Tennis Bundesliga (men)

The Tennis Bundesliga or 1. Bundesliga is the top level of the German tennis league system. It was formed in 1972. Contested by 10 clubs it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga (formed in 2001). Seasons are usually played in the months of July and August.

1. Bundesliga
Most recent season or competition:
2019
SportTennis
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
No. of teams10
CountryGermany
ConfederationDTB
Most recent
champion(s)
TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim (7th title)
Most titlesTC Blau-Weiss Neuss (10 titles)
Sponsor(s)Tennis Point
Relegation to2. Bundesliga
Official websitewww.tennis-point-bundesliga.de

Each team plays nine matches, one against each other team. A match between team consists of four singles matches followed by two doubles matches.

The company Tennis Point sponsors the league and has acquired the naming rights in 2009, which resulted in the official title of the competition being Tennis-Point-Bundesliga.

The 2019 season was the 48th season of the competition. 53 clubs have been part of the league since its inception. The most successful club is TC Blau-Weiss Neuss, winner of 10 championships. The reigning champions are TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim.

The 2020 season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Competition format

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Every club plays each other club once. In any given matchup four singles matches are played (usually a pair of matches followed by another pair) and then two doubles follow. All matches are best of three sets with the third set being a tiebreak to ten points, dubbed the Champions Tiebreak. In case both teams win three of their matches their matchup is considered a draw, however, sets and games are used as tiebreakers in the overall league standings. At the end of the season the team with the most points is crowned German champions.

Clubs

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Ten following clubs were scheduled to compete in the 2020 season of the Bundesliga. However, as the season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic the same lineup of teams will just be used for the 2021 season. Sponsors' names are often part of the Bundesliga teams names. Thus for example the Rochusclub fields a Bundesliga team which itself is referred to as Allpresan Rochusclub Düsseldorf.

Team Location Surface Main sponsor
TK Kurhaus Bad Aachen Aachen Clay Lambertz
Kölner THC Stadion Rot-Weiß Cologne Clay
Rochusclub Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Clay Allpresan
HTC Blau-Weiß Krefeld Krefeld Clay Timberland Finance
TK GW Mannheim Mannheim Clay
Gladbacher HTC Mönchengladbach Clay Badwerk
TC Großhesselohe Pullach Clay
TC Blau-Weiß Neuss Neuss Clay
TSV 1860 Rosenheim Rosenheim Clay
TuS Sennelager Sennelager Clay Hämmerling
 
 
BW Aachen
 
Kurhaus
Aachen
 
BW Krefeld
 
GW Mannheim
 
Weinheim
 
Sennelager
 
Großhesselohe
 
Gladbach
Locations of the 2019 Bundesliga teams

Champions

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Club Wins Winning years
Blau-Weiss Neuss 10 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994
TK Grün-Weiss Mannheim 7 1993, 1996, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2018, 2019
TC Amberg am Schanzl 6 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1998
Blau-Weiss Halle 5 1995, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017
TK Kurhaus Lambertz Aachen 5 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin 5 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
ETUF Essen 4 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
Blau-Weiss Sundern 2 2003, 2004
Badwerk Gladbacher HTC 1 2016
Dinslakener TG Blau-Weiss 1 2001
Iphtos München 1 1990
HTV Hannover 1 1977
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