Through our photo gallery you will revisit moments from the club's past and history in the making
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The Official Bulletin of Mozambique from colonial times (corresponding to the current Bulletin of the Republic) has an issue that contains an official document (called postura municipal) about the creation of the Tennis Club of Lourenço Marques. Thus, it of record that this club was created in 1908.
The location of the Club in the lower part of the city was due to the fact that most members and tennis players lived near this area or had easier access to the club. Note that the first members and tennis players were English and white South Africans who naturally lived near Jardim Vasco da Gama.
There is no express information about an eventual racial segregation in the Club. But from the photographic images from the years before Independence, which show only white club members and tennis players, one can conclude that there were no black club members or tennis players; it is said that there were only ball boys, the most famous of whom is the late painter Malangatana Valente Nguenha.
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In the field of tennis, with Independence, there was a greater inclusion of blacks, both in the management of the Club and, above all, in the practice of tennis, with the first black champion (1984) being the late Silva Matavele.
These changes resulted from the very dynamics of the independence movement, which included the massive departure (or abandonment) of Portuguese, accompanied by a kind of impetuous "assault" of Mozambicans on various economic and social institutions, including sports.
The Maputo Tennis Club was recognized as a legal entity in 2005, under the name Clube de Ténis de Maputo,
. The Mozambican Tennis Federation (FMT) was created by a group of citizens who applied to the Ministry of Justice for recognition of this association as a legal entity and as an association with lawful purposes. By order of February 15, 2011, the FMT was formally legalized. Previously there had been a Federation that functioned efficiently in the post-independence period, but without duly legalized statutes, and without formal ties to the ITF.
Currently the FMT coordinates tennis practice throughout the country, promotes its development, and represents the country in international institutions, particularly the International Tennis Federation (ITF). CTM is a private entity associated with the Mozambican Tennis Federation (FMT).
