The Annual General Meeting of the International Tennis Federation, held in
Rio de Janeiro today, 11 September 2003, elected Francesco Ricci Bitti (ITA)
for a second four-year term as President of the ITF. Ricci Bitti was not
opposed for re-election.
Elected to the ITF Board of Directors for a two year term were:
- Geoff Pollard (AUS)
- Nelson Nastas (BRA)
- Alan G. Schwartz (USA)
- Juan
Margets (ESP) - Ian King (GBR)
- Christian Bimes (FRA)
- Georg von Waldenfels
(GER) - Mervin A. Heller Jr.(USA)
- Christine Ungricht (SUI)
- Jan Carlzon
(SWE) - Anil Kumar Khanna (IND)
- Paul Chingoka (ZIM)
Nastas, Schwartz, Ungricht and Khanna are new members of the ITF Board of
Directors.
Juan Margets was also re-elected ITF Executive Vice President while David
Jude (GBR) was re-elected as Honorary Treasurer of the ITF.