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The '''Royal Spanish Tennis Federation''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Real Federación Española de Tenis'', '''RFET''') is the national governing body of [[tennis]] in [[Spain]].
The '''Royal Spanish Tennis Federation''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Real Federación Española de Tenis'', '''RFET''') is the national governing body of [[tennis]] in [[Spain]]. As of 2020, the federation has 1,128 registered clubs and 70,151 federated tennis players.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2021 |title=Yearbook of Sports Statistics 2021 |url=https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:b24c68ad-75ff-48d0-aa1f-d57075f22e64/anuario-de-estadisticas-deportivas-2021.pdf |website=www.culturaydeporte.gob.es |publisher=[[Ministry of Culture and Sport (Spain)|Ministry of Culture and Sport]] |pages=115 and 125}}</ref>


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

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Real Federación Española de Tenis
SportTennis
Abbreviation(RFET)
Founded1909
LocationBarcelona
PresidentFernando 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. As of 2020, the federation has 1,128 registered clubs and 70,151 federated tennis players.[1]

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

In 2008, the Spanish postal service, Correos, released a postage stamp commemorating the centennial of the RFET.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Yearbook of Sports Statistics 2021" (PDF). www.culturaydeporte.gob.es. Ministry of Culture and Sport. May 2021. pp. 115 and 125.
  2. ^ Correos has released a new stamp which marks a 100 years of the Real Spanish Federation of Tennis