ITF confirms nominations for ITF President and ITF Board of Directors

The ITF has announced the nominations for the elections for the ITF President and ITF Board of Directors that will be held on Friday 25 September 2015 at the ITF’s Annual General Meeting in Santiago, Chile. Both the President and 13 other members of the Board of Directors will be elected for four-year terms from 2015-19.

Nominations for the position of ITF President have been made by Class B Member Nations who fully meet ITF constitutional criteria. The following nominations have been received by the closing date for resolutions for the 2015 AGM, 25 May:

David Haggerty (USA)

Anil Khanna (IND)

Juan Margets Lobato (ESP)

Rene Stammbach (SUI)

The new President will replace outgoing ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti, who will step down after 16 years in office.

Nominations for election to the ITF Board of Directors have also been made by Class B Member Nations who fully meet ITF constitutional criteria. The following nominations have been received by the closing date for resolutions for the 2015 AGM, 25 May:

Katrina Adams (USA)

* Tarak Cherif (TUN)

Martin Corrie (GBR)

Goran Djokovic (SRB)

* Sergio Elias (CHI)

Ismail El Shafei (EGY)

Jose Luis Escañuela Romana (ESP)

Luisanna Fodde (ITA)

Rodolfo Garcia Muriel (MEX)

Bernard Giudicelli (FRA)

* Jack Graham (CAN)

* David Haggerty (USA)

* Stephen Healy (AUS)

* Anil Khanna (IND)

Ulrich Klaus (GER)

Thomas Koenigsfeldt (DEN)

Jorge Lacerda da Rosa (BRA)

Celia Patrick (NZL)

Aleksei Selivanenko (RUS)

* Rene Stammbach (SUI)

Predrag Stojcevic (CRO)

Surendran Subramaniam (SRI)

Stefan Tzvetkov (BUL)

Ayda Uluc (TUR)

Bulat Utemuratov (KAZ)

Karin van Bijsterveld (NED)

* Incumbent Board Member

The length of term for Board members has been increased from two to four years after a motion was passed at the 2014 ITF AGM in Dubai.

The ITF is the world governing body of tennis and beach tennis, responsible for the rules of both sports and maintaining the integrity of tennis. The ITF is the owner and rightsholder of the two largest annual international team competitions in sport, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP Paribas, and manages the Olympic Tennis Event on behalf of the IOC. The ITF’s highly regarded Tennis Development Department oversees the development of tennis worldwide and, through its Science and Technical Department, monitors both equipment and technology. Its Officiating Department oversees the education and advancement of officials worldwide. The ITF organises over 1,000 weeks of men’s and women’s professional tournaments on the ITF Pro Circuit and manages the ITF Junior Circuit and team competitions, the ITF Beach Tennis Tour, the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour and the ITF Seniors Circuit. The ITF also manages the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme on behalf of the sport and is a partner in the Tennis Integrity Unit. Visit www.itftennis.com, www.twitter.com/ITF_Tennis, www.Facebook.com/InternationalTennisFederation

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