Tennis Bundesliga (men)
1. Bundesliga (men) | |
Association | German Tennis Federation (DTB) |
First edition | 1972 |
hierarchy | 1st League |
Record champions | TC Blau-Weiss Neuss (10 titles) |
master | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim |
Relegated |
TV Reutlingen TC Blau-Weiss Neuss |
Teams | 8 to 11 (nominal strength: 10) |
website | www.tennis-point-bundesliga.de |
The tennis Bundesliga is the top division in German men's team tennis . It is divided into the 1st Bundesliga, which has been played since 1972, and the 2nd Bundesliga (since 2001).
The first-placed team in the 1st Bundesliga at the end of the season is the German champions. In the previous 44 seasons of the tennis Bundesliga, eleven different clubs have won the championship title. The most successful club is Blau-Weiss Neuss with ten Bundesliga championships.
The Tennis-Point company is the namesake of the Tennis-Point-Bundesliga.
Game mode
The matches are played from the beginning of July to mid-August in a simple round on a total of nine match days.
Each game consists of six pairings. It starts with four singles, followed by two doubles. The winner of a match is whoever has won two sets first. If a third and decisive set is required, this is played in the match tie-break on ten game points.
The matches in the singles result from the world rankings of the players after the French Open in Paris. The two best-placed single players of both teams compete against each other, the two second-placed players, etc. In doubles, the sum of the two doubles players in the club's internal seeding list, which results from the players' world ranking positions, is added. The two doubles players whose total is lower compete against the better doubles of the opposing team.
The winning team receives two points; in the event of a tie, each team receives one point.
Since the introduction of the single-track Bundesliga for the 2005 season, the first place in the final table has been the Bundesliga champion. The last two placed will be relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga and will be replaced by the top two from the divided 2nd Bundesliga.
Up to the 2004 season, the championship was determined by the two best placed in the two Bundesliga groups A and B through semi-finals and final. The last placed of the two groups determined among themselves the relegated.
Because the logistical effort and the financial requirements for a Bundesliga team are constantly increasing, newcomers repeatedly forego their promotion rights, remain in the same division or even voluntarily go back to a lower class. This fact repeatedly fuels the discussion as to whether the highest German tennis leagues should be continued as one or two-tier leagues.
spectator
In the 2008 season around 65,000 spectators were counted at 45 encounters, which corresponds to an average attendance of 1,444 people.
history
The "German Lawn Tennis Association" (later: DTB ), founded in Berlin by Carl August von der Meden in 1902 , introduced the German tennis league in 1972 due to its high number of participants. At that time there were 15 regional associations with more than 800 clubs and around 80,000 members. In 2012 the DTB had 18 regional associations with 1,586,633 members. By founding the Bundesliga, the aim was to make the final round clearer and to make German tennis more popular.
As early as 1970, the Schleswig-Holstein Association submitted the application for the introduction of a Bundesliga for the first time at a general meeting, but withdrew it again during the meeting.
The league, which was finally founded in 1972, was initially played with ten clubs, divided into two groups of five clubs, according to the rules of the ITF . The 1971 Berlin association champions and the three preliminary round winners of the German club championship were qualified. The remaining six clubs were determined in playoffs between the 13 vice champions of the associations and the remaining nine participants in the preliminary round.
The LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin became the first German Bundesliga champion in 1972 with a 7-2 win over Schwarz-Weiß Bonn. It stayed that way for the next four years.
At the 1974 general meeting it was decided to increase the Bundesliga to twelve clubs. In 1979 the Bundesliga was divided into two groups of six clubs each, each of which played a round trip. The players' salaries rose in line with the popularity of the league, which Georg Stoves, Secretary General of the German Tennis Association, called it the "league of big wallets" for the first time.
Due to the Bosman ruling of 1996, foreigners residing in an EU country were also allowed unrestricted employment. Since then there have been players in the clubs that were among the top 25 in the world rankings, such as the Swede Magnus Norman for Blau-Weiss Halle and many others. This was accompanied by an increase in the registration lists. In the 1970s, these included eight to nine names, but the number of participants has now grown enormously. Many foreign players were involved in tournaments over the course of the Bundesliga, which repeatedly resulted in great fluctuations in team reports.
To avoid this, players who were among the top 50 players in the current Champions Race rankings were no longer allowed to play since the 2001 season; In addition, the entry list was limited to 14 players. Of course, the top players had to be paid for. This caused enormous difficulties for the clubs, which also led to voluntary renunciation of participation in the Bundesliga.
This led to another reform of the Bundesliga in 1999. Initially, only eleven teams were played in one group. The bottom of the table was relegated, group winners and runners-up played two finals. After the voluntary withdrawal of three clubs, the league was reduced to ten clubs in the following year, with again two finals of the two top teams and the relegation of the last. In 2001 the next reform came with a reduction to nine clubs. The 2nd Bundesliga was created as a substructure, which, with the exception of 2010 to 2013, is divided into a north and a south group. Since 2005, the leaders of the 1st Bundesliga have also been German champions after the last match day.
The Bundesliga champions and the German team champions
rank | society | Bundesliga championships | Championship years |
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1 | Blau-Weiss Neuss | 10 | 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1994 |
2 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | 7th | 1993 , 1996 , 2005 , 2007 , 2010 , 2018 , 2019 |
3 | TC Amberg am Schanzl | 6th | 1978 , 1979 , 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , 1998 |
4th | Blau-Weiss hall | 5 | 1995 , 2006 , 2014 , 2015 , 2017 |
TK Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | 5 | 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 | |
6th | LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin | 5 | 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 1975 , 1976 |
7th | ETUF food | 4th | 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2002 |
8th | Blau-Weiss Sundern | 2 | 2003 , 2004 |
9 | Badwerk Gladbacher HTC | 1 | 2016 |
Dinslakener TG blue-white | 1 | 2001 | |
Iphitos Munich | 1 | 1990 | |
HTV Hanover | 1 | 1977 |
German (team) champions
year | opponent | Result |
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1972 | LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin - Black-White Bonn | 7: 2 |
1973 | LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin - HTV Hannover | 8: 1 |
1974 | LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin - HTV Hannover | 6: 3 |
1975 | LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin - Palmengarten Frankfurt | 5: 4 |
1976 | LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin - HTV Hannover | 7: 2 |
1977 | HTV Hannover - LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin | 5: 4 |
1978 | TC Amberg am Schanzl - LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin | 6: 1 |
1979 | TC Amberg am Schanzl - Blau-Weiss Neuss | 7: 2 |
1980 | TC Amberg am Schanzl - LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin | 6: 3 |
1981 | TC Amberg am Schanzl - Blau-Weiss Neuss | 7: 2 |
1982 | TC Amberg am Schanzl - Blau-Weiss Neuss | 5: 4 |
1983 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin | 6: 3 |
1984 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - TC Amberg am Schanzl | 5: 1 |
1985 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - Iphitos Munich | 6: 3 |
1986 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - TC Großhesselohe Munich | 6: 3 |
1987 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - TC Großhesselohe Munich | 8: 1 |
1988 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - Waldau Stuttgart | 5: 4 |
1989 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - Iphitos Munich | 5: 4 |
1990 | Iphitos Munich - Blau-Weiss Neuss | 4: 5, 6: 0 |
1991 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - TC Bamberg | 6: 3, 6: 3 |
1992 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - ETUF Essen | 7: 2, 8: 1 |
1993 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim - Blau-Weiss Neuss | 5: 4, 5: 1 |
1994 | Blau-Weiss Neuss - ETUF Essen | 4: 5, 6: 3 |
1995 | Blau-Weiss Halle - Oberhausen THC | 7: 2, 3: 6 |
1996 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim - ETUF Essen | 6: 3, 5: 1 |
1997 | ETUF Essen - Blau-Weiss Halle | 5: 4, 5: 4 |
1998 | TC Amberg am Schanzl - TC Bad Homburg | 6: 3, 5: 4 |
1999 | ETUF Essen - TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | 5: 4, 6: 3 |
2000 | ETUF Essen - Blau-Weiss Neuss | 8: 1, 5: 4 |
2001 | Dinslakener TG Blau-Weiss - ETUF Essen | 6: 3, 3: 6 |
2002 | ETUF Essen - Blau-Weiß Sundern | 6: 3, 4: 2 |
2003 | Blau-Weiß Sundern - Rochusclub Düsseldorf | 8: 1, 4: 2 |
2004 | Blau-Weiß Sundern - Rochusclub Düsseldorf | 5: 4, 5: 1 |
since 2005 is the first German (team) champion | ||
2005 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | |
2006 | Blau-Weiss hall | |
2007 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | |
2008 | Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | |
2009 | Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | |
2010 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | |
2011 | Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | |
2012 | Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | |
2013 | Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | |
2014 | Blau-Weiss hall | |
2015 | Blau-Weiss hall | |
2016 | Badwerk Gladbacher HTC | |
2017 | Blau-Weiss hall | |
2018 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | |
2019 | TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim |
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German team champion |
Participant of the Bundesliga
(Participants in the 2019 Bundesliga season are printed in bold)
society | season | Years in total |
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TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim | 1975–1984, 1986–2002, since 2004 | 43 years |
TC Blau-Weiss Neuss | 1979–1994, 1996–1997, 1999–2016, 2018 | 37 years |
Rochus Club Düsseldorf | 1976–1977, since 1991 | 31 years |
ETUF food | 1974-1985, 1987, 1990-2003, 2008-2009 | 29 years |
HTC Blue-White Krefeld | 1972, 1974–1979, 1981, 1999–2000, 2002, since 2005 | 27 years |
TC Amberg am Schanzl | 1975-1987, 1991, 1994-1999, 2009-2012 | 24 years |
LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin | 1972-1984, 1986-1991, 1995, 1997, 2000 | 22 years |
HTV Hanover | 1972-1982, 1984-1986, 1989-1996 | 22 years |
TC Blau-Weiss Halle | 1994-1999, 2004-2018 | 21 years |
TEC Waldau Stuttgart | 1973, 1975-1977, 1979-1994 | 20 years |
TC Rüppurr Karlsruhe | 1977–1990, 1992, 1998, 2004–2005 | 18 years |
Iphitos Munich | 1977-1988, 1980-1986, 1988-1993, 1996-1997 | 17 years |
1. FC Nuremberg | 1987–1990, 1992–1996, 1998, 2005–2007, 2010–2012, 2015 | 17 years |
Clipper Hamburg | 1972-1980, 1982-1987 | 15 years |
TK Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen | since 2004 | 16 years |
TC Bamberg | 1981-1982, 1984-1992, 2002-2004 | 14 years |
Red-White Hagen | 1980, 1988, 1990-2001 | 14 years |
RTHC Bayer Leverkusen | 1982-1994 | 13 years |
TC Großhesselohe | 1983, 1985–1989, 1993–1995, 2003, since 2019 | 11 years |
Erfurt TC red and white | 2006-2008, 2010-2014 | 8 years |
Dinslakener TG blue-white | 1997-2003 | 7 years |
Badwerk Gladbacher HTC | since 2014 | 6 years |
SV Wacker Burghausen | 2000-2003, 2012-2013 | 6 years |
Oberhausen THC | 1995-1999, 2003 | 6 years |
Frankfurt TC Palmengarten | 1975-1980 | 6 years |
KTHC stadium red and white | since 2015 | 5 years |
TV Reutlingen | 2006–2008, 2014, 2018 | 5 years |
TC Blau-Weiss Berlin | 1972-1975, 1979 | 5 years |
TC Grün-Weiss Luitpoldpark Munich | 1972-1976 | 5 years |
Blue and white Sundern | 2001-2004 | 4 years |
Post cellar Weiden | 1995-1998 | 4 years |
Black and white Bonn | 1972-1975 | 4 years |
TK Blau-Weiss Aachen | 2016–2017, since 2019 | 3 years |
TC Weinheim 1902 | since 2017 | 3 years |
Bremerhaven TV 1905 | 2009, 2013–2014 | 3 years |
TC Ladenburg | 1972, 1976, 1978 | 3 years |
Black and yellow Heidelberg | 1972-1974 | 3 years |
Solingen TC 1902 | 2007-2008 | 2 years |
TC Max Aicher Piding | 2005-2006 | 2 years |
KHTC Mülheim an der Ruhr | 2000-2001 | 2 years |
TC Bad Homberg | 1998-1999 | 2 years |
TC Schießgraben Augsburg | 1973-1974 | 2 years |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 1973-1973 | 2 years |
TC Bruckmühl-Feldkirchen | 2013, 2016 | 2 years |
TuS Sennelager | since 2019 | 1 year |
TV Espelkamp-Mittwald | 2009 | 1 year |
TK Sinzig | 1993 | 1 year |
TC Weissenhof Stuttgart | 1989 | 1 year |
TEV Kelkheim | 1988 | 1 year |
TC Ravensburg | 1985 | 1 year |
TC Weiden (Cologne) | 1983 | 1 year |
TC Constance | 1981 | 1 year |
TC Vilsbiburg | 1978 | 1 year |
Status: up to and including the 2014 season, teams with at least five seasons
See also
- Media games
- 2nd tennis Bundesliga (men)
- Tennis Bundesliga (women)
- 2nd tennis Bundesliga (women)
- Tennis Bundesliga (Men 30)
Web links
- Official homepage of the 1st tennis Bundesliga
- Results pages of the DTB
- The broadcaster of the tennis Bundesliga
Individual evidence
- ↑ Raadter retreat, but Krefeld first division? ( Memento from November 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Audience figures in the tennis Bundesliga ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )