Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association Explained

Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association
(Dutch; Flemish: Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond)
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Sport:Tennis
Abbrev:KNLTB
Founded:5 June 1899
Aff:International Tennis Federation
Affdate:1913 (founding member)
Region:Tennis Europe
President:Rolf Thung[1]
Replaced:Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond
Url:www.knltb.nl
Countryflag:Netherlands

The Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (Dutch; Flemish: Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond) (KNLTB) is the national governing body of tennis in the Netherlands. It was constituted in 1899 in Amsterdam by 15 Dutch tennis associations as the Dutch Lawn Tennis Association and received the description "royal" upon its 40th birthday.[2]

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  1. Web site: Bondsbestuur. nl. 18 January 2012. Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606181400/http://www.knltb.nl/cms/showpage.aspx?id=1791. 6 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Geschiedenis van de KNLTB. nl. 18 January 2012. Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111218210558/http://www.knltb.nl/cms/showpage.aspx?id=240. 18 December 2011.