FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS FEDERATION VOTES FOR OPEN TENNIS.

Record ID: 328519

  • Title: FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS FEDERATION VOTES FOR OPEN TENNIS.
  • Date: 31st March 1968
  • Summary: 1. GV EXT: BUILDING. 0.08 2. SV LOW ANGLE: SIGN OUTSIDE. 0.14 3. SV DELEGATES ENTER. 0.21 4. GV INT: SEATED DELEGATES. 0.26 5. SV DELEGATES LOOKING AT PAPER. 0.29 6. SV TWO DELEGATES TALKING. 0.32 7. SV TWO DELEGATES. 0.34 8. SV THREE DELEGATES. 0.38 9. SV A ROW OF DELEGATES. 0.42 10. GV DELEGATES ON CONFERENCE ROOM. (2 SHOTS) 0.54 Initials RM/V/MR/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th April 1968 13:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA6DF3ZVM3KNP21CK56M1PSQTZM
  • Story Text: THE INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS FEDERATION (ILTF) VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN PARIS, FRANCE, YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) IN FAVOUR OF OPEN TENNIS. THIS DECISION, TAKEN AT THE ILTF'S EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, GIVES THE GO-AHEAD FOR PROFESSIONAL TO TAKE PART IN THE FORMERLY STRICTLY AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS IN AUSTRALIA, BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES.

    THE DELEGATES ACCEPTED ALL THREE POINTS RECOMMENDED IN A REPORT BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. THESE ARE: (1) THE RETENTION OF THE IDEA OF AMATEURISM IN THE RULES OF THE ILTF; (2) THE RIGHT OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS TO SELF-DETERMINATION REGARDING THE STATUS OR STATUSES OF THEIR PLAYERS; (3) THE CREATION OF A STRICTLY LIMITED NUMBER OF OPEN TOURNAMENTS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ILTF.

    THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 DELEGATES FROM THE 65 MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE ILTF.
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