Tennis in Ann Arbor & Washtenaw County
Ann Arbor is one of the most tennis-engaged communities in the Midwest — a university city whose highly educated, athletically active population turns out for competitive tennis at every level. Setting the standard is a University of Michigan women’s programme that is among the most dominant in Big Ten history. Under Ronni Bernstein, now in her 20th season, the Wolverines have won 13 Big Ten championships — tying the most in conference history — on a 194-9 record in league play with nine perfect seasons, and reached the programme’s first NCAA Final Four in 2025. They took a fourth straight conference title in April 2026.
The club network underneath is strong for a city this size: the Racquet Club of Ann Arbor with 12 courts in the Ann Arbor Hills, eight hard and four Har-Tru clay; The Chippewa Club with indoor, outdoor and Hydrocourt clay; Huron Valley Tennis Club on Cherry Hill Road; and Travis Pointe Country Club. Adult league play runs through SEMTA, the USTA district serving Washtenaw and eight other counties since 1941.
Highlighted Events
Conference-record college tennis, a district league calendar and the SEC high school championships.
Michigan Women’s Big Ten Tennis
One of the dominant programmes in conference history. Michigan took a fourth consecutive Big Ten regular-season championship in April 2026 — Ronni Bernstein’s 13th, tying her for the most in Big Ten women’s tennis history — then won the Big Ten Tournament as well.
SEMTA / USTA League Play
Adult USTA league play at NTRP levels 2.5 to 5.0 — Flex, mixed, combo and 18/40/55 & Over divisions — advancing through USTA Midwest to state and sectional championships.
MHSAA Southeastern Conference Championships
SEC Red and White league play feeds the MHSAA Division 1-4 state tournament — boys in the fall, girls in the spring.
Tennis Circuits Events
Local tournaments, doubles leagues, camps, clinics, lessons and match play powered by Tennis Circuits®.
Tennis courts & facilities in Ann Arbor
Private clubs, city park courts and the university complex, grouped across Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County.
Nearly all of the county’s tennis sits here — the private clubs, the city’s public park courts, and the University of Michigan’s Varsity Tennis Center.
Ann Arbor Parks Courts Ann Arbor, MI
Huron Valley Tennis Club Cherry Hill Road, Ann Arbor, MI
U-M Varsity Tennis Center Ann Arbor, MI
The Chippewa Club Ann Arbor, MI
Travis Pointe Country Club Ann Arbor, MI
Allmendinger Park Courts 655 Pauline Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Buhr Park Tennis Courts 2751 Packard St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Burns Park Tennis Courts 1414 Wells St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Chelsea High School Tennis Courts 740 N Freer Rd, Chelsea, MI 48118
Clague Middle School Tennis Courts 2616 Nixon Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Dexter Community Schools Courts 2704 Baker Rd, Dexter, MI 48130
Dexter High School Tennis Courts 2200 N Parker Rd, Dexter, MI 48130
Eastern Michigan University Tennis Courts 799 N Hewitt Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Greenhills School Tennis Courts 850 Greenhills Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Hudson Mills Metropark Tennis Courts 8801 N Territorial Rd, Dexter, MI 48130
Huron High School Tennis Courts 2727 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Leslie Park Tennis Courts 2120 Traver Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Liberty Athletic Club 3050 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Mary Beth Doyle Park Courts 3500 Birch Hollow Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Mitchell Field Tennis Courts 1900 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Olson Park Tennis Courts 1515 Dhu Varren Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Pioneer High School Tennis Courts 601 W Stadium Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Racquet Club of Ann Arbor 3010 Hickory Ln, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Rolling Hills County Park Courts 7660 Stony Creek Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Saline High School Tennis Courts 1300 Campus Pkwy, Saline, MI 48176
Saline Recreation Center Tennis Courts 1866 Woodland Dr, Saline, MI 48176
Swift Run Park Tennis Courts 2998 E Ellsworth Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Varsity Tennis Center (University of Michigan) 616 E Hoover Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Veterans Memorial Park Tennis Center 2150 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Washtenaw Community College Courts 4800 E Huron River Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
West Park Tennis Courts 215 Chapin St, Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Ypsilanti Township Community Center Courts 2025 E Clark Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48198
Before you go: most of the serious indoor tennis here is member access — the Racquet Club, Chippewa, Huron Valley and Travis Pointe all take members rather than casual bookings, and winter court time is scarce from November through April. Ann Arbor Parks courts are free and open. The Varsity Tennis Center is a university facility that blocks time for Big Ten matches through the spring.
Junior Tennis, Academies & Programs
Washtenaw juniors develop through the district’s team tennis structure and a club network unusually deep for a city of this size.
SEMTA Junior Team Tennis
Washtenaw CountyThe Southeastern Michigan Tennis Association coordinates USTA Junior Team Tennis across the district, feeding USTA Midwest regional and national junior circuits. Website
Racquet Club of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor HillsJunior programming on 12 courts — eight hard and four Har-Tru clay — at the city’s largest private club.
The Chippewa Club
Ann ArborYear-round junior development on indoor and outdoor courts, including Hydrocourt clay.
Huron Valley Tennis Club
Cherry Hill RoadJunior and adult programmes serving the western side of the city.
Michigan Tennis Camps
University of MichiganCamps and clinics connected to the Wolverine programmes at the Varsity Tennis Center, one of the finest collegiate tennis facilities in the Midwest. Website
Competitive Adult Tennis
Adult tennis in Ann Arbor is coordinated by SEMTA — the Southeastern Michigan Tennis Association, the USTA district serving Washtenaw and eight other counties since 1941. Leagues run at NTRP levels 2.5 to 5.0 including Flex, mixed, combo and 18, 40 and 55 & Over divisions, advancing through USTA Midwest to state and sectional championships. Representative leagues, tournaments and clinics below.
Adult Leagues
Adult Tournaments
Adult Clinics
Did You Know?
The numbers behind Michigan women’s tennis are hard to overstate. Two highlights:
194-9. That is Ronni Bernstein’s record in Big Ten matches across 19 seasons, including nine perfect conference campaigns and 13 Big Ten championships — tying her for the most in the history of Big Ten women’s tennis. Michigan has reached the conference tournament final every single year of her tenure: 18 for 18.
Brienne Minor won the 2017 NCAA singles title — six straight wins in the individual draw to become the first national champion in Michigan tennis history. In 2025 the programme reached its first NCAA Final Four.
College Tennis in Washtenaw County
A Big Ten programme with a conference-record trophy case, plus Division I tennis in Ypsilanti.
Michigan Wolverines
Ann Arbor, MINCAA Division I · Big Ten · Men’s and women’s tennis at the Varsity Tennis Center, among the finest collegiate facilities in the Midwest. The women’s programme is one of the most dominant in conference history: under Ronni Bernstein, now in her 20th season, Michigan has won 13 Big Ten championships — tying her for the most in Big Ten women’s tennis history — on a 194-9 conference record with nine perfect Big Ten seasons, plus seven tournament titles, 13 NCAA Sweet 16s and the programme’s first Final Four in 2025. Brienne Minor won the 2017 NCAA singles title, Michigan’s first national champion. Men | Women
Eastern Michigan Eagles
Ypsilanti, MINCAA Division I · MAC · A Division I women’s tennis programme in the Mid-American Conference, rounding out Washtenaw County’s college tennis. The programme was cut in 2018 and reinstated the same year after a Title IX challenge. Women
Washtenaw County High School Tennis
High-school tennis is governed by the MHSAA, with most county schools in the Southeastern Conference — boys in the fall, girls in the spring.
Ann Arbor Pioneer
MHSAA · SEC RedAnn Arbor’s flagship high-school programme, with one of the strongest competitive traditions in the SEC and deep ties to the city’s club and university tennis community.
Ann Arbor Huron River Rats
MHSAA · SEC RedA competitive east Ann Arbor programme with an active boys’ and girls’ tradition, and one of the area’s most distinctive mascots, drawn from the Huron River.
Ann Arbor Skyline Eagles
MHSAA · SEC RedThe city’s third comprehensive public high school, opened in 2008, competing in SEC Red alongside Pioneer and Huron.
Saline Hornets
MHSAA · SEC RedOne of the most consistently competitive programmes in southern Washtenaw County, with a strong SEC Red tennis tradition.
Chelsea Bulldogs
MHSAA · SEC WhiteA western Washtenaw County programme drawing on strong local club and parks participation.
Dexter Dreadnaughts
MHSAA · SEC WhiteAn SEC White programme with active boys’ and girls’ tennis serving the communities north and west of the city.
Ypsilanti Lincoln
MHSAA · SEC WhiteAn eastern Washtenaw County programme that moved from SEC Red to SEC White for 2025-26 as part of the conference’s re-balancing.
Ypsilanti Community
MHSAA · SEC WhiteAn SEC White programme serving the broader Ypsilanti area.
Father Gabriel Richard
MHSAA · Catholic LeagueAn Ann Arbor Catholic school competing in the Michigan Catholic High School League.
Greenhills Gryphons
MHSAA · IndependentA private preparatory school in Ann Arbor with MHSAA tennis participation and a strong academic tradition.
The Southeastern Conference splits into Red and White. Most Washtenaw County schools compete in the SEC, divided into a Red division carrying the largest programmes — Ann Arbor Pioneer, Huron, Skyline and Saline — and a White division with Chelsea, Dexter and the two Ypsilanti schools. Ypsilanti Lincoln moved from Red to White for 2025-26 as part of the conference’s re-balancing. SEC league play feeds the MHSAA Division 1 to 4 state tournament.
Three public high schools in one city is unusual, and it shows. Ann Arbor fields Pioneer, Huron and Skyline — the last opened in 2008 — all three in SEC Red, all three drawing on the same club and university tennis culture. Very few American cities of this size sustain three competitive public programmes in the same division, and the crosstown matches are among the strongest in the state.
Michigan runs its seasons opposite to Ohio. The MHSAA plays boys’ tennis in the fall and girls’ in the spring — the reverse of the OHSAA calendar across the state line — and contests four divisions rather than two. Confirm each school’s current division before the season, since Michigan’s four-division structure shifts with enrollment more often than two-division states.
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Ann Arbor Tennis Facts
Curious one-line facts about the people, places and history that make tennis in Ann Arbor unique.
Ann Arbor is one of the most tennis-engaged communities in the Midwest — a university city with a highly educated, athletically active population.
Michigan’s women have won 13 Big Ten championships under Ronni Bernstein, tying the most in conference history.
Bernstein holds a 194-9 record in Big Ten matches, including nine perfect conference seasons.
Michigan won a fourth consecutive Big Ten regular-season championship in April 2026, clinching it against Michigan State.
The Wolverines have reached the Big Ten Tournament final 18 times — every year it has been contested during Bernstein’s tenure.
Michigan reached its first NCAA Final Four in 2025, adding to 13 Sweet 16 appearances.
Brienne Minor won the 2017 NCAA singles title, becoming Michigan’s first national champion in the sport.
Both Wolverine programmes play at the Varsity Tennis Center, which seats 632 indoors and 600 outdoors.
Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti adds a Division I women’s programme in the Mid-American Conference.
EMU’s women’s tennis was cut in 2018 and reinstated the same year after a Title IX lawsuit.
Adult play is coordinated by SEMTA — the Southeastern Michigan Tennis Association — serving Washtenaw and eight other counties since 1941.
High-school tennis runs through the MHSAA, with most Washtenaw schools in the Southeastern Conference, split into SEC Red and SEC White.
In Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, MHSAA boys’ tennis is a fall sport and girls’ a spring sport, with Division 1-4 state finals.
The Racquet Club of Ann Arbor offers 12 courts — eight hard and four Har-Tru clay — in the Ann Arbor Hills.
The Chippewa Club, Huron Valley Tennis Club and Travis Pointe Country Club anchor the area’s indoor and year-round play.