David Haggerty (tennis)
_(cropped).jpg) Haggerty in 2016 | |
| Country (sports) | United States |
|---|---|
| Born | July 10, 1957 |
David Haggerty (born July 10, 1957) is an American tennis administrator who was elected President of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in September 2015.[1]
Haggerty was educated at the George Washington University School of Business on a tennis scholarship and graduated BBA.[2] He worked as an executive at Prince Sports and Dunlop, then was chairman of Head U.S.A., part of the American-Austrian company which owns the American tennis racket brand Head. As of 2015, he was living in Pennington, New Jersey, but was planning to move to the United Kingdom, where the ITF is based.[1]
Before being elected President of the ITF, Haggerty was President of the United States Tennis Association.[1] He narrowly beat the Indian candidate Anil Khanna by 200 votes to 192 and succeeded Francesco Ricci Bitti, an Italian who had served as ITF president for sixteen years. He became the only American to head an Olympic international federation,[1] and in January 2020 was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Christopher Clarey, "David Haggerty of U.S. Will Lead International Tennis Federation", The New York Times, 25 September 2015, archived 17 June 2025
- ^ "GW - Alumni Profiles". Archived from the original on May 9, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "IOC Session elects three new Members - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. January 10, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
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