Advantage All: Women in Tennis book available on ITF ebooks app

The ITF's Women in Tennis ebook, featuring contributions from women working in different areas across the game, on subjects such as coaching, officiating and competitive play, is available to download from the ITF ebooks app on both the App Store and Google Play.

The ebook, which was edited by the ITF development department, has been put together as part of the ITF's Advantage All gender equality strategy, which seeks to address the large gender participation gap in coaching, officiating and sport decision-making, all the way from club level to the top of the sport.

In her foreword to the book, Katrina Adams, ITF Vice President and Chair of the ITF Women in Sport Committee, says: "Data has shown that drop-out rates are higher among girls than in boys, and globally only one in five coaches is female. This is why I am delighted about the publication of an anthology of tennis articles written by women, with primarily women in mind - to start to address this imbalance."

Adams continues: "The authors of these articles are women who have risen or are rising to the top of their respective fields, as coaches, doctors, leaders, sports administrators and officials, and the book contains excellent resources and lessons to inspire others and also allow practitioners to make their programmes and sport offerings more welcoming and accessible to women and girls."

As part of the Advantage All gender equality initiative, the ITF has this week published the first in a series of films to promote and profile female leaders and role models from within the sport. The films feature inspirational women discussing their own personal journeys in tennis as well as their views on gender equality. It follows a 2020 ITF Female Leadership Survey that identified the lack of female role models as one of the greatest challenges women face in their careers.

This week's film profile's Wanjiru Mbugua-Karani, the current Secretary General of Tennis Kenya and a former player and coach, who is establishing herself as a force for change beyond her nation’s borders. 

The ITF ebooks app is available for download on both the App Store and Google Play.