The Philippe Chatrier Award is an annual International Tennis Federation (ITF) award. It was introduced in 1996 to recognise individuals or organisations considered to have made outstanding contributions to tennis globally, both on and off the court.[1]
| Philippe Chatrier Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Major global tennis award |
| Location | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | ITF |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Website | www |
The award is the ITF's highest honour and is named after the former French tennis player Philippe Chatrier, who was President of the governing body between 1977-1991.[2]
The recipient receives the award at the ITF World Champions' Dinner, which takes place annually in Paris during the French Open.[3]
List of recipients
editBelow is a full list of previous recipients of the award:-[4]
- 1996:
Stefan Edberg
- 1997:
Chris Evert
- 1998:
Rod Laver
- 1999:
Nicola Pietrangeli
- 2000:
Juan Antonio Samaranch
- 2001:
NEC
- 2002:
- 2003:
- 2004:
Yannick Noah
- 2005:
- 2006:
- 2007:
- 2008:
- 2009:
- 2010:
Gustavo Kuerten
- 2011:
- 2012:
- 2013:
All England Lawn Tennis Club
- 2014:
- 2015:
- 2016:
- 2017:
- 2018:
- 2019:
Gabriela Sabatini
- 2020:
- 2022:
- 2023:
Justine Henin
References
edit- ^ Gillen, Nancy (1 April 2020). "Santana and Stolle receive ITF Philippe Chatrier Award". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (1 April 2020). "Santana and Stolle receive ITF Philippe Chatrier Award". Inside the Games. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "World Champions Dinner". ITF. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "International Tennis Federation Chatrier Award". The ITF Website. Retrieved 15 July 2020.