All India Tennis Association (AITA)

The tennis federation in India

The All India Tennis Association (AITA), founded as the All India Lawn Tennis Association (AILTA) in Lahore in March 1920, is India's ITF member federation and one of the oldest national tennis bodies in Asia (its own site badges it '106 Years of Excellence'). It operates through affiliated State and Union Territory Associations set up in each province, a structure dating back to the 1920s Provincial Associations. AITA runs the national tournament calendar (junior, pro, wheelchair, masters and mixed-doubles circuits), national rankings, team-selection processes for the Olympics, Asian Games, Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup, a coach education and accreditation pathway, and an anti-doping and age-verification programme; it also administers the ITF World Tennis Number for Indian players and runs its own online player-registration portal. It has organised Davis Cup participation since 1921 and its constitution is modelled on that of Britain's Lawn Tennis Association. No numeric clubs/licensees count was found on the pages read.

Getting a licence

A licence is needed to play official tennis competitions in India.

Players register online through AITA's registration portal (linked from the main site); a dedicated Registration Coordinator (registration@aitatennis.com) handles queries. No fee schedule was found on the pages read.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.

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All India Tennis Association (AITA)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

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