出版社：Sport – Laboratório de História do Esporte (PPGHC / IFCS / UFRJ)
摘要：Rio Grande do Sul’s Tennis Federation (RSTF) was founded in 1929 by Porto Alegre’s clubs chair people and functioned with certain autonomy until the beginning of the 1940’s, when sportive field was regulated in the country by the enactment n.° 3199 of April, 14th, 1941. The study aims to interpret the process of reorganization of Rio Grande do Sul’s Tennis Federation from the promulgation of the enactment n. ° 3199 of April, 14th of 1941. The consulted sources were RSTF’s reports, newspapers, magazines and interview. RSTF’s creation caused a strong impact in tennis development not only in Porto Alegre, but in Rio Grande do Sul, since other clubs were founded and aggregated to the entity. Besides, RSTF spread the championships in the states, allowing to officialize the titles, just as the avaliation of them. This sportive federation performed a decisive rule in the process of the fundation of the Brazilian Tennis Federation.
