Baden Tennis Association

Badischer Tennisverband e. V.
president	Stefan Bitenc
societies	729 (2012)
Members	123,100 (2012)
Association headquarters	Glue
Homepage	badischertennisverband.de

The Badischer Tennisverband is the umbrella organization for tennis clubs in Baden and is based in Leimen . The 123,100 members of the 729 tennis clubs have 3,405 outdoor and 284 indoor courts available.

founding

In May 1947, nine tennis clubs from the cities of Heidelberg, Karlsruhe , Mannheim and Pforzheim founded the North Baden Tennis Association (NBTV) in Heidelberg . The Baden Tennis Association was to develop from this. A year later the South Baden Tennis Association was founded. The northern and southern associations of Baden finally merged on New Year 1971 to form a unified association, the Baden Tennis Association (BTV). While there were 178 clubs when it was founded, in 2014 the BTV had 729 clubs.

President

Badischer Tennisverband eV
Surname	year
Stefan Bitenc	since 2015
Uli Wiedle	2014-2015
Hans-Wolfgang Kende	2011-2014
Bernd Greiner	2010-2011
Peter Nirmaier	2005-2010
Wolf-Dieter Späth	1987-2005
Werner Kilthau	1975-1987
Fritz Kuhlmann	1971-1975
Baden Tennis Association South
OH Ertl	1961-1971
Fredy Stober	1959-1961
Buhler	1951-1959
H. Kretzer	1948 / 49-1951
North Baden Tennis Association
Hansjörg Grünewald	1966-1971
Fritz Kuhlmann	1947-1966

Successful clubs

The most important tennis club within the Baden Tennis Association is TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim . In 1922, 1993, 1996, 2005, 2007 and 2010, the club was able to win the German team championship. The club won the runner-up in 1924, 1999 and 2008. The 2013 Bundesliga team included Janko Tipsarević , Tommy Haas , Jürgen Melzer , Tobias Kamke and Benjamin Becker . In addition to the TK Grün-Weiß Mannheim, the TC Rüppurr attracted attention in 2007 when the women's team celebrated the German championship. Another three years later, the women's team of the TC Radolfzell joined the list of German champions as the third team in the Baden tennis association. In the following year the German championship was defended.

Well-known athletes

The BTV is probably the national association from which the most successful tennis athletes emerged. Steffi Graf and Boris Becker are well-known athletes who once learned their trade in the Baden Tennis Association. The latter is currently the coach of Novak Đoković . Also Anke Huber has its roots in BTV. She won 12 WTA titles over the course of her career.

Centers of Excellence and Districts

A state performance center has existed in Leimen since 1977, initially consisting of three indoor tennis courts. In the course of the years, the construction of two more indoor courts was realized. The state performance center also has a fitness room , three outdoor courts and a hard court. The also existing fin track completes the training facility. Tennis, fitness and conditioning trainers and a physiotherapist are available to assist those who train. The state performance center also trains B and C trainers.

The Baden Tennis Association is divided into the four districts of Rhine / Neckar-Odenwald, Central Baden, Upper Rhine-Breisgau, Black Forest-Lake Constance.

Honorary members

• 1993: Boris Becker, Steffi Graf
• 2005: Helmut Vollmar, Rudolf Müller
• 2007: Gerhard Wörner
• 2011: Manfred Lempart
• 2013: Anke Huber
• 2015: Gert Kindler

Web links

• Baden Tennis Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tennis Club Grün-Weiss Mannheim - About us ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 28, 2014. 
2. ↑ The Bundesliga team 2013 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved March 28, 2014. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} The BTV introduces itself - history and current affairs ( Memento from March 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved March 28, 2014.
4. ↑ The ten most successful German players - 2nd place: Anke Huber on tennisnet.com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.