Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennis Bond (KNLTB)

The tennis federation in the Netherlands · Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association

The KNLTB is the Dutch national governing body for tennis, based at the National Tennis Centre in Amstelveen, and it also covers beach tennis and, through a linked platform (nlpadel.nl) and dedicated padel partners, padel. Its consumer-facing site, tennis.nl, carries the competition calendar (competitie), a playing-strength rating system (speelsterkte-rating), events, and the Dutch Davis Cup team page. The federation publishes governance, mission/strategy and history pages, and issues a 'KNLTB ID' used to identify players and members online.

Getting a licence

The federation does not say online how to get a licence: ask a club, or contact it directly.

Competitions and rankings

This federation also governs: Padel.

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

Tennis clubs in the Netherlands → 64 clubs Where to buy a tennis racket in the Netherlands → 11 shops sell tennis equipment in the Netherlands: specialist shops, sports chains and online stores.

The other racket-sport federations in the Netherlands

Padel · KNLTB Pickleball · KNLTB Squash · SBN Badminton · Badminton Nederland Table tennis · NTTB

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