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International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis Tennis

Tennis is a game played between either two players or two teams of two players .... 

, made up of 202 national tennis associations. It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris Paris

native_name = Ville de Paris |common_name = Paris ... 

, France on 1 March 1913. In 1924 it became the officially recognised organisation with authority to control lawn tennis throughout the world, with official 'ILTF Rules of Tennis'. In 1977 it dropped the word 'lawn' from its title, recognising that most tennis was not played on grass Grass

Grass generally describes a monocotyledon [i]ous green plant [i] in the family Poaceae [i], botanically ... 

. Originally based in Paris, it moved to Roehampton in south-west London London

London is the capital [i] city of England [i] and of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

, UK during World War II World War II

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, where it has remained.

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The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis Tennis

Tennis is a game played between either two players or two teams of two players .... 

, made up of 202 national tennis associations.

It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris Paris

native_name = Ville de Paris
|common_name = Paris
... 

, France on 1 March 1913. In 1924 it became the officially recognised organisation with authority to control lawn tennis throughout the world, with official 'ILTF Rules of Tennis'. In 1977 it dropped the word 'lawn' from its title, recognising that most tennis was not played on grass Grass

Grass generally describes a monocotyledon [i]ous green plant [i] in the family Poaceae [i], botanically ... 

.

Originally based in Paris, it moved to Roehampton in south-west London London

London is the capital [i] city of England [i] and of the United Kingdom [i]. ... 

, UK during World War II World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ... 

, where it has remained.

The ITF operates the two major national team competitions in the sport, the Davis Cup Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis [i].... 

 for men and the Fed Cup Fed Cup

The Fed Cup is the most important tennis [i] tournament for female national teams, very similar to the m ... 

 for women.

Its official annual is The ITF Year, describing the activities of the ITF over last 12 months. This replaced World of Tennis.

ITF World Champions



Men's singles


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Men's doubles

  • 1996 Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge

    Todd Woodbridge is an Australia [i]n former professional tennis [i] player. ... 

     and Mark Woodforde
  • 1997 Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
  • 1998 Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis
  • 1999 Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes
  • 2000 Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
  • 2001 Jonas Björkman Jonas Björkman

    ... 

      and Todd Woodbridge
  • 2002 Daniel Nestor  and Mark Knowles
  • 2003 Bob Bryan Bob Bryan

    Bob Bryan in Camarillo [i], California [i] is an American [i] male professional tennis [i] ... 

     and Mike Bryan Mike Bryan

    Mike Bryan born in Camarillo [i], California [i] is an American [i] male professional tenn... 

  • 2004 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
  • 2005 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
  • 2006

Women's doubles

  • 1996 Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport

    Lindsay Ann Davenport is an American [i] professional female tennis [i] player. ... 

     and Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández

    ... 

  • 1997 Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná Jana Novotná

    Jana Novotn is a former professional tennis [i] player from the Czech Republic [i]. ... 

  • 1998 Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva
  • 1999 Martina Hingis Martina Hingis

    Martina Hingis is a former World No. 1 [i] Swiss tennis [i] p ... 

      and Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova

    Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a retired Russian professional tennis [i] player. ... 

  • 2000 Julie Halard-Decugis  and Ai Sugiyama
  • 2001 Lisa Raymond  and Rennae Stubbs
  • 2002 Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual

    Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish [i] professional female tennis player. ... 

      and Paola Suarez
  • 2003 Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez
  • 2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez
  • 2005 Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur
  • 2006

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Björn Borg Björn Borg

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Martina Navrátilová Martina Navratilova

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Lindsay Ann Davenport is an American [i] professional female tennis [i] player. ... 


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Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Capriati

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Justine Henin-Hardenne Justine Henin-Hardenne

Justine Henin-Hardenne is a former World No. 1 [i] ranked tennis [i] ... 


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Anastasia Myskina Anastasia Myskina

Anastasia Andreyevna Myskina is a professional tennis [i] player from Russia [i]. ... 


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Kim Clijsters IPA [i] listen, currently is the fourth ranked female tennis [i] ... 


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