Croatian Tennis Association
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The Croatian Tennis Association is the governing body of tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. It organizes Croatia's teams in the Davis Cup
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 and the Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...

. It also organizes and helps coordinate local tournaments and produces a national ranking list of players.

The CTA was formed in 1990. However, the first tennis association in Croatia dates back to 1912. It is a member of the International Tennis Federation
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

. The association's president is Radimir Čačić
Radimir Cacic
Radimir Čačić is a Croatian politician and businessman, and the president of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats ....

.

Presidents

  • Hrvoje Šarinić
    Hrvoje Šarinic
    Hrvoje Šarinić is a Croatian politician.Šarinić was born in Sušak, Rijeka and graduated from the University of Zagreb then-Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy....

  • Stanko Bick
  • Jurica Malčić
  • Niko Bulić
  • Suad Rizvanbegović (–2000)
  • Slaven Letica
    Slaven Letica
    Slaven Letica is a Croatian author, economist, commentator and politician.Native of Podgora, Letica graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics....

     (2000–2002)
  • Radimir Čačić
    Radimir Cacic
    Radimir Čačić is a Croatian politician and businessman, and the president of the Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats ....

    (2002–)
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