Added: 12/06/2005 |
Tennis associations tournaments and championshipsThe game of tennis without exaggeration is one of the most popular sports all over the world. There are three major bodies involved in world's tennis to date: International Tennis Federation (ITF), Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women Tennis Association (WTA). There are also other tennis associations that are smaller than each of those mentioned above but also very influential in the world of tennis today. Such include, for example, United States Tennis Association (USTA), European Tennis Association and Canadian Tennis Association.
The ITF's participation in competitions ranges from top professional ITF tournaments such as the four Grand Slams - the Roland Garros, Australian Open, the US Open, the Wimbledon and Olympic Tennis Event - to the Futures Circuit, ITF Men's Satellite tournaments, the ITF Women's Circuit, and other smaller national tennis associations tournaments. There are also numerous team events and ITF tournaments for seniors, juniors, and wheelchair players.
The ITF also co-owns and co-hosts the Tennis Masters Cup with the ATP and the Grand Slams, the competition which closes the ATP season.
Tennis Europe today consists of 48 European nations. It is the biggest regional association of the ITF, tennis's governing body. Based in Switzerland, the Tennis Europe takes an important role in all sides of the European tennis, fulfilling the tasks assigned by the ITF as well as organizing numerous European tennis associations tournaments and events in parallel to the ITF, for instance, European Tennis Championships. Two major European Tennis Associations tournaments are the European Club & Team Championships for Women and Men. Both European tennis association tournaments are held annually and have fairly long and impressive history.
Tennis Canada was founded in 1890. It is a non-profit, national tennis association whose responsibility is the development of tennis all through the country. It is also one of the oldest sport associations in the country. Tennis Canada operates and owns two of the leading events on the WTA and ATP Tour, Rogers Cup women's and men's events that change location annually between Uniprix Stadium and Rexall Centre in Montreal and Toronto. Tennis Canada is a one of the members of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the International Association of Wheelchair Tennis.
Roger's Cup, one of the Canadian tennis associations tournaments, has been held by turns in Toronto and Montreal since 1881. The Rogers Cup brought by American Express is one of the central legs of the ATP Masters Series. The tournament features impressive US $2.45 million dollars in prize money. The event historically attracts the world's top players. At the inaugural ceremony of Toronto's Rexall Centre in 2004, 41 of the 50 strongest men's players in the world played for a record Toronto crowd of 165,508 spectators. In 2005, the Rogers Cup, the most prestigious event of Tennis Canada tournaments, enjoyed the best number of spectators present in its history, attracting 172, 686 attendees to Montreal's Uniprix Stadium. Not only is that number a record for Canada, but it is also a world record for a week-long tennis tournament.
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