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The Philippine Tennis Association (PhilTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the Philippines. It was founded in 1920 as the Philippine Lawn Tennis Association and joined the International Lawn Tennis Federation in 1936. [1]
Felicisimo Ampon (October 27, 1920 – October 7, 1997) was a tennis player from the Philippines.He is considered to be the greatest Filipino tennis player in history, and at only 5 foot 3 inches tall, though closer to 4 ft 11, was once considered the best tennis player in the world, pound for pound.
The Philippines men's national tennis team represents the Philippines in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Philippine Tennis Association. The Philippines currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group IV. They won the Eastern Zone in 1957, 1958, 1960, and 1964, and reached the World Group Play-off in 1991.
In 1906 the Manila (Philippine Islands) Lawn Tennis Association was founded. In 1913 it became the Philippine Lawn Tennis Association formally incorporated in 1920. In 1936 it joined the International Lawn Tennis Federation. [2] In 1920 PhilLTA organised the first International Championships of the Philippines. [1]
Filipino tennis players (2 C) T. Tennis tournaments in the Philippines (1 C, 5 P) V. ... Philippine Tennis Association; 0–9. 1975 Philta International Championships;
The Philippines competed in its first Fed Cup in 1974.Their best result was reaching the 16th round in 1982. [1] The team was set to participate at the 1979 Fed Cup, with their first game against the United States at the first round but withdrew from the tournament due to "administrative reasons". [2]
Olivarez played for the Western Michigan Broncos men's tennis team from 2015 to 2019. [4] In the Philippines, Olivarez bagged the Mayor Eric Olivarez National Open in August 2024, ending Johnny Arcilla's streak and the Rep. Edwin National Open Championship titles in October 2024. [5] Olivarez debuted for the Philippine Davis Cup team in the ...
This category lists tennis players with Wikipedia articles who have represented the Philippines notably in men's or boys' tennis competition. Pages in category "Filipino male tennis players" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.