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2025
16 Jul
 
27 Jul
2023
28 Jul
 
08 Aug
2019
03 Jul
 
14 Jul
2017
19 Aug
 
30 Aug
Chinese Taipei, Taipei City
2015
03 Jul
 
14 Jul
Republic of Korea, Gwangju

FISU Technical Committee Chair

Naohiro Kawatei Technical Committee Chair
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History of Tennis in FISU

The first gold medals in tennis at an Universiade tennis were taken by the famous French player François Jauffret and the Russian Irina Riazanova who won the singles tournaments in Turin in 1959.

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 won 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 Committee Chair, to guarantee the highest quality of organisation of FISU tennis events.