Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) is a national 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 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

, which represents Sri Lanka on the world curtain of tennis and on associations like 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...

 and Asian Tennis Federation

Asian Tennis Federation

The Asian Tennis Federation is a non-profit organization affiliated with the International Tennis Federation. It is a continental body of national tennis associations of Asian countries. The ATF's main objectives are to raise the standard of Asian tennis and to popularize tennis sport among the...

. Its main aim is to popularize Tennis in all parts of Sri Lanka as a Professional Sport and to produce top tennis player from the land of Sri Lanka.

History

Tennis in Sri Lanka was introduced during the British Rule

British Ceylon

British Ceylon refers to British rule prior to 1948 of the island territory now known as Sri Lanka.-From the Dutch to the British:Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdom of Kandy, who were in the midst of a war for...

. The history of the Sri Lanka Tennis association dates back to the time when few planters and British tennis enthusiasts made Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association in 1915. The then Governor Robert Chalmers

Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers

Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers GCB PC , was a British civil servant.-Background and education:Chalmers was born in Stoke Newington, Middlesex, the son of John Chalmers and his wife Julia...

 of Ceylon was first president of association.
It takes pride as being the oldest tennis body in Asia.

Tennis clubs

This is a list of major tennis clubs within Sri Lanks:-

• Bandarawela tennis club
• Carlton Tennis club
• Cathedral Tennis club
• Chilow sports club
• Dehiwala /Mt.Lavinia Cosmopolitan Sports Club
• Dickoya / Maskeliya cricket club
• Galle services club
• Govt. servants lawn tennis club
• Govt. servants tennis club
• Govt. Surveyors sports club
• Gymkhana tennis club
• Kalutara lawn tennis club
• Kandana club
• Kandy garden club
• K.C.Y.M.A. Tennis club
• Rathnapura Tennis School
• Matale District Tennis Club

Tennis in Sri Lanka

Tennis as a sport has not garnered the popular support of the common folks, whose first love in sports is still Cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

but SLTA is contributing all its resources to make tennis a popular game of Sri Lanka. They strive towards developing Tennis in Sri Lanka as a professional sport, encouraging all citizens to play tennis for better health in life and to produce better world ranking tennis players from Sri Lanka.