Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association

Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association
(Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond)
Sport Tennis
Abbreviation KNLTB
Founded 5 June 1899[1]
Affiliation International Tennis Federation
Affiliation date 1913 (founding member)
Regional affiliation Tennis Europe
President Rolf Thung[2]
Replaced Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond
Official website
www.knltb.nl
Netherlands

The Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond) (KNLTB) is the national governing body of tennis in the Netherlands. It was constituted in 1899 in Amsterdam by 15 Dutch tennis associations as the Dutch Lawn Tennis Association and received the description "royal" upon its 40th birthday.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Geschiedenis van de KNLTB". Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2012.
  2. "Bondsbestuur". Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 January 2012.
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