Tennis player serving on a clay court, seen from above

A tennis

club.

Clay, grass and hard, since 1931.

Padel rackets and yellow balls on a blue court

A padel

club.

Four glass courts under the pines, since 2019.

Tennis player serving on a clay court, seen from above

1.5 m

Clay: bounce height

Clay gives you time.

The ball grips, sits up and waits. Long rallies, sore legs, good evenings.

Wooden umpire chair on a grass court

0.7 m

Grass: bounce height

Grass doesn’t.

Low and skidding. Get down early or watch it go past.

Player on the baseline of a hard court with a long shadow

1.1 m

Hard: bounce height

Hard tells the truth.

A true bounce every time, so every miss is yours.

Padel rackets and yellow balls on a blue court

0.9 m

Padel: then off the glass

Padel plays it twice.

Let it hit the glass and hit it on the way back.

Same ball.

Four bounces.

We sweep the clay at seven,

water the grass at eight,

and switch the padel lights on at dusk.

Nobody here will ask about your backhand.

Somebody will ask if you need a fourth.

Glass padel court among pine trees

Deuce.

Padel or tennis? Level so far.

Padel

Tennis

20 × 10 m

Court

24 × 11 m

Four, always

Players

Two or four

Underarm

Serve

Overhead

Glass, in play

Walls

None

Ten minutes

First rally

Ten weeks

Tennis player hitting a forehand on a clay court

What your coach

sees.

The toss arm stays up.

Drop it early and the shoulder follows. Hold it one beat longer.

The eyes don’t move.

Your head stays on the ball until well after you’ve hit it.

The hips start it.

Everything comes up from the ground. The arm goes last, and fastest.

Tennis coach holding a racket
Padel coach with a racket on his shoulder

Six coaches. Your first session is filmed and yours to keep. Meet them →

Tennis player about to serve, toss arm up

The Ladder.

17

Beat the player above you, take their place. That’s the whole rule.

9

Nadia Bellamy

6 wins

10

Sam Okafor

5 wins

11

Ines Calloway

5 wins

12

Tomás Vidal

4 wins

13

Helen Ashworth

4 wins

14

Priya Nair

3 wins

15

Marcus Lee

3 wins

16

Owen Hart

2 wins

The old clubhouse behind a grass court, with an umpire chair

After the

last game.

“I came for a lesson in March. I now have a Tuesday four and a table on the terrace.”

Priya N., member since last spring

Courts

07:00 to 23:00

Kitchen

11:00 to 22:00

Terrace

Till the last ball

Tonight’s

sheet.

Pick a slot and leave your name. We’ll hold it for an hour.

Pick a slot and leave your name. We’ll hold it for an hour.

Court

17:00

18:00

19:00

20:00

21:00

Clay 2

Taken

Free

Free

Taken

Free

Clay 4

Taken

Taken

Free

Free

Free

Grass 11

Free

Taken

Taken

Free

Taken

Hard 5

Free

Free

Taken

Taken

Free

Padel 7

Taken

Taken

Taken

Free

Free

Padel 9

Free

Taken

Taken

Taken

Free

Thirty All

Courts

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