The Kazakhstan Tennis Federation (KTF; Kazakh: Қазақстан теннис федерациясы, Qazaqstan tennıs federatsııasy) is the governing body for professional and amateur tennis in Kazakhstan.[1] Kazakhstan Tennis Federation operates all of the Kazakhstani national representative tennis sides, including the Kazakhstan Davis Cup team, the Kazakhstan Fed Cup team and youth sides as well. KTF is also responsible for organizing and hosting tennis tournaments within Kazakhstan and scheduling the home international fixtures.[1]
Their main focuses were include amateur tennis development, Team Kazakhstan, regional tennis development, certification program for coaches, tournaments, and training programs for referees. Bulat Utemuratov has been the President of the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation since 2007. The head office is located in Astana. Out of 14 regions in Kazakhstan, the Federation has 12 branches, not counting the two main cities Astana and Almaty.[1]
Team Kazakhstan
The project called the Team Kazakhstan was founded by the President of Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan Bulat Utemuratov on June 1, 2008.[2]
This project was aimed at training prospective tennis players in Kazakhstan to increase their skills. The main aim of the academy is to train prospective players of national teams for the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup tournaments. The project implies the tennis academy providing players with all conditions including participating in tournaments on the international and republican scale, training by world top specialists, educating, accommodation and meals costs, medical care and social adaptation. Education is not pushed to the sidelines in process of training as it is essential part for making up of full-fledged human personality.[2]
All-time top Kazakhstani tennis players by the number of ATP / WTA (male/female) tour-level singles titles (plus DBL — MX in parentheses, if applied; and singles rating); active players — in bold; former players — in italics; last updated after the 2024 Wuhan Open
^"Андрей Голубев: То, о чём я мечтал в детстве, исполнилось благодаря Казахстану" [Andrey Golubev: What I was dreaming about as a child came true thanks to Kazakhstan]. informburo.kz (in Russian). Kazakhstan: Infopolis. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2024. For example, even at the international level, they don't talk very well about Kazakhstan. They say that they invited Russians. What's wrong with that? I was born in the USSR. We had only one country back then, and my parents were working in Uzbekistan for three years prior to my birth. They moved to the Volgograd region after that. Had the USSR not collapsed in 1991, but rather in 1987, my parents might still be residing in Uzbekistan. In other words, we had only one big country, which just happened to break up into separate republics
^Top-75 as a reference to Imanbek's success in UK charts: "Imanbek". officialchart.com. Official Charts. Retrieved 10 November 2023.