TheLuxembourg Tennis Federation (French:Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Tennis) is thetennisgoverning body inLuxembourg and responsible for the development of the game in the country.
Tennis is a popular sport, as it is acrosswestern Europe. There are 53 tennis clubs in the country, the oldest of which (TC Diekirch) was founded in 1902. The governing body is the Luxembourg Tennis Federation. TheLuxembourg Open was held in Luxembourg (Kockelscheuer) until 2021, and was ranked as aWTA International tournament on theWTA Tour.
Luxembourgers have had little success in professional tennis.Gilles Müller, considered the best men's player the country has ever produced,[3] reached the quarter-finals of the2008 U.S. Open and the2017 Wimbledon Championships, has two ATP Titles and has a career high ranking of 21st. Women's players that have reached the top fifty includeAnne Kremer (18th),Karin Kschwendt (37th) andClaudine Schaul (41st).
