Founder Arthur Davidovich Macpherson (1870-1919).
Macpherson was born in St. Petersburg
Having lived there all his life, he gave all his strength for the development of domestic sports. In 1903, McPherson organized the 1st St. Petersburg Championship, and in 1907 - the All-Russian Lawn Tennis competitions, the first All-Russian tennis championship. Until 1917, he headed the All-Russian Union of Lawn Tennis Clubs (VSLTK) created by him. He published the "VSLTK Yearbook" (1909-1916) and the "Lawn Tennis" magazine (1912-1914). For his services to the development of Russian sports in 1913, he was awarded the Order of St. Stanislav of the 3rd degree.
Tennis competitions first appeared at the 1896 Games in Athens and continued until the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.After that, they were canceled. Then tennis was included in the program twice Games as a demonstration sport, until it was re-entered into the competitive program The 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian tennis player, Honored Master of Sports, former third racket of the world in singles. During his career, he won 21 ATP singles tournaments, including the final tournament of 2009 and three Masters series tournaments.