Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni
Little Tennis Champions
2024-2025
An innovative lab that rewards top talents!
Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions 2024-2025 is a unique combination of solidarity, programming and innovation with an exclusively humanitarian purpose.
The scholarship program is designed to fully adapt to the needs of the kids who will become future tennis champions.
The selection of the kids is not done from a business perspective, but only on the basis of a solidarity and meritocratic criterion and is aimed at hosting the best Italian talents belonging to less affluent families, training and supporting them.
The programme
June 2024 - May 2025
We believe in talent, we prepare young talents
Technical assistance and training of the boys’ technical, tactical and athletic preparation and coordination of the IT technical committee with the boys’ teachers and athletic trainers.
- Hospitality, escorting and assistance at Tennis Europe tournaments
- Mental coaching course
- Course in sports communication and journalism
- Advanced English Language Course
- Civic education course and learning by the champions
Typology:
Annual scholarship
Duration:
June 2024 - May 2025
Venue:
Turin - Circolo della Stampa Sporting - Villa Reale Tennis Monza - Circolo degli Esteri - ITF Under 18 tournaments locations
Participants:
12 2008 and 2009-born boys/girls selected in Italy
The selected young players will be accompanied on a one-year journey, from June 2023 to May 2024, which will take place between Turin, Sardinia, Croatia and the Tennis Europe tournament venues.
In fact, I Tennis chose Turin, the Ljubicic Tennis Academy and the beautiful Sardinia as venues to develop the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni LTC 2023-2024 format.
For 12 young athletes the Little Tennis Champions scholarship
will consist of tennis training and international programming coordinated by the I Tennis Foundation technical committee composed of Emilio Sanchez, Ivan Ljubicic, Gipo Arbino,
Rocco Loccisano and Stefano Massari
The 2023-2024 programme will include tennis training and Tennis Europe tournaments in Lithuania, Austria, Greece and Spain, as well as participation in the Italian Championships.
INTESA SANPAOLO ASSICURAZIONI LTC 2022-23 SCHOLARSHIP
- Hospitality for boys in I Tennis venues
- Technical equipment and clothing
- Technical and tactical preparation through the IT and PTR technical committee
- Athletic preparation
- Mental preparation
- Tennis Europe tournament support through IT coaches
- Video analysis and game technology
- Expert nutritionist assistance
- Support teacher for school activity
- Annual civic education course e-learning by the champions
- Annual English language course
- Year-long course in journalism, communication and sports management
- Annual tennis history course
- Lectures on insurance protection and protection by Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura
- Lessons in sustainability and environmental care
Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions 2024-2025 in Turin
I Tennis is based in Turin, and its members are professionals from Turin who value their ties with the city.
The Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni LTC project was born and developed in Turin.
The first two editions of Intesa Sanpaolo Protezione Little Tennis Champions was inaugurated in 2022-Spring 2024 the third edition has been presented in July 2024 at a press conference in Turin in the presence of the authorities, partners, honorary members and supporters.
Turin will be the venue for the start of the scholarship programme with an introductory period in which the group of scholarship holders will be created and initiatives will be organised in the area in cooperation with our partners and sponsors.
The City of Turin, the Piedmont Region, the Region of Sardinia, the Ferrero Foundation, the Cecilia Gilardi Foundation, the Laureus Italia Foundation and Sport and Health have sponsored the project and intend to support it.
The President of the Region Alberto Cirio, the President of FIT Angelo Binaghi, the ex-Mayor of Turin Chiara Appendino, the President of the Egyptian Museum and former head of the Turin 2006 Olympic Committee Dr. Evelina Christillin, the President of the Pietro Ferrero Foundation, Mrs. Maria Franca Ferrero, the historic Davis Cup captain, Corrado Barazzutti, the former n° 3 tennis player in the world and current coach of Roger Federer and Matteo Berrettini, Ivan Ljubicic, the former WTA n°4 and 2010 Roland Garros winner, Francesca Schiavone, the former tennis player and current chairman of the honor committee of the ATP Finals in Turin, Gianni Ocleppo, the former chairman of BNL and president of Luiss Business School, Luigi Abete, the CEO of Openjobmetis S.p.A. Rosario Rasizza, and the CEO and General Manager of Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura, Alessandro Scarfò, were awarded honorary membership of the I Tennis Foundation and strongly support the project.
Important Turin brands are linked to the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni Little Tennis Champions 2022-2023 project and support the I Tennis Foundation in this magnificent initiative.
Events will be organised in the city during the three-year period and the citizens and all local institutions will be invited to participate.
2021-2025
Turin and the Nitto ATP Finals
From 2021, Turin hosts the ATP Finals, the tournament that brings together the world’s eight best tennis players at the end of the season.
It is a historic event for the city, which for a two-week period every year become the world capital of tennis!
I Tennis, in synergy with its partners and in particular with the City of Turin, organise an intensive internship training in the city for the young athletes of the Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura LTC 2022-2023, who will be able to take an example from the greatest champions ever.
All the Italian kids selected for the 2021 edition were invited to the Nitto ATP Finals 2021 and, for the next editions, the same opportunity will be given to the students coming out of the Italian 2022 selections.
Our little fellows will get to know the city and the people of Turin will get to know them!
Sponsor Little Tennis Champions
Official Sponsor
Supporter
Technical Supplier
Media Partner
Partner
Con il Patrocinio
Best-ranking ATP n. 21"I am very pleased to support the I Tennis Foundation which is based in Turin, my city. The Little Tennis Champions charity project is based on values I do care most, such as meritocracy and solidarity with the underprivileged classes"
USPTA Master Professional Elite Certified, Single best-ranking ATP n.7, Double best-ranking ATP n.1, Founder ASC Academia Sanchez-Casal"I have immediately decided to share the mission of I Tennis Foundation which is in line with the objectives of my ESV Foundation: I am pleased to make my experience in the tennis industry available to help grow the LTC project"
Double best-ranking ATP n.1, co-owner ASC Academia Sanchez-Casal"Little Tennis Champions is a very beautiful, great and ambitious project: disadvantaged kids, who do not have the means, at last can have the chance to attend an international school and grow up in tennis sport"
Coach of Lorenzo Sonego Best-ranking ATP n. 21"After many years in the world of tennis I have appreciated the strategy of the I Tennis Foundation and the scholarship plan for the development of young talents belonging to the most disadvantaged classes"
Best-ranking WTA n.22 and current Fed Cup captain"Projects such as I Tennis Campus and Little Tennis Champions are so charitable that they not only help the community but also contribute to the meaning of fairness and loyalty that our sport teaches us every day"
Founder & Director Top5 Management, Manager of Elina Svitolina (best-ranking WTA n. 3)"I am very happy to support this project because in my life I have always given importance to talent and meritocracy"
Coach of Elena Rybakina, best-ranking WTA n. 17"When I was introduced to the Little Tennis Champions project, I thought it was a great concept: offering the chance to be part of a group of scholarship students today is an important opportunity for the disadvantaged social classes"
Best-ranking ATP n. 4, current coach of Wang Q, best-ranking WTA n. 12"I Tennis Foundation has launched a very interesting and valuable project for disadvantaged children. The Forte Village location will also be the perfect environment, given its tennis vocation and the many international tournaments played throughout the year"
Professional tennis coach and Fognini’s sparring"I decided to join LTC because in my coaching career I have always thought that it would be great to give everyone access to our wonderful sport so that the best talents can have an opportunity of growth regardless of their economic status"
Giulia Gatto Monticone's coach"In my perspective as a coach and sports psychologist, I share the values and philosophy of the I Tennis Foundation with a view to helping disadvantaged young people in their technical and personal growth"
Best-ranking ATP n. 9"As a professional tennis player, I like the scholarship system realized by The I Tennis Foundation: it will create an interesting group of small scholars who will have an important opportunity for growth in their lives"
Best-ranking WTA n. 6, winner of the US Open 2015"After spending my life in the world of professional tennis, whit whom I shared the values of discipline and meritocracy, I support with pleasure the I Tennis Foundation professionals and their vision: GIVE A CHANCE TO THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE POSSIBILITIES"
Best-ranking WTA n. 17"Tennis is about sacrifice and deprivation, and I believe that this project can finally reward young talents who are willing to work hard to create a better future"
Best-ranking ATP n. 76"The Little Tennis Champions charity programme is a springboard that will allow some teenagers to pursue a tennis career without having to sacrifice their studies and to see their efforts rewarded"
Best-ranking WTA n. 148"As a professional tennis player, I believe that giving young talents the chance to grow through scholarships is a valuable initiative. I am happy that the project is based in my city, Turin"
Professional Golfer"The Group of I Tennis Foundation with Little Tennis Champions has identified a new, innovative and rewarding format for underprivileged children; I share in full the values of the project, the same values that have shaped my career as a golfer so far. Talent and passion have no boundaries"
President of the Egyptian Museum and Managing Director at FIFA and UEFA"As a sports person and a manager working in the sports industry, I support this ambitious project conceived and developed in my beloved Turin"
President of Ferrero Spa"The goals of the charity project Little Tennis Champions are inspired by the same sensitivity: individual development, the promotion of talent, the attention to training are the highest, most challenging and necessary mission, always"
Owner of Colombo Group"My family has always been involved in sports and when I heard about Little Tennis Champions we shared their values and charitable goals by deciding to sponsor the project"
Owner of Maina Panettoni S.p.A."I have always had a great passion for tennis and I believe that this unique project will bring great added value to the world of tennis through supporting the most disadvantaged social classes"
Owner of Costruzioni Generali Gilardi S.p.A."Little Tennis Champions is a unique project that our Foundation has decided to support since it rewards talent and willingness of the most disadvantaged children through the awarding of scholarships aimed at international educational and tennis training"
Coach of Roger Federer, best-ranking ATP n. 3"I decided to support the I Tennis Foundation because it reminds what happened to me and I see myself in the boys and girls who will have this opportunity. Because it is the same opportunity I had 28 years ago. I know what they will experience, how they will feel. And I will be happy to contribute to their growth."
Best-ranking WTA n. 14"I Tennis Foundation has developed an innovative scholarship plan for less privileged children: I am really pleased to support it and hopefully contribute to their success!"
