Blind Tennis

The IBTA family has lost a close friend and a legend of blind tennis. It is with great sadness that we learned about the passing of Mr Hirofumi Ono after his battle with cancer. Hirofumi was the current world champion and Japan national champion in… Read More »Passing of Mr Hirofumi Ono

New Ball Trial One of the challenges we are facing in blind and low vision tennis is to find a ball that meets the changing needs of all our players. One of the challenges we are facing in blind and low vision tennis is to… Read More »New IBTA prototype ball trial

Tennis Australia, Monash University and AKQA have launched Action Audio (action-audio.com), an online audio stream designed to make the Australian Open broadcasts accessible for almost 600,000 Australians and 285 million people living with blindness or a vision impairment. Action Audio turns spatial data from live… Read More »Launching Action Audio at the Australian Open 2021

Maurice Gleeson OAM has been appointed President of the International Blind Tennis Association (IBTA). This prestigious role is responsible for leading a consortium of more than 17 countries, with the aim of developing and increasing participation in blind tennis worldwide. Maurice’s two-year appointment as President of… Read More »International Blind Tennis Association President Announced

Mr Takei Miyoshi invented Blind Tennis in Japan in 1984. He was a pioneer in a new racket sport and a role model to the visually impaired. He was born in 1968 and lost his eyesight at the age of one and a half. When… Read More »Blind Tennis History