All India Tennis Association Secretary General Anil Khanna has been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Tennis Federation for a two-year term.

Khanna's election, along with 11 others, came at the General Assembly of the ITF in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, according to a statement from the AITA.

Khanna was recently elected vice-president of the Asian Tennis Federation.

Italian Francesco Ricci Bitti was re-elected unopposed for a second four-year term while Juan Margets of Spain and David Jude of Britain were re-elected Executive Vice-President and Honorary Treasurer respectively.