Russian Tennis Federation

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

The Russian Tennis Federation (Russian: Федерация тенниса России, romanized: Federatsiya tennisa Rossii) is the national governing body for tennis in Russia. It was founded in 1989 as the All-Russian 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).

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.

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)

  European Russia (50 Governorates: 93.4 mln) (74.4%)
  Congress Poland (10 Governorates: 9.4 mln) (7.4%)
  Caucausus Krai (11 Governorates and Oblasts: 9.2 mln) (7.1%)
  Middle Asia (9 Governorates: 7.7 mln) (6.1%)
  Siberia (9 Governorates: 5.7 mln) (4.5%)
  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)

  European part of Russia (European Russia: 110 mln) (76.4%)
  Asian part of Russia (North Asia: 34 mln), the Extreme North mostly (23.6%)

All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs

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 74 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

Juniors

See also: List of Grand Slam champions: boys' singles, girls' singles, boys' doubles, girls' doubles, Junior Davis Cup and Junior Billie Jean King Cup, and Tennis at the Youth Olympic Games

16-and-under teams

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)[15]
Andrei Medvedev (later represented Commonwealth of Independent States CIS (1992),

Ukraine,[16] 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
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*
Legend
* was part of the winning team but did not play in the final

Junior GS singles finalists by year

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

Junior GS singles titles by country

17 
  Soviet Union
16 
  Russia
2 
 NEUTRAL

Junior GS singles runners-up by country

19 
  Russia
15 
  Soviet Union
2 
 NEUTRAL

Junior GS doubles champions by year

Event Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Girls' Doubles 1984 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
(from the present-time  Ukraine; switched to represent  Latvia)		 — — —
Girls' Doubles 1986 no competition Soviet Union Leila Meskhi
(from the present-time  Georgia)
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time  Belarus)		 — —
Girls' Doubles 1987 — Soviet 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' Doubles 2001 — — — Russia Galina Fokina
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
Girls' Doubles 2003 — — Russia Alisa Kleybanova cancelled due to inclement weather
Girls' Doubles 2005 — — — Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Girls' Doubles 2006 Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova		 —
Girls' Doubles 2007 Russia Evgeniya Rodina
Russia Arina Rodionova
(switched to represent  Australia)		 — Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova —
Girls' Doubles 2008 Russia Ksenia Lykina
Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova		 — — —
Girls' Doubles 2009 — — — Russia Valeriya Solovyeva
Girls' Doubles 2011 — Russia Irina Khromacheva — Russia Irina Khromacheva
Girls' Doubles 2012 — Russia Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent  Australia)
Russia Irina Khromacheva		 — —
Girls' Doubles 2014 Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova — — —
Girls' Doubles 2015 — — — Russia Aleksandra Pospelova
Girls' Doubles 2016 Russia Anna Kalinskaya — — —
Girls' Doubles 2019 — — — Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva
Girls' Doubles 2021 not held Russia Oksana Selekhmeteva Russia Diana Shnaider —
Girls' Doubles 2022 Russia Diana Shnaider — Russian and Belarusian players suspended because of the politics Diana Shnaider
Boys' Doubles 2023 — 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
Legend
Player/Team won 3 Grand Slam doubles tournaments in the same year
Player/Team won 2 Grand Slam doubles tournaments in the same year
Bolded name indicates player went on to win Senior Grand Slam doubles title

Junior GS doubles titles by country

20 
  Russia
4 
  Soviet Union
3 
 NEUTRAL

See also

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