# List of real tennis organizations

Real tennis organizations: a list of associations and clubs for the sport of real tennis.

## General

* International Real Tennis Professionals Association
* Ladies Real Tennis Association

## Australia

4 courts are in use, with 2 more to be opened.
Governing body:
* Australian Real Tennis Association
Sporting clubs with own courts:
* Ballarat Tennis Club, Ballarat, Victoria: 1 court in use
* Hobart Real Tennis Club, Hobart, Tasmania: 1 court in use
* Royal Melbourne Tennis Club, Melbourne, Victoria: 2 courts in use
* Sydney Real Tennis Club, Sydney, New South Wales: facility with 2 courts to open in September 2024
Other Sporting clubs:
* Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) Real Tennis Section, Melbourne, Victoria
Currently closed club:
* Cope-Williams Real Tennis Club, Romsey, Victoria
Defunct clubs:
* Macquarie University Real Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia: 10 courts; Red and green clay and Plexicushion
* Real Tennis Perth, Perth, Western Australia

## France

Three real tennis courts are in use; four trinquet courts are in use in south-west France.
Governing body:
* Comité Français de Courte-Paume (French Real Tennis Committee)
Sporting clubs:
* Jeu de paume et squash Bordeaux-Mérignac, Bordeaux: 1 court in use
* Cercle du jeu de paume de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau: 1 court in use
* Société sportive du jeu de paume et de racquets, Paris: 1 court in use
* Trinquet St. André, Bayonne: 1 trinquet court in use
* Trinquet Gartxot, La Bastide-Clairence: 1 trinquet court in use
* Association du jeu de paume de Navarre, Parc Beaumont, Pau: 1 trinquet court in use
* Trinquet Dongaitz, Urrugne: 1 trinquet court in use
There is also a plan to restore a court currently in an unplayable condition in Chinon:

## Ireland

No courts are in use, with two in unplayable condition.
Governing body:
* Irish Real Tennis Association
Courts:
* Lambay Island
* Trinity College Dublin

## Netherlands

No courts are in use, with one in unplayable condition.
Governing body:
* Nederlandse Real Tennis Bond (Netherlands Real Tennis Association)
Sporting clubs:
* Real Tennis Club Huis ter Kleef, Haarlem: historic court in need of restoration

## United Kingdom

Twenty-eight courts are in use. There is also a court in unplayable condition in Troon, Scotland.
Governing body:
* Tennis and Rackets Association
Sporting clubs:
* Bristol and Bath Tennis Club, Bristol: 1 court in use
* Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club, Falkland, Fife, Scotland: 1 quarré court in use
* Hardwick House, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: 1 court in use
* Hatfield House Tennis Club, Hatfield, Hertfordshire: 1 court in use
* Hyde Tennis Club, Bridport, Dorset: 1 court in use
* Jesmond Dene Tennis Club, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland: 1 court in use
* Leamington Tennis Court Club, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: 1 court in use
* Manchester Tennis and Racquet Club, Salford, Greater Manchester: 1 court in use
* Marylebone Cricket Club, St John's Wood, London: 1 court in use
* Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire: 1 court in use
* Newmarket and Suffolk Real Tennis Club, Newmarket, Suffolk: 1 court in use
* Petworth House Real Tennis Club, Petworth, Sussex: 1 court in use
* Prested Hall Racket Club, Feering, Essex: 2 courts in use
* Queen's Club, West Kensington, London: 2 courts in use
* Royal County of Berkshire Real Tennis Club, Holyport, Berkshire: 1 court in use
* Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London: 1 court in use
* Seacourt Tennis Club, Hayling Island, Hampshire: 1 court in use
Private estate:
* The Fairlawne Estate, Plaxtol, Kent: 1 court (private)
Schools and Colleges with own courts:
* Cambridge University Real Tennis Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: 2 courts in use
* Canford School, Wimborne Minster, Dorset: 1 court in use
* Middlesex University Real Tennis Club, Hendon, London: 1 court in use
* Oratory Tennis Club, Reading, Berkshire: 1 court in use
* Oxford University Real Tennis Club, Oxford, Oxfordshire: 1 court in use
* Radley College, Radley, Oxfordshire: 1 court in use
* Wellington College Real Tennis Club, Crowthorne, Berkshire: 1 court in use
Schools and Colleges which play at other courts:
* University of Exeter Real Tennis and Rackets Club, Exeter, Devon (currently plays at Hyde Tennis Club)
* University of Durham Real Tennis Club, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne (currently plays at Jesmond Dene Tennis Club)
* Newcastle University Real Tennis Club, Newcastle upon Tyne (currently plays at Jesmond Dene Tennis Club)
* University of St. Andrews Real Tennis Club (currently plays at Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club)
* University of York Real Tennis Club, York (currently plays at Jesmond Dene Tennis Club)

## United States

Ten courts are in use.
Governing body:
* United States Court Tennis Association and U.S. Court Tennis Preservation Foundation
Sporting clubs:
* Aiken Tennis Club, Aiken, South Carolina: 1 court in use
* Tennis and Racquet Club, Boston, Massachusetts: 1 court in use
* Racquet Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: 1 court in use
* International Tennis Club of Washington, McLean, Virginia: 1 court in use
* National Tennis Club, Newport, Rhode Island: 1 court in use
* Racquet and Tennis Club, New York, New York: 2 courts in restricted use
* Racquet Club of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1 court in use
* Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo, New York: 1 court in use
Private estates:
* Greentree, Manhasset, New York: court currently not in use
Schools and Colleges:
* Georgian Court University. Lakewood, New Jersey: 1 court in use