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2022 ITF Annual Review 5 WELCOME five women and five men from 2027 onwards. This is a significant step towards greater gender balance in our sport's leadership. Since ITF2024 was introduced in 2016, the ITF's reinvestment in tennis has almost doubled, growing by 95.4% from $43.5 million in 2015 to $85 million in 2022. In the last six years, we have seen a 4.5% increase in the number of people playing tennis, with a global playing popula on of over 87 million. We have worked to raise playing standards all over the world, and through our focus on integrity and governance have ensured that our sport is more cherished and protected. In the last six years our member na ons have become stronger and more empowered through our greater engagement with them. They are the lifeblood of global tennis, and without them the ITF's work would not be possible. We have also built deeper rela onships across the tennis world – we collaborate successfully with the T7 group and enjoy strong working rela onships with all our stakeholders. Under ITF2024 the ITF has transformed. We are a dynamic, forward-facing governing body ready for the future, and the con nued growth of tennis around the world. successes last year, underlined by our cover star, Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, who became the first African woman, and first Arab woman, to reach a Grand Slam final. At Roland Garros, El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo was the first player from Central America to win a Grand Slam tle, li ing the doubles trophy. Angella Okutoyi claimed a first Grand Slam tle for Kenya by winning the Wimbledon girls' doubles, and Alexandra Eala won the US Open girls' singles to claim a first junior Grand Slam tle for the Philippines. In our 16-and-under team compe ons, Brazil were first- me Davis Cup Juniors champions. On the ITF World Tennis Tour, total prize money for men and women reached $25 million for the first me. We invested in increasing prize money for all tournaments, but with a par cular focus on providing more higher prize money tournaments on the women's tour to offer parity with men compe ng at this level. Our World Cup of Tennis events both enjoyed record par cipa on, with 145 na ons compe ng in Davis Cup and 110 na ons in Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge. The revamped Finals of both events con nued to se le into their new formats and a racted strong TV viewership and good fan engagement in stadiums and online, thanks in part to inspira onal first- me triumphs for Canada and Switzerland respec vely. For Davis Cup, the ITF and the ATP forged an unprecedented alliance which means that the Davis Cup Finals and Qualifier es are now an official part of the men's calendar, and we will collaborate elsewhere to further enhance this historic compe on. For Billie Jean King Cup, we achieved our ambi on of offering women compe ng in the Finals equivalent prize money to that available in Davis Cup. Our goals for equity in Billie Jean King Cup are fully supported by our commercial partners Gainbridge, who joined as the event's new tle sponsor in 2022, and Tory Burch, who came on board as official outfi er. I would like to extend my thanks to all our commercial partners, about whom you can read more on page 54, for their support of the ITF and its events. Through our Advantage All gender equality programme the ITF is commi ed to levelling the playing field for women and girls across all areas of tennis. I am pleased to report that, following a vote at the 2022 ITF Annual General Mee ng, the 16-member ITF Board will consist of a minimum of

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