It is the largest tennis federation in the world with more than 1.800.000 members.

Just how many Russian girls and women are now playing is a question that even the country's tennis federation cannot answer.

This year, the tennis federation assumed full responsibility for testing men's players.

There was no big tennis federation behind their success.

Nadal was 14 when the Spanish tennis federation suggested he make the same move.

In some countries, promising young players receive their primary assistance from tennis federations.

He was spotted by coaches from the Tennis Federation and became a professional player.

He was allowed to return on the second and third days of the match, however, after the Romanian tennis federation apologised.

He retired as president of the French Tennis Federation in 1993.

Between 2005 and 2011 he was the national technical director of the French Tennis Federation.