Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand
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Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand (LTAT) is the national governing body of tennis in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, formed in 1926 it is one of the oldest organised sports governing body in Thailand. The main aims of the organisation is to develop international level tennis players, improve the infrastructure for tennis and to popularise it in Thailand.

History

Tennis was introduced in Thailand by Europeans. First Thai who played this game were students came back from Europe after their study. Royal family of Thailand played the major role in the starting development of tennis in Thailand. In 1926 king Prajadhipok
Prajadhipok
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VII was the seventh monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was the last absolute monarch and the first constitutional monarch of the country. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to huge political...

founded the Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand at Saralom Garden. Official regulation of organisation was started from April 15, 1927 after the meeting of 12 association- Amusement association , railways association Lampang association, Silom association, Warrant association, Chiengmai Gyms association, Songkla association, Military association and Phuket association. The decision was made to settle the regulation of Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand as supreme governing body of tennis in Thailand.
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