Federazione Sammarinese Tennis
Federazione Sammarinese Tennis (FST) | |
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Founded | 1957 |
Place of foundation | San Marino |
president | Christian Forcellini |
Association headquarters | City of San Marino |
Homepage | www.fst.sm |
The Federazione Sammarinese Tennis (FST) is the tennis umbrella organization in the Republic of San Marino .
history
The association, founded in 1957, unites the interests of tennis clubs in the Republic of San Marino and the San Marino Davis Cup team and has been a member of the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese (short: CONS) and the International Tennis Federation since 1959 .
As a NOK association, the FST promotes and organizes national and international tennis championships. FST operates the San Marino Tennis Academy and the Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio tennis stadium with eight playing fields and a grandstand that can hold around 3,000 spectators. Since the beginning of 2000, the FST also has a beach tennis department, which has held the championships in the BAC Beach Planet Hall in Cailungo since 2011. Christian Forcellini is the president of the FST.
Known FTC players
- Domenico Vicini , with 58 wins in a total of 87 matches, he is the record player in San Marino.
- Ludmila Varmužová , she represented San Marino at the Games of the Small States of Europe in Iceland in 1997 and in Liechtenstein in 1999 . She won two gold medals in doubles paired with Francesca Guardigli and a silver and a bronze medal in singles.
- Francesca Guardigli , San Marino's most successful tennis player.
- Christian Forcellini
Competitions
Since 1988, the FST host a tournament of the ATP Challenger Tour , the tournament of the 1989 to 2000 ATP World Tour was. The San Marino CEPU Open took place from 2010 to 2012. The San Marino Open, which is part of the Challenger Tour, has been hosted by the FST since 1988.
Currently, activities include organizing three international tournaments: an open tournament, the challenger and an ITF junior tournament. The association also coordinates the participation in the Davis Cup and international competitions of the National Olympic Committee of San Marino.