Tennis in Bristol

Introduction

Tennis in Bristol is organised by a wide range of providers at a variety of locations across the city and for all levels of player. We aim to cater for anyone who wishes to play tennis within the city and provide social tennis through to competitive tennis at a high level.

Tennis clubs in Bristol

There are a number of tennis clubs in Bristol which offer a large variety of opportunities and include disability clubs, clubmark clubs, park clubs and established clubs. Each club has something to offer.

Tennis clubs in Bristol (pdf, 20 KB)

Bristol Tennis League

If you want to improve your game, set yourself a challenge and play friendly, competitive matches, why not join the Bristol Tennis league? It is a mixed sex, singles league for adults of all standards and everyone is welcome.

You will have a maximum of  seven matches to play over eight weeks which you arrange at a time to suit, and you can play on any court that suits both players, including the public courts at Canford Park, St George Park, Eastville Park, Greville Smyth Park, Victoria Park, Coombe Dingle Sports Complex, City Academy Bristol and Merchants' Academy Sports Centre.

The league is a great way to put your tennis skills into practice and to meet new people to play. There are four 8-week rounds a year, those who come top of their group win £20 and everyone who completes three matches by the half way point of any round receives a free can of balls. Entry is £12.

For more information please visit the Local Tennis League website 

Email: bristoltennisleague@gmail.com
Tel: 07503 281 732

LTA Allplay

Allplay is the LTA national campaign to help more people play tennis. You can sign up at your local venue and find people to play tennis with, track and share your scores, earn points and badges and even receive exclusive offers and discounts. To sign up visit the LTA AllPlay web page.

Club competitions

Venues in Bristol host a wide range of events through the Lawn Tennis Association

Please visit the LTA website to see when competitions are running.

Parks venues

There are a number of parks around the city with tennis courts. Please see the tennis courts in Bristol parks (pdf, 12 KB) document to find out where these are.

Tennis in the parks

From May to October we offer beginner and improver tennis courses to adults who would like to learn new skills and develop their game. Our coaches run courses specifically to the needs of the player. Please see the Tennis in the Parks web page for more information.

Parks tennis junior coaching programme

Bristol City Council is launching its junior tennis coaching programme in April 2012, with tennis coaching available for all junior ages and abilities. Sessions take place at various parks across Bristol. All courses will be taken by LTA qualified and licensed coaches and aim to improve tennis in a fun and safe environment. For more details of the courses please download the information booklet below.

Download: Parks tennis junior coaching programme and application form 2012 (pdf, 268 KB)

Cardio tennis

Cardio tennis is a new and fun way to try tennis. Cardio tennis is a fitness session with music played and offers a high energy workout that includes warm up, cardio workout and cool down segments.

For examples of these sessions please visit  the Cardio Tennis website.

Sessions will be running at:

• Canford Park - Dave Hudgell 0117 352 5632
• Crescent Tennis Club - Petra Lewis 07951 933 698
• Greville Smyth Park - Matt Elston 07894 330 695
• Eastville Park - Pete Coniglio 07989 266 370 
• Horfield Tennis Centre (The Ardagh) - Pete Coniglio 07989 266 370 
• The City Academy - Sagren Raj 0117 941 3800
• David Lloyd Bristol - Robert Hawkins 0117 953 1010
• Merchants Academy Sports Centre - tbc
• Victoria Park - Petra Lewis 07951 933 698

Leadership and coaching

There are a range of opportunities if you are looking into becoming a tennis coach. The tennis coaching qualifications are set up by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).

Competition Organisers are the people who organise local competitions. For more information on competition organisers courses please visit the Competition Organiser section of the LTA website.

LTA membership

The LTA Membership scheme is an excellent opportunity to join and receive a great number of benefits including:

• An Aegon British Tennis rating, which is essential to compete and allows you to track your progress
• Monthly e-newsletter and access to members only areas of LTA website to help track and manage your tennis
• Entry into your club's BTM Wimbledon ballot and the opportunity to book into the BTM exclusive suites at Wimbledon
• Ticket discounts on a number of international events, other exclusive offers on tennis products, and advice about your game

Please visit the LTA membership web page for more information.