11 OTF Members attended the 2023 ITF AGM in Cancun, Mexico from Thursday 21st September-Sunday 24th September. This AGM also saw an election for the ITF President and also the ITF Board of Directors. The 11 attending from the OTF Region were:
- Richard Breen (OTF Joint EO)
- Bobby Cruz (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Davina Hosking-Ashford (Cook Islands)
- Julie Paterson (New Zealand)
- Jacquie Mangan (Australia)
- Vicki Reid (Australia)
- Tara Steffy-Perez (Guam)
- Terri-Ann Scorer (New Zealand)
- David Smith (OTF-Joint EO)
- Torgun Smith (Guam)
- Cyrille Mainguy (Vanuatu)
During the AGM, there was an election for the President of the ITF who will serve a 4-year term from 2023-2027.
Incumbent President, David Haggerty, received 72.94% of the votes and was re-elected. There were 436 votes cast giving a required majority of 219 votes. Haggerty received 318 votes.
Also, there was an election for the ITF Board of Directors for the period of 2023-2027. 28 candidates stood for election to the Board. The 14 elected Board members received the highest number of recorded votes by delegates in a secret ballot, while also meeting the geographical representation criteria specified in the ITF Constitution. The following 14 candidates (with the votes received in brackets) have been elected to the Board for the period 2023-2027:
1. Rafael Westrupp (BRA) – 344
2. Brian Hainline (USA) – 336
3. Lionel Ollinger (FRA) – 336
4. Salma Mouelhi Guizani (TUN)* – 334
5. Bulat Utemuratov (KAZ)* – 333
6. Jack Graham (CAN)* – 330
7. Nao Kawatei (JPN)* – 300
8. Philip Mok (HKG) – 299
9. Roger Davids (NED) – 292
10. David Rawlinson (GBR) – 249
11. Dietloff von Arnim (GER) – 222
12. Carlos Bravo (CRC)* – 218
13. Åsa Hedin (SWE) – 217
14. Jordi Tamayo De Winne (ESP) – 213
The 14 candidates unsuccessful were:
15. Dave Miley (IRI) – 211
16. Cengiz Durmus (TUR) – 203
17. Ruth Wipfli Steinegger (SUI) -197
18. Suresh Subramaniam (SRI) – 195
19. Ismail El Shafei (EGY) – 172
20. Terri-Ann Scorer (NZL) – 167
21. Nikolina Babic (CRO) – 163
22. Anil Jain (IND) – 152
23. Stefan Tzvetkov (BUL) – 145
24. Vasco Costa (POR) – 126
25. Iroda Tulyaganova (UZB) – 111
26. Csilla Suto (HUN) – 100
27. James Kenani (KEN) – 95
28. Goran Rafajlovski (MKD) – 44
During the AGM, Tennis Australia and Tennis New Zealand received respectively Silver and Bronze Awards for their Gender Equality in Tennis Reward and Recognition Programmes
