Introduction to tennis for children throughout Israel’s Arab community
New and refurbished courts open every year
Tennis schools in Nazareth, Sakhnin, Jisr El Zarka, Maghrar and Abu Gosh.
Jewish/Arab tennis programmes for more than 350 children each year
Nearly 1,000 children in our tennis programmes
Junior coexistence league teams triumph in tennis tournaments
Coaching and travel grants for outstandingly talented juniors
Grants to encourage more Arab coaches to teach tennis
Tennis programme for 80 disabled youngsters in Carmiel

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FREDDIE KRIVINE (1920 – 2005)

freddie krivine Freddie was, in 1972, one of the six Founder Trustees of the Israel Tennis Centers. He came to live in Israel, with his wife Shelagh, in 1984 and was immediately invited to become Director of Women’s Tennis. There isn’t a professional tennis player in Israel who does not credit some of the opportunities she had to the enthusiastic support and fund-raising abilities of Freddie. In 1992 he was elected President of the Israel Tennis Association; he was re-elected (uncontested) every other year until his death.

In 1998 he decided to focus on bringing many more Arab children into tennis and to create co-existence programmes for Jewish and Arab children. The charity he founded is now called the Freddie Krivine Foundation.


Fahoum Fahoum b. 1992. Ranked No. 1 Junior at the national tournaments held at Chanukah 2008.	Dana Nasrallah b. 1994 Ranked No. 6 Junior at the national tournament held at Purim 2009.	Shir Perkis (b1994) daughter of Israel's legendary Davis Cup player, Shachar Perkiss