Tennis is one of the university sports with the oldest history in the FISU sports programme. It has featured at every International Summer Sports Week starting from 1949 in Merano (ITA) and celebrated its debut as a compulsory sport at the first Summer Universiade in Turin in 1959. From the very beginning, university tennis has attracted many famous players and future coaches. The first gold medals in Universiade tennis were taken by the French, Fançois Jauffret, and the Russian, Irina Riazanova, who won the singles tournaments in Turin.
With the development of university tennis and its increasing popularity, further renowned players such as Niki Pilic or Jan Kukal participated in the Universiade, moving forward to become future captains of Davis Cup teams. In the nineties, the tennis events experienced an increasing dominance from Asia. At the Universiade in Sicily in 1997, it was Chinese Taipei and Korea that divided up the titles.
Over the course of time, many international top-level tennis stadiums and courts were built for the Summer Universiade, providing tennis the opportunity to develop within the framework of university sports. Further to this, there has always been a close relationship between the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the FISU Technical Chairs. As such, FISU seeks the highest quality of organisation, guaranteeing the success of future Universiade tennis events.
The tennis events will be organised in accordance with the most recently published technical rules of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The programme and duration of the competitions will be fixed by the Executive Committee in agreement with the Organising Committee and the CTI. In principle, the programme will last nine (9) days maximum (Monday to Sunday) and will include:
A plate tournament may be organised in agreement with the CT.
Each country is authorised to enter a maximum of four (4) men and four (4) women. The maximum number of competitors per event and per country will be as follows:
The team classification for both men and women will be considered as follows:
The teams participating in team classification will receive points as follows:
Medals will be awarded to the top three (3) teams.
The players of the pair - for doubles events - must be of the same nationality and of the same NUSF.
The Organising Committee must provide, for exclusive use, a tennis centre with courts to the same specification and in sufficient number to support the tennis competition for men and women as approved by the Tennis CT. The ITF regulations must be followed.
Type of Venue |
Number of Venues |
Changing room competitors |
Changing room TOJR |
Spectator Seating |
Press and Media Seating |
Main Show Court |
1 |
Gender Segregated |
X |
3,000 |
25 |
Show Court |
1 |
X |
500 |
- |
|
Courts |
14 |
X |
- |
- |
|
Indoor Courts |
4 |
X |
- |
- |