Lawn Tennis Association of Australasia (LTAA) was the tennis organisation formed after the amalgamation of New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association (now Tennis New Zealand) and six Australian state tennis associations in 1904.[1] New Zealand split from the tennis association partnership in 1922 and hence caused dissolution of LTAA. LTAA was the founding member of the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) (now International Tennis Federation), which was established in a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913.[2]

The main motive behind the amalgamation of tennis associations of New Zealand and Australia was to develop an international tennis tournament on the basis of French Open, US Open and Wimbledon, which resulted in the formation of Australasian Championships (later become Australian Championships, in 1927, and the Australian Open in 1969).[3] The organisation also worked in the development of tennis in both Australia and New Zealand[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  2. ^ "History of the ITF". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  3. ^ "The Origin of Australian Open Tennis History". Tennis Theme. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  4. ^ Tristan Foenander. "History of the Australian Open – the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific". Australian Open. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  5. ^ Grolier Society of Australia (1983). The Australian encyclopaedia, Volume 10. Sydney, Australia: Grolier Society of Australia. pp. 145 (Sydney). ISBN 0-9596604-2-9.


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