LONDON – The Worldwide Tennis Federation will change its identify to World Tennis.
The group oversees tennis on the Olympic and Paralympic Video games, in addition to the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup group competitions.
“Immediately is a chance to redefine our function on the coronary heart of world tennis and pledge our dedication to making sure a robust and sustainable future for this nice sport,” World Tennis Chairman David Haggerty stated on Thursday. “World Tennis displays who we’re, our world footprint and our distinctive mission.”
Different worldwide sports activities federations have made comparable identify adjustments lately, together with World Athletics, World Aquatics, World Gymnastics and World Rugby.
The identify change was permitted in October by a vote of member nationwide tennis associations on the governing physique’s annual basic assembly.
London-based World Tennis organizes the skilled aspect of the game, working with the ATP Tour, WTA Tour and 4 Grand Slam tournaments: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
World Tennis CEO Ross Hutchins stated: “Many individuals consider the T7 as seven governing our bodies, however in actuality there usually are not seven governing our bodies. In actual fact, every one has a distinct function and all collectively they characterize a giant pie of sport,” World Tennis CEO Ross Hutchins stated, including that the identify change mirrored the “world nature” of the group.
Wimbledon, the place Serena Williams will play singles for the primary time in practically 4 years, opens on Monday.
