Royal Spanish Tennis Federation

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

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

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

Sports governing bodies in Spain (ESP)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh & Skeleton Curling Ice hockey Luge Skating Figure Speed Short track Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Paralympic and Disability Sports	Paralympic Blind Cerebral Palsy Deaf Intellectual disabilities Physical disabilities

Others Sports	Rugby Union

Spanish Olympic Committee Spanish Paralympic Committee

National members of the International Tennis Federation

Africa (CAT)

North Africa	ALG EGY LBA MTN MAR TUN

West Africa	BEN BUR CPV CIV DJI GAM GHA GBS GUI KM LBR MLI NIG NGR SEN SLE TOG

Central Africa	CMR CAF CGO COD GAB GEQ

East Africa	BDI ERI ETH KEN RWA SEY SOM SUD TAN UGA

South Africa	ANG BOT LES MAD MAW MRI MOZ NAM RSA SWZ ZAM ZIM

Asia (ATF)

Europe (TE)

Central America (COTECC)

South America (COSAT)

Oceania (OTF)

North America

Former members

Major events:
- Olympics
- Grand Slam

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