The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced today that Ajilon, the world leader in Professional
Staffing and Managed Services, is to become an Official Worldwide Sponsor of Davis Cup.
Ajilon’s involvement has begun with the quarterfinal round ties of the 2002 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas, commencing today. The company has the right to extensive on-court branding, including the delivery of speed serve machines at selected ties. Ajilon will provide consulting services for the ITF’s Davis Cup online strategy and development. Ajilon will also provide future on-site technical support at Davis Cup ties around the world.
‘This is a very important partnership for Ajilon’ said Patrick de Maeseneire, president of Ajilon. ‘Ajilon is
the Adecco Group subsidiary specializing in Professional Staffing and Services. We are present with 450 offices in 19 countries around the world where we offer a broad range of staffing and consultancy services, all based on highly skilled professionals. This partnership with the Davis Cup and the ITF will give us a great exposure and help us attract and recruit the best consultants and professionals. We are also delighted that we will provide the ITF and the Davis Cup with IT consultancy and technical support. This will first help the ITF achieve major goals in terms of on-line presence while allowing Ajilon to demonstrate project management capabilities at the highest level. We will also of course take this opportunity to gather clients around the Davis Cup events.’
‘We are excited to work with Ajilon and will welcome the skilled support for our Davis Cup IT infrastructure
around the world. As the world’s largest annual team competition, the Davis Cup requires a strong technical foundation to ensure that the event can function seamlessly around the world. Ajilon will help us deliver such a solution to the benefit of the huge number of Davis Cup fans worldwide’ said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti.
As it has for more than a decade, Davis Cup by BNP Paribas continues its position as the largest, annual international team competition in sport, with 142 nations entered for the 2002 competition. Ajilon joins title sponsor BNP Paribas, official worldwide sponsors Adecco and Hugo Boss, official partner Wilson and official supplier Asics.
For further information, please contact:
Pierre Bouvier, Corporate Marketing, Adecco Group
Tel: +33 1 56 88 99 49; Email: pierre.bouvier@adecco.fr
Barbara Travers, Communications Manager, ITF
Tel: +44 20 8392 4632; Mobile +44 7770 277084; Email: barbara.travers@itftennis.com
ITF website: www.itftennis.com Davis Cup website: www.daviscup.com