Tennis Europe


Tennis Europe was formed in Rome, Italy on 31 May 1975 by a group of 17 European national tennis federations as a regional governing body for the sport of tennis and under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation. It is the world's largest regional association of the sport's governing body, the International Tennis Federation, with 50 member states in 2015.
Based in Basel, Switzerland, the organisation takes an active role in all aspects of the European game, executing tasks delegated by the ITF, and also by organizing a number of competitions and events independently from the ITF, such as European Tennis Championships.
Francesco Ricci Bitti was President of Tennis Europe from 1993 to 1999.
The organisation's current President is Vladimir Dmitriev, and the Chief Executive Officer is Thomas Hammerl.

Membership

Events

Tennis Europe supports, manages and sanctions over 1,200 international tennis events across the continent each year:
Junior Events

Tennis Europe Junior Tour

These include some of the sport's best-known and most prestigious tournaments for players of these age groups, including Les Petits As and :it:Torneo Avvenire|Avvenire.
European Junior Championships

European Summer Cups

Tennis Europe Winter Cups by HEAD

Tennis Europe Nations Challenge by HEAD

Tennis Europe Junior Masters

ITF/Tennis Europe Development Championships

Seniors' Events

European Tournaments, part of ITF European Seniors Circuit

European Senior Championships

European Senior Opens

European Seniors' Clubs Championships
Professional Circuits

Tennis Europe's Professional Tennis Department is the service point for all European Men's and Women's Tournaments of the ITF World Tennis Tour, incorporating Men's professional events of $15,000 or $25,000 in prize money, as well as Women's events ranging from $15,000 to $100,000.
The Professional Tennis Department is in charge of over 600 events in Europe each year, comprising a total prize money fund of around $12,000,000.
From 2019, Tennis Europe will also cooperate with the ATP 500 tournament in Hamburg, Germany, which will award the title 'Open European Champion' to the winner.
Various

Tennis Europe cooperates with the ITF in the establishment the ITF Junior Circuit Calendar and in the organisation of the European Beach Tennis Championships.