UA E T E N N I S F E D E R AT I O N
GAME, SET & MATCH The UAE Tennis Federation reflects on a great year
The UAE Tennis Federation, lead by H.H. Sheikh
The federation praised the efforts of the
Hasher bin Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum,
Competition Committee, who organised 179
has continued to champion tennis in the UAE
tournaments at local level in the last season – an
throughout 2019, establishing a good base for
increase of 47 new tournaments across different
local development of the sport, with the full
age groups and categories. The figure includes
support of the General Authority of Sports, the
148 tournaments in Dubai and nine international
UAE National Olympic Committee and the Sports
championships across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and
Councils in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The
Fujairah. Both the ITF and ATF congratulated the
federation is working on a strategy to move
UAE TF for its achievements.
tennis from a recreational level to a competitive and performance sport. H.H. Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum and the
The UAE Tennis Federation and International Tennis Federation have officially signed the Juniors Tennis Initiative (JTI), organised and supervised by the
Board of Directors reviewed a number of
ITF, with the participation of more than 100 countries
important aspects that the federation is looking
around the world, including 25 Asian countries.
forward to implementing during the next season.
The UAE Tennis Federation is seeking to
The most prominent is the further development
expand the base of practitioners and spread the
of academies, increasing the number and
game across the country through the registration
engaging citizens, as well as developing the
programme for players, clubs, academies, coaches,
overall return of the teams.
stadiums, tournaments and events.
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