The International Olympic Committee and Russian Olympic Committee member was the only candidate standing in the election.

The 68-year-old, head of the Russian Tennis Federation since 2002, received a total of 85 votes to continue in the post, with one abstention and a single vote against.

Tarpishchev’s re-election means he will serve as President of the Russian Tennis Federation for another four years.

The conference was attended by five-time Olympic fencing gold medallist Pavel Kolobkov, Russia’s newly appointed Sports Minister.

Tarpischev has previously been the source of controversy, having been fined and suspended from the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour for a year in 2014.

It followed him allegedly making sexist and insulting remarks about the Williams sisters during a television interview.

He called the American siblings the "Williams brothers" on a television chat show, before claiming his comments had been taken out of context.

Tarpischev also leapt to the defence of Maria Sharapova earlier this year after the five-time Grand Slam champion tested positive for the banned substance meldonium.

He claimed "I think that it’s nonsense" after Sharapova announced her positive test, which ultimately saw her miss out on competing for Russia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Sharapova's two-year ban for failing a drugs test was reduced to 15 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in October, leaving her free to return to the sport in April of next year.