Russian Tennis Federation. Russian tennis tour
RTT emblem
Russian Tennis Tour (RTT) is a system of tennis competitions in Russia, which is implemented under the leadership of the non-profit partnership of the same name ( NP Russian Tennis Tour), established Russian Tennis Federation December 7th of the year.
RTT was created to unify various aspects of the process of organizing and holding tennis competitions in Russia.
The RTT regulations determine the rules for creating a competition calendar, the scoring and ranking system for tournaments, the forms and procedure for submitting applications for participation in the tournament, age groups, the rights and obligations of participants and other aspects of the tournament. The actions of the tournament organizers, judges, and financing are also regulated.
The structure of the non-profit partnership “Russian Tennis Tour” includes a tournament management department, information and referee departments.
Tournament categories
For PTT tournaments, six categories are established, reflecting the level of the tournament. Competitions belong to I, II and III categories federal district and all-Russian tournaments. Championships and championships of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation belong to category IV. Category V includes tournaments at the city and district level and championships of physical education and sports organizations. Category VI of tournaments identifies competitions in which only players aged 9-10 years (children’s group) take part.
RTT tournaments are held in six age groups: 9-10 years old, up to 12 years old, up to 14 years old, up to 16 years old, up to 18 years old and the “Adults” group for players over 18 years old. Players under 9 years of age are not allowed to participate in the competition.
RTT tournaments are usually held in two stages, with the qualifying stage always taking place according to the Olympic system within one or two days preceding the main tournament. The duration of the competition does not exceed one tournament week.
A player's tournament status is determined by a classification points system. The number of classification points accumulated at the time of submitting an application to participate in the competition affects the inclusion of a player in a particular stage.
Important RTT tournaments: Russian Cup, Russian Championship (individual and team), regional tournaments and tournaments in large cities.
RTT rating
| Men (adults) December 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Tennis player | Glasses |
| 1 | Mikhail Yuzhny | 32925 |
| 2 | Nikolay Davydenko | 26120 |
| 3 | Dmitry Tursunov | 20599 |
| 4 | Igor Kunitsyn | 18273 |
| 5 | Denis Istomin | 14913 |
| 6 | Igor Andreev | 14229 |
| 7 | Mikhail Kukushkin | 12971 |
| 8 | Teimuraz Gabashvili | 10277 |
| 9 | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 7593 |
| 10 | Denis Matsukevich | 7508 |
| Women (adults) December 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Tennis player | Glasses |
| 1 | Maria Sharapova | 96946 |
| 2 | Vera Zvonareva | 87715 |
| 3 | Nadezhda Petrova | 46096 |
| 4 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 45769 |
| 5 | ||
Dutch tennis player Arantxa Rus was born in Delph on December 13, 1990. In 2008, she won the Australian Open junior tournament, beating Australian Jessica Moore. This victory brought Arancha the title of first racket among juniors.
My tennis career Rus started at the age of 13 by competing in youth tournaments.
The girl is left-handed, which brings discomfort to her opponents. But he helps Arantxa win matches.
In 2007, Rus reached the semifinals of the Orange Bowl tournament in Florida (USA). And the following year she became a semi-finalist in the first junior tournament Grand Slam US Open doubles.
In 2008, Arancia reached the semi-finals in another Grand Slam tournament, Roland Garros, but in singles. In doubles, the tennis player reached the final. This year was full of victories for Rus: she won the 1st junior Grand Slam Australian Open and became number 1 in the world junior rankings.
In September 2008, Arancha Rus reached the quarterfinals WTA tournament in Guangzhou (China), beating Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer.
It was founded in 1908. and its main office is located in Moscow. Since 1977, the organization has become a member of the European Tennis Association Tennis Europe. The honorary president and, accordingly, the head is Yaroslav Ivanovich Kalagursky. With the assistance of the Federation, a competition system was created - the Russian Tennis Tour (RTT). It is intended for participation of all age categories.
general information
The official date of creation of the tour is December 7, 1999. Its goal is to create a unified form that includes all aspects of the procedure for organizing tennis competitions in Russia. The RTT Charter regulates the rules and regulations for the formation of the competition calendar, rating system, registration form for participants’ applications, as well as the nuances of the rights and obligations of all parties to the event. In addition, the procedure for the actions of the direct organizers, jury members and financial issues is determined.Tournament categories
The tournament includes six categories, each of which reflects professional level of this event. The first three such categories include federal district competitions and all-Russian tournaments. The fourth represents various championships and championships in Russia, and the fifth is tennis wrestling at the city level. regions and competitions sports complexes. The sixth category is reserved for competitions for children aged 9 to 12 years. In addition, tournaments have a separate classification according to age characteristics. Children under the age of nine are strictly prohibited from taking part in such tennis competitions, which are classified as PTT.As a rule, tournaments consist of two stages. At the same time, only the Olympic system applies in the qualifying round, and its duration is one to two days. The total duration of the event is determined to be one week.
There is also a point classification system that determines the tournament status of a tennis player. The player is included in certain stage depending on the number of points scored exactly at the time when a direct application to participate in the competition was submitted.
