The award is aimed at honouring an organisation, federation or facility that has demonstrated a successful track record of distinguished service and contributions toward the growth of tennis.

International Tennis Hall of Fame chief executive Todd Martin presented CTA with the award here.

He highlighted the country’s achievements at both elite and grassroots level, including having over an estimated 19 million recreational players.

Their women’s doubles gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games was also highlighted, along with the career of Li Na.

Li won the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open during her career, while she also rose to world number two at her peak.

The 37-year-old was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame earlier this year.

"The Hall of Fame represents the history of our sport and we have three primary words that define our work: preserve, celebrate and inspire," Martin said.

"The Global Organisation of Distinction Award is presented to a deserving organisation or facility with a distinguished track record in service and contributions to the sport globally.

"The CTA has, yes, a short track record, but also a very distinguished one in growing the sport."

Martin added: "The CTA has invested strategically in events, coaching education, grass-roots participation and player development, and earlier this summer Li Na became the first Chinese athlete to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the sport’s ultimate honour."

The award was collected by CTA vice-president Liu Wenbin.

Liu claimed the organisation were seeking to make greater contributions to tennis, as well as driving the sport’s popularity in China.

"This award is in recognition for the efforts we’ve made to fulfil and realise our mission to make the sport of tennis the fastest growing sport in China," Liu said.

"And we are committed to making even greater efforts to make greater contributions to the world of tennis.

"I would like to share this honour with all of you here, the National Federations."

A selection committee had decided the award winner, with the prize presented annually during the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Annual General Meeting.

Representatives from the ITF and the International Tennis Hall of Fame helped determined nominees for the prize.

It was the third edition of the award, which was first presented to Tennis Cambodia in 2017.

The Kooyong Tennis Club in Australia won the 2018 prize.