# Russian Tennis Federation

The Russian Tennis Federation (Russian: Федерация тенниса России, romanized: Federatsiya tennisa Rossii) is the national governing body for tennis in Russia. It was founded in 1989 as the All-Russian Tennis Association and reorganized under its current name in 2002. The federation serves as the successor to the Tennis Federation of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) (1959-1989) and the Tennis Federation of the Soviet Union (1959-93), which was previously known as the All-Union Tennis Section (1929-1959).

## History

Arthur Davidovich McPherson (1870–1919), a native of Petersburg, was the founder and president of the first All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs, the forerunner of today's Russian Tennis Federation. In 1903 he organized the first St. Petersburg tennis championship, and four years later he set up the first national tournament. By 1913 the Russian championship was on the international tour and the game was thriving.

### 2022 suspension

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Tennis Federation suspended the Russian Tennis Federation. In addition, Tennis Europe suspended the federation's membership. Teams representing Russia were therefore ineligible to compete at all Tennis Europe events (including Winter & Summer Cups, European Beach Tennis, and Senior Club Championships). All Tennis Europe events in Russia were suspended, including the European Junior Tennis Championships (16 & Under) in Moscow, and delegates from Russia were not eligible to attend the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Tennis Europe.

## Chairpersons

* European Russia (50 Governorates: 93.4 mln) (74.4%)
* Congress Poland (10 Governorates: 9.4 mln) (7.4%)
* Caucausus Krai (11 Governorates and Oblasts: 9.2 mln) (7.1%)
* Middle Asia (9 Governorates: 7.7 mln) (6.1%)
* Siberia (9 Governorates: 5.7 mln) (4.5%)
* Other (Census-eligible citizens abroad and in the Grand Duchy of Finland: 40.661) (0.03%)
* European part of Russia (European Russia: 110 mln) (76.4%)
* Asian part of Russia (North Asia: 34 mln), the Extreme North mostly (23.6%)

### All-Russia Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs

* Arthur McPherson [ru] (Jun 1908—1917), first chairman, killed by the Bolsheviks in 1919 (official version — died from typhoid in one of Moscow prisons).

### All-Union Tennis Section (1929—1959)

* Vasily Mantsev (1929—1938), executed during the Great Purge in 1939 (CEC official)
** Georgy Bobrov (1929—1938), executed during the Great Purge in 1938 (Council of People's Commissars official)
* Viktor Bogolepov [ru] (1946—1950)
* Boris Lavrenyov (1951—1955),

### Tennis Federation of the USSR

* Iliodor Kulev [ru] (Aug 1959—1961, 1965—1980)
* Dmitry Gosudarev (1961—1965)
* Boris Volynov (1980—1985)
* Igor Volk (1985—1991)
* Shamil Tarpishchev (1991—1992; often listed as combined with the CIS)

#### Tennis Federation of the RSFSR

* (subject to the Tennis Federation of the USSR; sometimes listed as combined with the USSR)
** Georgy Malinin (1959—1968)
** Sergey Ostrovoy (1969—1988),
** Shamil Tarpishchev (1991—1992; often listed as combined with the USSR)

### All-Russia Tennis Association

(successor to the Tennis Federation of the RSFSR since 1990, to the Tennis Federation of the USSR since 1993)
* Nikita Mikhalkov (1989—1995), chairman → 1st president
* Yaroslav Kalagursky (1995—1999), president; (1999—present), honorary president
* Shamil Tarpishchev (1999—2001), president

### Russian Tennis Federation

(consists of 74 Regional federations)
* Shamil Tarpishchev (Jan 2002—), president
* Vice-presidents
* Bakulev, Vladimir
* Bokarev, Andrey
* Gordeev, Alexander
* Kafelnikov, Yevgeny
* Lazarev, Vladimir
* Myskina, Anastasia
* Panteleev, Evgeny
* Selivanenko, Alexey
* Vikharev, Dmitry
* Yumasheva, Polina
* (Secretary-General) Shatkhin, Yakov
74 Regional Federations :
| Item No. | RF's Subject (Russian Road Signs) | Name of the Sports Federation (right-click in Google Chrome-translate) | Full Name of Managers and Contact Persons (Transborder passport: 2016—now) | RF's District | ITHF-Inducted Player's Local Affiliation |

## Juniors
### 16-and-under teams

Junior Davis / Billie Jean King Cup winners :
| Tournament | Year | Host | Winner |
| Boys | 1990 | Rotterdam | Soviet Union Yevgeny Kafelnikov (later represented CIS (1992), / Russia, since 1993) Andrei Medvedev (later represented CIS (1992), Ukraine, since 1993) Dmitri Tomashevich (later represented CIS (1992), Uzbekistan, since 1993) |
| Girls | 1997 | Vancouver | Russia Anastasia Myskina Elena Dementieva |
| Girls | 2009 | San Luis Potosí | Russia Ksenia Kirillova Daria Gavrilova (since 2015, has been representing Australia) Polina Leykina* |
| Girls | 2010 | San Luis Potosí | Russia Margarita Gasparyan Daria Gavrilova (since 2015, has been representing Australia) Victoria Kan* |
| Girls | 2013 | San Luis Potosí | Russia Veronika Kudermetova Daria Kasatkina Aleksandra Pospelova* |
| Boys | 2016 | Budapest | Russia Alen Avidzba Timofey Skatov (since 2018, has been representing Kazakhstan) Alexey Zakharov |
| Boys | 2021 | Antalya | Russia Yaroslav Demin Maxim Zhukov Danil Panarin* |
* Legend
* * was part of the winning team but did not play in the final

### Junior GS singles finalists by year
#### Local Boys' titles

| Year | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
| 1959 | — | — | Toomas Leius (from the present-time Estonia) | started in 1973 |
| 1965 | — | — | Vladimir Korotkov (from the present-time Russia) | started in 1973 |
| 1966 | — | Vladimir Korotkov (from the present-time Russia) | Vladimir Korotkov (from the present-time Russia) | started in 1973 |
| 1991 | — | Andrei Medvedev (from the present-time Ukraine) | — | — |
| 2009 | — | — | Andrey Kuznetsov | — |
| 2014 | — | Andrey Rublev | — | — |
| 2015 | Roman Safiullin | — | — | — |
| Total by country | 1x Russia | 2x Soviet Union 1x Russia | 3x Soviet Union 1x Russia | — |

#### Local Boys' runners-up

| Year | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
| 1962 | — | — | Alex Metreveli (from the present-time Georgia) | started in 1973 |
| 1964 | — | — | Vladimir Korotkov (from the present-time Russia) | started in 1973 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | Andrei Cherkasov (from the present-time Russia) |
| 1999 | Mikhail Youzhny | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | Yaroslav Demin | — |

#### Local Girls' titles

| Year | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
| 1961 | — | — | Galina Baksheeva (from the present-time Ukraine) | started in 1974 |
| 1962 | — | — | Galina Baksheeva (from the present-time Ukraine) | started in 1974 |
| 1965 | — | — | Olga Morozova (from the present-time Russia) | started in 1974 |
| 1971 | — | Yelena Granaturova (from the present-time Russia) | Marina Kroschina (from the present-time Kazakhstan, later moved to the present-time Ukraine) | started in 1974 |
| 1975 | — | — | Natasha Chmyreva (from the present-time Russia) | Natasha Chmyreva (from the present-time Russia) |
| 1976 | — | — | Natasha Chmyreva (from the present-time Russia) | — |
| 1986 | no competition | — | Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) | — |
| 1987 | — | Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) | Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) | Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) |
| 1998 | — | Nadia Petrova | — | — |
| 1999 | — | — | — | Lina Krasnoroutskaya |
| 2002 | — | — | Vera Dushevina | Maria Kirilenko |
| 2006 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | — | — | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova |
| 2007 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | — | — | — |
| 2009 | Ksenia Pervak (switched to represent Kazakhstan but then switched back to Russia) | — | — | — |
| 2010 | — | — | — | Daria Gavrilova (switched to represent Australia) |
| 2014 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | Daria Kasatkina | — | — |
| 2015 | — | — | Sofya Zhuk | — |
| 2016 | — | — | Anastasia Potapova | — |
| 2023 | Alina Korneeva | Alina Korneeva | — | — |
| Total by country | 4x Russia 1xNEUTRAL | 2x Soviet Union 2x Russia 1xNEUTRAL | 8x Soviet Union 3x Russia | 2x Soviet Union 4x Russia |

#### Local Girls' runners-up

| Year | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
| 1958 | — | — | Anna Dmitrieva (from the present-time Russia) | started in 1974 |
| 1968 | — | Eugenia Isopaitis (from the present-time Russia) | — | started in 1974 |
| 1970 | — | — | Marina Kroschina (from the present-time Kazakhstan, later moved to the present-time Ukraine) | started in 1974 |
| 1986 | no competition | — | Leila Meskhi (from the present-time Georgia) | — |
| 1990 | — | Tatiana Ignatieva (from the present-time Belarus) | — | — |
| 1991 | — | — | Elena Makarova (from the present-time Russia) | — |
| 1999 | — | — | Lina Krasnoroutskaya | Nadia Petrova |
| 2001 | — | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Dinara Safina | Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| 2002 | Maria Sharapova | — | Maria Sharapova | — |
| 2003 | — | Vera Dushevina | Anna Chakvetadze | — |
| 2009 | — | Daria Gavrilova (switched to represent Australia) | — | Yana Buchina |
| 2010 | — | — | — | Yulia Putintseva (switched to represent Kazakhstan) |
| 2011 | — | — | Irina Khromacheva | — |
| 2012 | Yulia Putintseva (switched to represent Kazakhstan) | — | — | — |
| 2015 | — | Anna Kalinskaya | Anna Blinkova | — |
| 2020 | — | Alina Charaeva | — | — |
| 2021 | — | Erika Andreeva | — | — |
| 2023 | Mirra Andreeva | | | |
* Legend
* Player won 3 Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year
* Player won 2 Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year
* Bolded name indicates player went on to win Senior Grand Slam singles title

### Junior GS singles titles by country

| 17 | Soviet Union |
| 16 | Russia |
| 2 | NEUTRAL |

### Junior GS singles runners-up by country

| 19 | Russia |
| 15 | Soviet Union |
| 2 | NEUTRAL |

### Junior GS doubles champions by year

| Event | Year | Australian Open | French Open | Wimbledon | US Open |
| Girls' Doubles | 1984 | Larisa Savchenko (from the present-time Ukraine; switched to represent Latvia) | — | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 1986 | no competition | Leila Meskhi (from the present-time Georgia) Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 1987 | — | Natalia Medvedeva (from the present-time Ukraine) Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) | Natalia Medvedeva (from the present-time Ukraine) Natasha Zvereva (from the present-time Belarus) | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2001 | — | — | — | Galina Fokina Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| Girls' Doubles | 2003 | — | — | Alisa Kleybanova | cancelled due to inclement weather |
| Girls' Doubles | 2005 | — | — | — | Alisa Kleybanova |
| Girls' Doubles | 2006 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Alisa Kleybanova Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2007 | Evgeniya Rodina Arina Rodionova (switched to represent Australia) | — | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2008 | Ksenia Lykina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | — | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2009 | — | — | — | Valeriya Solovyeva |
| Girls' Doubles | 2011 | — | Irina Khromacheva | — | Irina Khromacheva |
| Girls' Doubles | 2012 | — | Daria Gavrilova (switched to represent Australia) Irina Khromacheva | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2014 | Elizaveta Kulichkova | — | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2015 | — | — | — | Aleksandra Pospelova |
| Girls' Doubles | 2016 | Anna Kalinskaya | — | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2019 | — | — | — | Oksana Selekhmeteva |
| Girls' Doubles | 2021 | not held | Oksana Selekhmeteva | Diana Shnaider | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2022 | Diana Shnaider | — | Russian and Belarusian players suspended because of the politics | Diana Shnaider |
| Boys' Doubles | 2023 | — | Yaroslav Demin | — | — |
| Girls' Doubles | 2023 | — | — | — | Anastasiia Gureva |
| Total by country | Total by country | 1x Soviet Union 6x Russia | 2x Soviet Union 4x Russia 1xNEUTRAL | 1x Soviet Union 4x Russia | 6x Russia 2xNEUTRAL |
* Legend
* Player/Team won 3 Grand Slam doubles tournaments in the same year
* Player/Team won 2 Grand Slam doubles tournaments in the same year
* Bolded name indicates player went on to win Senior Grand Slam doubles title

### Junior GS doubles titles by country

| 20 | Russia |
| 4 | Soviet Union |
| 3 | NEUTRAL |