ITF announces Tennis-Point as official partner
The ITF and one of the largest global retailers of tennis equipment, Tennis-Point, have announced a partnership that will see Tennis-Point become the ITF’s Official Global Tennis Equipment Online Retail Partner, benefiting ITF stakeholders worldwide.
Tennis-Point will run a designated online store, the ITF x Tennis-Point Shop, providing ITF stakeholders with exclusive benefits and discounts. Players, national associations, coaches and tournament organisers are among those who will benefit from discounted rates on a wide variety of brands and range of products including tennis clothing, shoes, rackets and strings, tennis bags and balls.
David Haggerty, ITF President said: “We are delighted to welcome Tennis-Point as an Official Partner and look forward to members of the ITF family around the world benefiting from the partnership. Clothing and equipment are essential items whether it’s for players competing on ITF Circuits, national associations delivering participation programmes, or tournament organisers requiring balls and racket strings. As the world governing body of tennis, it is our responsibility to work with our 210 member nations to develop tennis around the world and make the equipment needed to do so as accessible as possible. Thank you to Tennis-Point for working with us to deliver this mission.”
Christian Miele, Tennis-Point CEO said: “We are happy and excited to join forces with the International Tennis Federation as a strategic partner. The partnership will deliver great benefits for the ITF players, National Associations and tournaments. The cooperation is a perfect match. New synergies will be created from the long-standing expertise of both sides, which will advance our vision "To improve tennis in a sustainable way”. For more than 20 years Tennis-Point has been working with innovative concepts on and off the court to make the sport of tennis fit for the future and we are confident that the partnership with the ITF will make a great contribution to this. Thank you to the International Tennis Federation for taking the next steps to develop the future of tennis with us.”
Players will, from today, be able to access the ITF x Tennis-Point Shop via their IPIN account. The ITF will contact all relevant stakeholders with further details of how to unlock these benefits and discounts.