German Tennis Federation
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| Sport | Tennis |
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| Abbreviation | DTB |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Affiliation | International Tennis Federation (ITF) |
| Regional affiliation | Europe (TE) |
| Headquarters | Hamburg |
| President | Ulrich Klaus [1] |
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The German Tennis Federation (German: Deutscher Tennis Bund, short form: DTB) is the governing body of tennis federations and clubs in Germany.
It is the largest tennis federation in the world with more than 1,800,000 members.
Founded on 19 May 1902 in Berlin as the Deutschen Lawn Tennis Bund (DLTB) it is one of the oldest sport federations of the world. Its first president was Carl August von der Meden between 1902 and 1911. In 1920 it dropped "Lawn" from its name.
It organises the
Fed Cup
home matches.
See also
References
- ^ "Tennis: Klaus zum neuen DTB-Präsidenten gewählt" (in German). Der Spiegel. 16 November 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deutscher Tennis Bund.
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