How do I join the San Francisco tennis community?

Visit https://sf.tenniscity.org and click 'Join Our Slack Community'. Access is $5/year to keep the community spam-free. Once on Slack, join the channel for your NTRP level to find hitting partners.

What NTRP levels are in the community?

The community welcomes players from NTRP 2.5 to 4.5. Slack channels are organized by level (e.g. #3-0-find-hitting-partners, #3-5-find-hitting-partners, #4-0-find-hitting-partners) so you can find partners at your skill level.

NTRP (National Tennis Rating Program) is the standard rating system for recreational tennis players in the US. It ranges from 1.0 (beginner) to 7.0 (touring professional). Most recreational players are between 2.5 and 4.5.

Is there a Tennis City app?

Yes. The Tennis City app is available on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play). It provides a city guide to local tennis communities, court information, and player connections.

How much does it cost to join the San Francisco tennis group?

Access is $5/year. This small fee keeps the community spam-free and ensures active, quality members. The Tennis City app is free to download.

Find Partners to Rally and Match Play – 100% spam free

Join 1,791 local players to play your favorite game of tennis! If you are an NTRP (2.5 to 4.5) player and want to find partners to rally or play singles or doubles matches, join our Slack group to find other tennis players. Access is just $5/year to keep our community spam-free and high quality. (Slack is a mobile chatting app on iPhone or Android phones)

Join Our Slack Group — $5/year

Try the Tennis City App

We’re also building a Tennis City app focused on learning tennis through Mastery Learning and building tennis community. It’s still early — our Slack group is where most of the action is — but if you’d like to give it a try:

Try Tennis City on the Web

Below is a screenshot of the Slack group organized by playing levels. The group is organized by NTRP Levels #3-0-find-hitting-partners, #3-5-find-hitting-partners, #4-0-find-hitting-partners, #4-5-find-hitting-partners.. etc

Slack channel screenshot showing tennis match requests organized by NTRP level

Joining our Slack channel to find other players!

Read our terms of service, only those 18 years and older should join.
Join our Slack ($5/year) to find active partners to play matches or just rally.
We recommend you use the Slack apps for Android and iOS.
1. See this help page about how to sign into a new workspace.
Once you join Slack, there is a Google Doc to put down your level, favorite courts, and time.
1. You can contact Tony to help you pair up for singles or doubles or just to rally.
2. Please only join the Slack channel if you are serious about playing, we don’t want to just talk about playing tennis, we want to get on the courts and play!

Getting rackets and stringing services

We recommend going to City Racquet Shop of San Francisco for all your tennis needs in the city ( rackets, stringing, advice)

How to find, reserve, or walk onto tennis courts in SF

A Google Map of places to play in San Francisco and the free reservable courts.
Use rec.us/sfrecpark to book a set of courts at 12pm 2 days ahead of when you are playing. There is another set of tennis courts that you book 7 days ahead at 8am.
Play at Golden Gate Park Goldman tennis courts, reserve 8 days ahead at 12:30pm. See their website.
Read about the etiquette if you are waiting or playing on tennis courts that are not reservable. This is from the SF Park and Rec.
take a look at this tennis court directory for details such as # of courtsg, lights, pickleball, restrooms and lights
Outside of San Francisco, in the Bay Area tennis map

Tony

Tennis players rallying on outdoor court in San Francisco — Malinka @ Balboa Park

Group of tennis players at Golden Gate Park courts in San Francisco — Yokota visiting from Japan

San Francisco Recreation and Parks public tennis courts aerial view — Tim @ McLaren Park

Other places to find players

San Francisco Tennis Players | Facebook group

Assess Your Tennis Level

Find out where you stand and what to work on next. Track your progress right here.

Ratings NTRP or UTR

Use this chart as a reference of NTRP or UTR ratings.

NTRP to UTR tennis rating conversion chart

San Francisco Recreation and Parks tennis court reservation screenshot

Join Our Slack Community

Ready to connect with 1,791 SF tennis players? Join our Slack community to find hitting partners, organize matches, and stay in the loop on local tennis events.

🎾 Join SF Tennis Slack

$5/year helps keep our community spam-free and high quality.