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President's word - 2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julien BURNET   
Tuesday, 06 April 2010 12:22

 

Since the tournament's creation, interest of an international women tennis tournament has been proved:

Constant increasing of spectators visits thanks to the quality and the high level of the match, positive economics effects on Saint-Gaudens and the Comminges, increasing interest of medias.

This event, organized by A.I.T.F., enjoy loyal partnerships, which allow us to make of Saint-Gaudens one an international capital of women's tennis. I would like to thank specially: the city of Saint gaudens and the "Communauté de Communes du Saint-Gaudinois" and its mayor and president, Jean-Raymond Lépinay, Pierre Izard, president of the "Conseil Général de la Haute-Garonne", the Midi-Pyrénnées region and its president Martin Malvy, Bernard Archilla, director of south-ouest Gdf Suez, "Direction Départementale de la Cohésion Sociale" and its director Dominique Bacle, the french federation of tennis and its president, Jean Gachassin, Ludwig Beaulieu, director of BNP Paribas,Thierry Besnier director of Leclerc and Eric mounès, director of Peugeot.

For 2010, the tournament will be one of the biggest tennis event in Midi-Pyrénnées (with "Les petits As de Tarbes) and will be the 5th french women's tennis tournament. It will have a prize money of 50 000$ and will offer hospitality, that will guarantee a better draw, with better facilities and many animations.

You will find in this website all the informations to stay up to date and to be one of our partner.

 

Sportingly,

Eric Bonnefont

Director of International Association of Women's Tennis.

 

 

(on the right) :  Yanina Wickmayer Finalist of Open GdfSuez Midi-Pyrénées 2009 and 1/2
Finalist of lUS Open 2009 and Austrlian Open 2010 (from l to r) : Eric Bonnefont , Michel Perez Conseiller Régional , Etienne Bastin Délégué de
GdfSuez  and Jean-Raymond Lépinay Mayor of Saint-Gaudens

 

 
Last Updated on Sunday, 02 May 2010 08:07
 
Congratulations ! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julien BURNET   
Monday, 18 May 2009 17:45

Congratulations to Anastasia Yakimova for her victory and her whole week.

 

We wish her a good tennis season and a good week in Paris open !

 
End of the week! PDF Print E-mail
Written by Thomas BURNET   
Monday, 18 May 2009 10:15

This edition of 2009 was a total success. On a tennis point, the main draw was really impressive (with 6 players from the top 100).

In addition, the news adjustments made on the courts by the city and the meals offered to players were very appreciated. The entry was free for the first year as well.

The weather was quite mild for the whole week, except for a day without any matches due to rain, the tournament finnished on time (also thanks to the tarpaulin lended by the Stade Toulousain).

To conclude, we made this year an effort on the communication on the tournament with a broadcasting on internet and the update of all results. This initiative was a success since you were more than 65000 visitors to come and watch the matches. We had 900 simultaneous viewers for the double final and 1000 for the single final.

 

We'll try next year to install another webcam on the court n°1 and increase the quality of the broadcast thanks to new equipments.

Looking forward to seeing you next year.
Last Updated on Friday, 09 April 2010 15:28
 
Le mot du président PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Saturday, 18 April 2009 20:47

Pour sa 13eme édition, l'Open GDF/SUEZ Midi-pyrénées ouvrira ses portes le samedi 9 mai prochain à Saint-Gaudens.

 Ce tournoi WTA offre l'occasion aux meilleures joueuses françaises et internationales de parfaire, à moins de deux semaines des internationaux de France, leur préparation sur terre battue.

Cette année, l'entrée sera gratuite permettant de diffuser au plus grand nombre le tennis féminin de haut niveau. Par ailleurs :

- la situation de l'épreuve, dans un véritable circuit français sur terre battue: Saint-Gaudens, Strasbourg, Roland Garros.

- une dotation de 50 000 $

- l'engagement de GDF/SUEZ et son délégué à la communication, Bernard Archilla

- les soutiens déterminant de la ville de Saint-Gaudens, de la communauté de communes et de leur Maire et Président, Jean-Raymon Lépinay.

- et un nouveau comité dynamique et volontaire, permettront de faire de cet événement un succès.

 Cette manifestation rassemble également autour d'elle, et depuis sa création, institutions, collectivités territoriales : Région Midi-Pyrénées, Conseil Général de la Haute-Garonne, Direction Régionale de la Jeunesse et des Sports, Fédération Française de Tennis et des partenaires privées de renoms: BNP Paribas, Peugeot et TTK. 

Autour de cet événement tous entendent contribuer :

- à la promotion du tennis féminin

- au développement de la pratique sportive auprès des jeunes

- à la valorisation de Saint-Gaudens et du Comminges et plus largement au rayonnement de la région Midi-Pyrénées.

Parallèlement un nouvel aménagement du site sera mis en place accueillant exposants, village VIP, un restaurant, soirées à thèmes et espace bodéga, .. 

Eric Bonnefont

Président de l'AITF Saint-Gaudens Comminges

Co-directeur du tournoi 

 
Last Updated on Monday, 18 May 2009 17:42