Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET)

The tennis federation in Spain · Royal Spanish Tennis Federation

The RFET is Spain's national governing body for tennis and also runs wheelchair tennis, beach tennis and pickleball. It works through 'Federaciones Territoriales' (one per Autonomous Community), which issue playing licences through clubs and validate them centrally for national competitions and the monthly national ranking. Nationally it runs the Campeonatos de España, a national ranking and international-ranking pages, Spain's Davis Cup/Billie Jean King Cup teams, a referee/umpire pathway, and club-affiliation and club-services programmes. Founded on 11 September 1909 in San Sebastián as the Asociación General de Lawn Tennis, later granted the 'Real' (Royal) title by King Alfonso XIII.

Getting a licence

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

Spanish sports law requires anyone doing a sporting activity to be insured against accidents, which the federative licence covers. It is issued each year by the player's regional (Territorial) federation, always via a club, provincial delegation or the territorial federation itself, then forwarded to the RFET for validation; its cost is set by each territorial federation and includes the RFET's single-licence distribution fee. A current, validated licence is required to play national competitions and appear in the national ranking.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

This federation also governs: Pickleball.

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

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Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

The other racket-sport federations in Spain

The tennis federation in other countries