The German Tennis Federation (German: Deutscher Tennis Bund , short form: DTB) is the governing body of tennis federations and clubs in Germany.
4-657: It is the largest tennis federation in the world with more than 1,800,000 members. Founded on 19 May 1902 in Berlin as the Deutschen Lawn Tennis Bund (DLTB) it is one of the oldest sport federations of the world. Its first president was Carl August von der Meden between 1902 and 1911. In 1920 it dropped "Lawn" from its name. It organises the International German Open at the Hamburger Rothenbaum ,
8-597: The Davis Cup and Fed Cup home matches. This tennis-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation based in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Carl August von der Meden Carl August von der Meden (6 December 1841 – 23 May 1911) was the first president of the Deutscher Tennis Bund (English: German Tennis Federation) and
12-576: The latest in 1881 he returned to Germany . He became the first chairman of the "Uhlenhorster Eislauf-Vereins". This Hamburg club, founded in 1888, had added tennis to its activities and in 1892 organized the first German Championships . Von der Meden was the tournament director, a function which he later also fulfilled for the Bad Homburg tournament which hosted the German Championships between 1897 and 1901. In 1901 von der Meden became chairman of
16-686: Was called the Father of lawn tennis in Germany . Von der Meden was born on 6 December 1841, the son of a Hamburg merchant and real estate agent. For over a decade he lived in England and worked in the financial district of London . On his way to work he passed the All England Club in Wimbledon. On 9 December 1868 he married Sophie Mathlde Eckhardt in Bradford and the couple had three daughters and one son. At
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