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| Sport | Tennis |
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| Abbreviation | DTB |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Affiliation | International Tennis Federation (ITF) |
| Regional affiliation | Europe (TE) |
| Headquarters | Hamburg |
| President | Ulrich Klaus[1] |
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TheGerman Tennis Federation (German:Deutscher Tennis Bund, short form: DTB) is the governing body oftennis federations and clubs in Germany.
It is the largest tennis federation in the world with more than 1,800,000 members.
Founded on 19 May 1902 in Berlin as theDeutschen Lawn Tennis Bund (DLTB) it is one of the oldest sport federations of the world. Its first president wasCarl August von der Meden between 1902 and 1911. In 1920 it dropped "Lawn" from its name.
It organises theInternational German Open at the HamburgerRothenbaum, theDavis Cup andFed Cup home matches.
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