International Tennis Association

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the International Tennis Association
Abbreviation ITA
Sport tennis
Founded May 10, 2010
Dissolved January 1, 2012
Preceded By the Nationstates International Federation of Tennis
Succeeded By the Association of Tennis Professionals

The International Tennis Association, or ITA, was established for the purpose of bringing international tennis players together by having several tournaments each year for players across the world to compete with other in. Any nation was welcome to enter players into the ITA to perform in ITA sanctioned tournaments. The ITA sanctioned six master tournaments and four grand slam tournaments per year, to be hosted in various member nations of the ITA. The host nation of these tournaments would be pre-determined months in advance to allow for preparation to host tournaments. Nations had to submit host bids to host a tournament and were only able to host their proposed tournament if the members of the organization voted in favor of their hosting.

Nations in the organization were not forbidden from hosting non-ITA sanctioned tournaments throughout the year. These tournaments did not effect ITA rankings because of their smaller status. It remained recommended that hosts tell the ITA about their smaller tournaments so that member nations could know to send their athletes if they wished to.

Tournament Restrictions

Small tournaments hosted by nations could not play host to more than 32 athletes. Scorination of these tournaments were required to be performed by the host nation or a third party ITA member nation. The method of scorinating had to be approved by the ITA committee.

Masters tournaments could not include more than 168 athletes. Grand slam tournaments could not include more than 64 athletes. The scorination for grand slams and masters tournaments would be handled only by the ITA committee.

ITA Committee

The ITA committee consisted of 7 primary and 3 secondary members.

Primary Members Bergnovinaia | Tyrrin | Delaclava | Eastfield Lodge | Schiavonia | Toiletdonia | Mantwenic

Secondary Members Hahklallah | Churchma | East Klent

The ITA committee was dissolved on January 1, 2012.