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THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION ARCHIVE (ITF) |
| The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the world governing body of tennis, one of the few truly global sports. The ITF is composed of 202 national tennis associations and organises the three major annual national team competitions which take place around the globe today - The Davis Cup (Men's) , The Fed Cup (Women's) and The Hopman Cup (Mixed). | |
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INTRODUCTION
The objective of The ITF is to further grow and develop the sport worldwide; to develop the game at all levels at all ages for both able-bodied and disabled men and women; to make, amend and uphold the rules of the game; to promote the International Team Championships and competitions of The ITF; to preserve the integrity and independence of tennis as a sport; and to perform all without discrimination on grounds of colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, sex or religion.The Davis Cup and The Fed Cup are the premier international team events in men’s and women’s tennis respectively. These events are contested on an annual basis between players from competing countries in a knock-out format. 131 countries entered The Davis Cup in 2006 and 89 nations competed in The Fed Cup in 2006. Many of the world’s best players have featured in ties at these long-running events; including Rod Laver, John McEnroe, David Lloyd, Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Andy Roddick, Martina Navratilova, Virginia Wade, Monica Seles, Kim Clijsters and Amelie Mauresmo. The Hopman Cup is a mixed team event which takes place annually in Perth, Australia and past winners include Roger Federer and Martina Hingis, and Serena Williams and James Blake.
The ITF Archive collection brings together the best footage of The Davis Cup, The Fed Cup and The Hopman Cup, with selected footage from Wheelchair tennis and The World Youth Cup. The ITF Archive also includes approximately 7 hours of fully restored black & white and colour footage from 1930 to 1968 which includes The Wightman Cup.
FOOTAGE COLLECTION
The ITF Archive collection has over 9,000 hours of footage plus a fully restored selection of black & white and colour ‘vignettes’ from various ties of The Davis Cup, The Hopman Cup, The Fed Cup and The Wightman Cup. The ITF Archive collection includes:
Match Footage
Davis Cup (Men's)
Over 5,245 hours of long form coverage for The Davis Cup dating from the 1970s to the present day.
Footage includes: World Group matches from the Qualifiers to the Finals. Also selected Europe/Africa Zone Group 1, Americas Zone Group 1, Asia/Oceania Zone Group 1 and relegation play off matches.
Fed Cup (Women's)
Over 2,320 hours of long form and highlight coverage of The Fed Cup, plus footage of The World Group matches from the 1st Round to the Finals, and some World Group play offs dating back to the 1980s.
Hopman Cup (Mixed)
Over 500 hours of long form and highlight coverage for The Hopman Cup from 1988 to present day. Selected ties from 1988-1997 and all Cup sessions from 1998 to present day.
Wheelchair Tennis
Approximately 10.5 hours of long form and highlight coverage from 1992, 1994 & 2000. The ITF Archive footage includes wheelchair tennis tournaments from Australia and Germany with international sound and promotional tapes.
Junior World Ranking
100 hours of long form and highlight coverage of The World Youth Cup with international sound.
Years available: 1985, 1987 to 1994 & 2000.
Other Material
A fully restored selection of black & white and colour ‘vignettes’ from various ties of The Davis Cup, The Wightman Cup and The Fed Cup, with cleared (Newsreel) English commentary final mix from 1930 to 1968.
Duration: approx. 7 ½ hours.
PROGRAMMING
Highlights
-'Best of The Davis Cup' programmes rounding up the best action from The Davis Cup each year with cleared English commentary and international sound, from 1980 to present day. Duration: 52 minutes.
-Various highlights programmes from each round of The Davis Cup, from 2002 to present day. Duration: 52 minutes for First Round and QF. 52 minute programmes are available from each Semi Final and each day of the Final. Selected highlights programmes are available for years preceeding 2002 upon request.
-‘Best of The Fed Cup’ programmes, rounding up the best action from The Fed Cup each year, from 1995 to present day. Duration: 52 minutes.
-Various highlights programmes from The Fed Cup, from 2004 to present day.
Duration: 52 minutes for First Round. 52 minute programmes are available from each Semi Final and each day of the Final. Selected highlights programmes are available for years preceeding 2004 upon request.
Documentaries
100 years of The Davis Cup (History) - 1900-1999, with cleared English commentary and international sound. Duration: 52 minutes.
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