The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (
Spanish: ''Real Federación Española de Tenis'', RFET) is the national governing body of
tennis in
Spain. 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
Tennis Europe and the
International Tennis Federation (ITF).
The organisation is responsible for the
Spanish Davis Cup team and the
Spanish Fed Cup team.
Federation headquarters is in
Barcelona, at the emblematic building of the old restaurant of the ''Font del Gat'', created by the architect
Puig i Cadafalch
Josep Puig i Cadafalch (; Mataró, 17 October 1867 – Barcelona, 21 December 1956) was a Catalan '' Modernista'' architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona, and a politician who had a significant role in the development of ...
in 1918.
In 2008, the Spanish postal service,
Correos
Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., trading as Correos (literally "Mails"), is a state-owned company responsible for providing postal service in Spain and, due to bilateral agreements, it has responsibility for mail services in Ando ...
, 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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References
Spain
Tennis in Spain
Tennis
Organisations based in Spain with royal patronage
1909 establishments in Spain
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