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1959Soviet Union Toomas Leius
(from the present-time Estonia)
started in 1973
1965Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
1966Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
1991Soviet Union Andrei Medvedev
(from the present-time Ukraine)
2009Russia Andrey Kuznetsov
2014Russia Andrey Rublev
2015Russia Roman Safiullin
Total by
country
1x Russia2x Soviet Union
1x Russia
3x Soviet Union
1x Russia
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Local Boys' runners-up
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YearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1962Soviet Union Alex Metreveli
(from the present-time Georgia)
started in 1973
1964Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
1987Soviet Union Andrei Cherkasov
(from the present-time Russia)
1999Russia Mikhail Youzhny
2023 Yaroslav Demin
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Local Girls' titles
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Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1961Soviet Union Galina Baksheeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
started in 1974
1962Soviet Union Galina Baksheeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
1965Soviet Union Olga Morozova
(from the present-time Russia)
1971Soviet Union Yelena Granaturova
(from the present-time Russia)
Soviet Union Marina Kroschina
(from the present-time Kazakhstan, later moved to the present-time Ukraine)
1975Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva
(from the present-time Russia)
Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva
(from the present-time Russia)
1976Soviet Union Natasha Chmyreva
(from the present-time Russia)
1986no competitionSoviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1987Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1998Russia Nadia Petrova
1999Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
2002Russia Vera DushevinaRussia Maria Kirilenko
2006Russia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRussia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2007Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2009Russia Ksenia Pervak
(switched to represent Kazakhstan but then switched back to Russia)
2010Russia Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent Australia)
2014Russia Elizaveta KulichkovaRussia Daria Kasatkina
(switched to represent Australia)
2015Russia Sofya Zhuk
2016Russia Anastasia Potapova
(switched to represent Austria)
2023 Alina Korneeva Alina Korneeva
2026 Alisa Oktiabreva
(almost switched to represent Czechia)
Total by
country
4x Russia
1xNEUTRAL
2x Soviet Union
2x Russia
2xNEUTRAL
8x Soviet Union
3x Russia
2x Soviet Union
4x Russia
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Local Girls' runners-up
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YearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
1958Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva
(from the present-time Russia)
started in 1974
1968Soviet Union Eugenia Isopaitis
(from the present-time Russia)
1970Soviet Union Marina Kroschina
(from the present-time Kazakhstan, later moved to the present-time Ukraine)
1986no competitionSoviet Union Leila Meskhi
(from the present-time Georgia)
1990Soviet Union Tatiana Ignatieva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1991Soviet Union Elena Makarova
(from the present-time Russia)
1999Russia Lina KrasnoroutskayaRussia Nadia Petrova
2001Russia Svetlana KuznetsovaRussia Dinara SafinaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova
2002Russia Maria SharapovaRussia Maria Sharapova
2003Russia Vera DushevinaRussia Anna Chakvetadze
2009Russia Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent Australia)
Russia Yana Buchina
2010Russia Yulia Putintseva
(switched to represent Kazakhstan)
2011Russia Irina Khromacheva
2012Russia Yulia Putintseva
(switched to represent Kazakhstan)
2015Russia Anna KalinskayaRussia Anna Blinkova
2020Russia Alina Charaeva
2021Russia Erika Andreeva
2023 Mirra Andreeva
2026 Ekaterina Tupitsyna
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Player won 3 Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year
Player won 2 Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year
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Junior GS singles titles by country

17 
 Soviet Union
16 
 Russia
3 
NEUTRAL

Junior GS singles runners-up by country

19 
 Russia
15 
 Soviet Union
3 
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Junior GS doubles champions by year

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EventYearAustralian OpenFrench OpenWimbledonUS Open
Girls' Doubles1984Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
(from the present-time Ukraine; switched to represent Latvia)
Girls' Doubles1986no competitionSoviet Union Leila Meskhi
(from the present-time Georgia)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Girls' Doubles1987Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Girls' Doubles2001Russia Galina Fokina
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Girls' Doubles2003Russia Alisa Kleybanovacancelled due to inclement weather
Girls' Doubles2005Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Girls' Doubles2006Russia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRussia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRussia Alisa Kleybanova
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Girls' Doubles2007Russia Evgeniya Rodina
Russia Arina Rodionova
(switched to represent Australia)
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Girls' Doubles2008Russia Ksenia Lykina
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Girls' Doubles2009Russia Valeriya Solovyeva
Girls' Doubles2011Russia Irina KhromachevaRussia Irina Khromacheva
Girls' Doubles2012Russia Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent Australia)
Russia Irina Khromacheva
Girls' Doubles2014Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova
Girls' Doubles2015Russia Aleksandra Pospelova
Girls' Doubles2016Russia Anna Kalinskaya
Girls' Doubles2019Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva
Girls' Doubles2021not heldRussia Oksana SelekhmetevaRussia Diana Shnaider
Girls' Doubles2022Russia Diana Shnaider Russian and Belarusian players suspended because of the politics Diana Shnaider
Boys' Doubles2023 Yaroslav Demin
Girls' Doubles Anastasiia Gureva
Total by
country
1x Soviet Union
6x Russia
2x Soviet Union
4x Russia
1xNEUTRAL
1x Soviet Union
4x Russia
6x Russia
2xNEUTRAL
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Player/Team won 3 Grand Slam doubles tournaments in the same year
Player/Team won 2 Grand Slam doubles tournaments in the same year
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Junior GS doubles titles by country

20 
 Russia
4 
 Soviet Union
3 
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Orange Bowl champions by year

Local singles champions
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YearBoysGirls
18 & under16 & under14 & under12 & under18 & under16 & under14 & under12 & under
1987 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1989 Soviet Union Svetlana Komleva
(from the present-time Moldova)
1990 Soviet Union Andrei Medvedev
(from the present-time Ukraine)
1991 Soviet Union Elena Likhovtseva
(from the present-time Kazakhstan)
(switched to represent Russia)
1994 Russia Artem DerepaskoNot heldNot held
1995 Russia Anna Kournikova
1996 Russia Elena Dementieva
1998 Russia Elena Dementieva
2000 Russia Artem Sitak
(switched to represent New Zealand)
Russia Vera Zvonareva
2001 Russia Vera Zvonareva
2002 Russia Vera Dushevina
2004 Russia Valeria Solovyeva
2011 Russia Artem Dubrivnyy
2012 Russia Andrey Rublev
2013 Russia Varvara Flink
2014 Russia Anastasia Potapova
(switched to represent Austria)
2019 Russia Mirra Andreeva
2022 Kristina Liutova[20][21][22]
(almost switched to represent United States)
2023 Danil Panarin
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Local doubles champions
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YearBoys, 18 and underGirls, 18 and under
2003 Russia Ekaterina Kosminskaya
2006 Russia Danila Arsenov[23]
2009 Russia Mikhail Biryukov
Russia Alexander Rumyantsev[24]
Russia Valeria Solovieva
2011 Russia Victoria Kan
2016 Russia Anastasia Potapova
(switched to represent Austria)
2021 Russia Diana Shnaider
2024 Timofei Derepasko
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See also

Notes

  1. Kaliningradskaya oblast’ is the Tolkien family's – incl. J. R. R. Tolkien, famous for inventing the term 'Mordor', among other accomplishments – place of origin, as of the 16th century.[14][15]

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