The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (Spanish

Spanish language

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: Real Federación Española de Tenis, RFET) is the national governing body of tennis

Tennis

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 in Spain

Spain

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The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation is a member of the regional association Tennis Europe

Tennis Europe

Tennis Europe was formed in 1976 by a group of 17 European national tennis federations as a regional governing body for the sport of tennis and under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation...

 and the International Tennis Federation

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

 (ITF).

The organisation is responsible for the Spain Davis Cup team

Spain Davis Cup team

The Spain Davis Cup team represents Spain in the Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis, presided over by José Luis Escañuela....

 and the Spain Fed Cup team

Spain Fed Cup team

The Spain Fed Cup team represents Spain in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Real Federación Española de Tenis. They currently compete in the World Group.-Current team:* María José Martínez Sánchez...

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Federation headquarters is in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

, at the emblematic building of the old restaurant of the Font del Gat, created by the architect Puig i Cadafalch

Josep Puig i Cadafalch

Josep Puig i Cadafalch was a Spanish Catalan Modernista architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona...

 in 1918.

In 2008, the Spanish postal service, Correos

Correos

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, released a postage stamp commemorating the centennial of the RFET.