Tennis governing body ITF to become World Tennis in 2026

The International Tennis Federation, 1 of the sport’s planetary governing bodies, connected Thursday announced that it would alteration its sanction adjacent twelvemonth to World Tennis.

Initially formed successful Paris successful 1913 arsenic the International Lawn Tennis Federation, it changed its sanction to the shorter ITF successful 1977.

“The sanction alteration is designed to amended bespeak the organisation’s relation arsenic the sport’s planetary governing assemblage and guardian,” the ITF said successful a statement, adding that it had been adopted by an “overwhelming majority” successful a ballot amongst its subordinate nationalist tennis associations.

The determination follows akin ones successful others sports wherever the governing bodies changed their names, specified arsenic World Athletics and World Aquatics.

The ITF is successful complaint of organising the Olympic tennis tournament, the Davis Cup and the Billie Jean King Cup.

It is 1 of 7 governing bodies successful planetary tennis, alongside the ATP, which runs the men’s circuit, the WTA, which does likewise for women’s tournaments, and the organisers of the 4 Grand Slams: Wimbledon, Roland Garros, the US Open and the Australian Open.

“This improvement follows extended consultation crossed the planetary tennis assemblage and reflects our shared ambition to strengthen, unify and turn the crippled worldwide,” said ITF president David Haggerty successful the statement.

The station Tennis governing assemblage ITF to go World Tennis successful 2026 appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.