ITF Elect New Board of Directors

The International tennis Federation (ITF) has elected a new Board of Directors for the 2013-15 period, erectile with 13 candidates elected.

The new Board of Directors were elected at the ITF Annual General Meeting (AGM) in France and include; Tarak Cherif (TUN), doctor Sergio Elias (CHI), Jean Gachassin (FRA), Jack Graham (CAN), David Haggerty (USA), Stephen Healy (AUS), Anil Khanna (IND), Juan Margets (ESP), Roman Murashkovsky (RUS), Stuart Smith (GBR), Rene Stammbach (SUI), Jon Vegosen (USA) and Georg von Waldenfels (GER).

Cherif, Elias, Haggerty, Healy and Khanna are the new arrivals to the Board, with the rest returning from previous spells on the Board of Directors.

In other news from the AGM, David Jude (GBR), who has been ITF Honorary Treasurer since 1977, has stepped down from his position after 36 years and been made an ITF Honorary Life Counsellor.

Retirements

Two other retiring Board members, Geoff Pollard (AUS) and Lucy Garvin (USA), have been made an ITF Honorary Life Vice President and Honorary Life Counsellor respectively,

“This has been an outstanding General Meeting, hosted by the French Tennis Federation and its President Jean Gachassin,” said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti.

“We are delighted to be back in Paris, where the ITF was founded in 1913, on this special occasion honouring our centenary. I thank all the delegates who came to Paris for their hard work all year in support of tennis.

“They have elected an excellent new Board of Directors, and I look forward to working with them over the next two years. Our sincere thanks to the staff at the French Tennis Federation for their hospitality and friendship.”