Heinz Grimm Honoured with Golden Achievement Award

Tennis Europe co-founder Heinz Grimm has been announced as the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Golden Achievement Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Federation.

The award was presented last night (10th March) by Sir James Harvie-Watt, a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, at a special ceremony at the Swiss Tennis Annual General Meeting in Zurich.

Mr. Grimm's involvement in the sport has spanned five decades, and left a lasting legacy for European tennis. Beginning in 1968, when he took on his first role in tennis administration as president of the Swiss Tennis Competition Committee, a position he held for twenty years, Heinz went onto serve as Vice President of Swiss Tennis from 1980 - 1994, and in 1995 was named Honorary Vice President of the organization.

Throughout that time, he was heavily involved with Tennis Europe, then known as the European Tennis Association. When it was decided that the headquarters should be based in Switzerland, Heinz offered his office for the day-to-day running, where it remained until 1992. In 1978, Heinz was elected as ETA President and continued in this role until his retirement in 1997.

Having been presented with an Honorary Life Presidency in 1993, Mr. Grimm continues to take a keen interest in European tennis matters and attends Tennis Europe Annual General Meeting each year.