Royal Spanish Tennis Federation

Real Federación Española de Tenis
Sport Tennis
Abbreviation (RFET)
Founded 1909
Location Barcelona
President Fernando Fernández-Ladreda
Official website
www.rfet.es
Spain

The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Tenis, RFET) is the national governing body of tennis in Spain.

The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation is a member of the regional association Tennis Europe and the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The organisation is responsible for the Spanish Davis Cup team and the Spanish Fed Cup team.

Federation headquarters is in Madrid, at the emblematic building of the old restaurant of the Font del Gat, created by the architect Puig i Cadafalch in 1918. in Barcelona

In 2008, the Spanish postal service, Correos, released a postage stamp commemorating the centennial of the RFET.[1]

References

  1. Correos has released a new stamp which marks a 100 years of the Real Spanish Federation of Tennis
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