David Haggerty, the former United States Tennis Association president who helped lead the effort to build a roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium and a new national training center in Orlando, Fla., will run for president of the sport’s global governing body, the International Tennis Federation.
Haggerty, 57, confirmed his candidacy in an interview this week before flying to Buenos Aires to make his case to a group of South American tennis leaders on Friday.
Francesco Ricci Bitti, the Italian who has been president of the I.T.F. since 1989, has announced that he will not stand for another four-year term at the I.