The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (

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: ''Real Federación Española de Tenis'', RFET) is the national governing body of

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. As of 2020, the federation has 1,128 registered clubs and 70,151 federated tennis players. The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation is a member of the regional association

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and the

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(ITF). The organisation is responsible for the Spanish Davis Cup team and the Spanish Fed Cup team. Federation headquarters is in

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, at the emblematic building of the old restaurant of the ''Font del Gat'', created by the architect Puig i Cadafalch in 1918. In 2008, the Spanish postal service, Correos, released a postage stamp commemorating the centennial of the RFET.''Correos'' has released a new stamp which marks a 100 years of the Real Spanish Federation of Tennis
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Tennis in Spain

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Organisations based in Spain with royal patronage 1909 establishments in Spain {{tennis-stub