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, romanizedFederatsiia 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 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)
  1. European Russia (50 Governorates: 93.4 mln) (74.4%)
  2. Congress Poland (10 Governorates: 9.4 mln) (7.4%)
  3. Caucausus Krai (11 Governorates and Oblasts: 9.2 mln) (7.1%)
  4. Middle Asia (9 Governorates: 7.7 mln) (6.1%)
  5. Siberia (9 Governorates: 5.7 mln) (4.5%)
  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 (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 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

16-and-under teams

Junior Davis / Billie Jean King Cup winners
Tournament Year Host Winner
Boys 1990 Rotterdam  Soviet Union
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (later represented CIS (1992),
/
Russia, since 1993)[16]
Andrei Medvedev (later represented CIS (1992),

Ukraine,[17] since 1993)
Dmitri Tomashevich (later represented CIS (1992),

Uzbekistan, since 1993)
Girls 1997 Vancouver  Russia
Anastasia Myskina
Elena Dementieva
Girls 2009 San Luis Potosí  Russia
Ksenia Kirillova
Daria Gavrilova (since 2015, has been representing
Australia)
Polina Leykina*
Girls 2010 San Luis Potosí  Russia
Margarita Gasparyan
Daria Gavrilova (since 2015, has been representing
Australia)
Victoria Kan*
Girls 2013 San Luis Potosí  Russia
Veronika Kudermetova
Daria Kasatkina (since 2025, has been representing  Australia)
Aleksandra Pospelova*
Boys 2016 Budapest  Russia
Alen Avidzba
Timofey Skatov (since 2018, has been representing
Kazakhstan)
Alexey Zakharov
Boys 2021 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 Toomas Leius
(from the present-time Estonia)
started in 1973
1965 Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
1966 Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
1991 Andrei Medvedev
(from the present-time Ukraine)
2009 Andrey Kuznetsov
2014 Andrey Rublev
2015 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 Alex Metreveli
(from the present-time Georgia)
started in 1973
1964 Vladimir Korotkov
(from the present-time Russia)
1987 Andrei Cherkasov
(from the present-time Russia)
1999 Mikhail Youzhny
2023 Yaroslav Demin
Local Girls' titles
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1961 Galina Baksheeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
started in 1974
1962 Galina Baksheeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
1965 Olga Morozova
(from the present-time Russia)
1971 Yelena Granaturova
(from the present-time Russia)
Marina Kroschina
(from the present-time Kazakhstan, later moved to the present-time Ukraine)
1975 Natasha Chmyreva
(from the present-time Russia)
Natasha Chmyreva
(from the present-time Russia)
1976 Natasha Chmyreva
(from the present-time Russia)
1986 no competition Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1987 Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1998 Nadia Petrova
1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya
2002 Vera Dushevina Maria Kirilenko
2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2007 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
2009 Ksenia Pervak
(switched to represent Kazakhstan but then switched back to Russia)
2010 Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent Australia)
2014 Elizaveta Kulichkova Daria Kasatkina
(switched to represent Australia)
2015 Sofya Zhuk
2016 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 Anna Dmitrieva
(from the present-time Russia)
started in 1974
1968 Eugenia Isopaitis
(from the present-time Russia)
1970 Marina Kroschina
(from the present-time Kazakhstan, later moved to the present-time Ukraine)
1986 no competition Leila Meskhi
(from the present-time Georgia)
1990 Tatiana Ignatieva
(from the present-time Belarus)
1991 Elena Makarova
(from the present-time Russia)
1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya Nadia Petrova
2001 Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina Svetlana Kuznetsova
2002 Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova
2003 Vera Dushevina Anna Chakvetadze
2009 Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent Australia)
Yana Buchina
2010 Yulia Putintseva
(switched to represent Kazakhstan)
2011 Irina Khromacheva
2012 Yulia Putintseva
(switched to represent Kazakhstan)
2015 Anna Kalinskaya Anna Blinkova
2020 Alina Charaeva
2021 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
NEUTRAL

Junior GS singles runners-up by country

19 
 Russia
15 
 Soviet Union
NEUTRAL

Junior GS doubles champions by year

Event Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Girls' Doubles 1984 Larisa Savchenko
(from the present-time Ukraine; switched to represent Latvia)
Girls' Doubles 1986 no competition Leila Meskhi
(from the present-time Georgia)
Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Girls' Doubles 1987 Natalia Medvedeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Natalia Medvedeva
(from the present-time Ukraine)
Natasha Zvereva
(from the present-time Belarus)
Girls' Doubles 2001 Galina Fokina
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Girls' Doubles 2003 Alisa Kleybanova cancelled due to inclement weather
Girls' Doubles 2005 Alisa Kleybanova
Girls' Doubles 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Alisa Kleybanova
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Girls' Doubles 2007 Evgeniya Rodina
Arina Rodionova
(switched to represent Australia)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Girls' Doubles 2008 Ksenia Lykina
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Girls' Doubles 2009 Valeriya Solovyeva
Girls' Doubles 2011 Irina Khromacheva Irina Khromacheva
Girls' Doubles 2012 Daria Gavrilova
(switched to represent Australia)
Irina Khromacheva
Girls' Doubles 2014 Elizaveta Kulichkova
Girls' Doubles 2015 Aleksandra Pospelova
Girls' Doubles 2016 Anna Kalinskaya
Girls' Doubles 2019 Oksana Selekhmeteva
Girls' Doubles 2021 not held Oksana Selekhmeteva Diana Shnaider
Girls' Doubles 2022 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
 Soviet Union
NEUTRAL

See also

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