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Tennis Europe & PTR
to continue partnership
During the Coaches’ Conference, Tennis
Europe and the Professional Tennis Registry
(PTR) renewed their current partnership for
three more years. The agreement recognises
PTR as an ‘Education Partner’ of Tennis
Europe.
The European Tennis Federation and the PTR
– the world’s largest international organisation
of tennis teachers and coaches – have been
cooperating since 2016 and will continue to
work together to educate, promote and service tennis coaches in Europe.
The 2019 Tennis Europe Annual General Meeting
will be hosted by the Malta Tennis Federation in Valletta from
28-30 March.
2018 European Tennis Report Published
The fourth edition of the ‘European Tennis Report’ has been published by Tennis Europe and is
now available free of charge.
The report is a unique source of data and statistical analysis and is designed to present the most
accurate possible snapshot of the current state of European tennis.
Each of Tennis Europe’s 50 member nations has its own page with details of the national
federation, its key staff and contact details, plus player statistics (recreational, licensed and club
members), numbers of clubs, courts, coaches and international tournaments, three-year trends
and further analysis. Sections of the report analyse Europe as a whole and examine groups of
nations according to their Tennis Europe membership status.
For the first time, the Report also has an interactive component, with an online dashboard
providing a wealth ofk ey data in graphic form.
The report’s key findings include:
• A slight overall decline in European tennis participation
rates.
• More facilities (clubs, courts, coaches) than ever before.
• The fastest-growing nations in terms of tennis participationinclude Montenegro, Hungary,
Slovenia, Portugal and Greece.
• 12 nations report greater than 10% increases in numbers
of club members and federation members since 2015.
• The numbers of officially-sanctioned international tournaments are growing, but there has been a
decline in the number of professionally-ranked European players.
The full 88-page report can be found here in pdf format, and key data can also be viewed on our
interactive dashboard.
The European Tennis Report is the result of a triennial survey of Tennis Europe’s constituent
national tennis federations, which was conducted in association with
sports industry research leaders
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