Tennis in Lansing
Michigan State has just had the best men’s tennis season in nearly sixty years. In 2025-26 the Spartans went 12-1 in conference play to share the Big Ten regular-season title and then won the Big Ten Tournament outright, beating Ohio State 4-3 in a rain-delayed final at Ojai that ended close to 3am Eastern. Both were the programme’s first since 1967. On the way there MSU ended the Buckeyes’ 49-match conference winning streak in Columbus — Ohio State’s first conference home loss since 2003.
The public can play where they play. The MSU Tennis Center on Mt. Hope Road has 8 indoor courts and seats 1,200, and it is open to the public with no membership required; the 20-court outdoor centre on Wilson Road is available when the varsity teams are not using it. Around them sit Court One Athletic Clubs in Okemos and Lansing, whose Junior Development Program is one of the Midwest’s longest-running, and the Michigan Athletic Club with 13 courts. East Lansing also produced Todd Martin, a former world No. 4.
Highlighted Events
A Big Ten breakthrough fifty-nine years in the making, and a league calendar that runs all winter indoors.
MSU Spartans Big Ten Tennis
The Spartans’ 2025-26 season was the best in nearly sixty years: a share of the Big Ten regular-season title and an outright Big Ten Tournament championship, both firsts since 1967, plus a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance.
WMTA League Play
The Western Michigan Tennis Association, a USTA Midwest district, runs adult league play at NTRP levels 2.5 to 5.0 with 18, 40 and 55 & Over divisions in men’s, women’s and mixed doubles.
WMTA Junior Team Tennis
USTA Junior Team Tennis for boys and girls ages 6 to 18, with champions advancing through USTA Midwest to sectional championships.
Tennis Circuits Events
Local tournaments, doubles leagues, camps, clinics, lessons and match play powered by Tennis Circuits®.
Tennis courts & facilities in Lansing
Indoor clubs, university centres and public park courts across Lansing, East Lansing and Okemos.
The city itself — Court One North on Lake Lansing Road, the 13-court Michigan Athletic Club, and the Parks Department’s public courts.
City of Lansing Park Courts Lansing, MI
Court One Athletic Clubs — North Lake Lansing Road, Lansing, MI 48912
Michigan Athletic Club Lansing, MI 48912
The university side, where the public can book the same indoor centre the Big Ten team plays in, alongside Court One East and East Lansing’s park courts.
Court One Athletic Clubs — East Okemos, MI 48864
Patriarche Park East Lansing, MI 48823
MSU Outdoor Tennis Center Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824
Casey Park Tennis Courts 1000 N Canal Rd, Lansing, MI 48912
DeWitt Community Park Courts 16100 S Bridge St, DeWitt, MI 48820
DeWitt High School Tennis Courts 1500 E Lincoln Rd, DeWitt, MI 48820
East Lansing Tennis Club 230 Hagadorn Rd, East Lansing, MI 48823
Eastwood Tennis Courts 2100 Lake Lansing Rd, Lansing, MI 48911
Edgewood Park Courts 800 Edgewood Dr, Lansing, MI 48911
Evergreen Park Tennis Courts 5555 Evergreen Dr, Lansing, MI 48911
Fowler High School Courts 1010 S Waverly Rd, Lansing, MI 48910
Fowler Park Tennis Courts 2715 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910
Grand Ledge High School Tennis Courts 500 E Saginaw Hwy, Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Haslett Community Schools Courts 1599 W Mount Hope Hwy, Haslett, MI 48840
Holt Community Park Courts 9010 Holt Rd, Holt, MI 48842
Holt High School Tennis Courts 5885 N Aurelius Rd, Holt, MI 48842
Ingham County Parks Tennis Courts 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI 48911
Lansing Community College Courts 610 N Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48933
Lansing Racquet Club 1200 N Lansing Rd, Lansing, MI 48906
Meridian Township Park Courts 2100 Gaylord Rd, Okemos, MI 48864
Moores Park Tennis Courts 3110 Moores River Dr, Lansing, MI 48906
MSU Tennis Center 219 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
Okemos Community Park Courts 3755 Okemos Rd, Okemos, MI 48864
Okemos High School Tennis Courts 2800 Jolly Rd, Okemos, MI 48864
Pheasant Run Park Courts 7500 E Saginaw Hwy, Grand Ledge, MI 48837
Pine Lake Country Club 7300 Pine Lake Dr, East Lansing, MI 48823
Riverview Park Tennis Courts 2000 Riverview Dr, Lansing, MI 48906
The Hills Golf Club & Tennis 2450 Polo Club Dr, East Lansing, MI 48823
Williamston Community Park Courts 9505 Williamston Rd, Williamston, MI 48895
Williamston High School Courts 410 E Grand River Ave, Williamston, MI 48895
Woldumar Nature Center Courts 5730 Old Plank Rd, Lansing, MI 48906
Before you go: the unusual thing about this market is public access to the university courts — the MSU Tennis Center takes public bookings with no membership, and the 20-court outdoor centre is open whenever the varsity teams are not using it. Both block time for Big Ten matches through the spring, so check first. Court One and the Michigan Athletic Club are membership clubs, and indoor time books out from November through April.
Junior Tennis, Academies & Programs
Mid-Michigan’s junior pathway runs from Quick Start through national-ranking training, with a former world No. 4 funding access at the other end of it.
Court One Junior Development
Okemos & LansingOne of the Midwest’s longest-running junior programmes, running from Quick Start tennis for young beginners through the Wolf Pack tournament-training track for players chasing Midwest or national rankings.
Michigan Athletic Club
LansingOrange Ball and Green Ball junior classes alongside full-stroke junior development, on 13 courts — ten of them indoor.
Todd Martin Youth Leadership
LansingFounded by East Lansing native and former world No. 4 Todd Martin with his longtime coach Rick Ferman, this non-profit uses tennis to expand access and build leadership among local young people.
WMTA Junior Team Tennis
Mid-MichiganUSTA Junior Team Tennis leagues for ages 6 to 18 across the district, advancing through USTA Midwest to sectional championships. Website
MSU Campus Recreation
East LansingRecreational tennis programming through the university, with the MSU Tennis Center open to the public and no membership required. Website
Competitive Adult Tennis
Adult league play runs through the Western Michigan Tennis Association, a USTA Midwest district, at NTRP levels 2.5 to 5.0 with 18, 40 and 55 & Over divisions in men’s, women’s and mixed doubles. Court One and the Michigan Athletic Club both run active USTA travel-team programmes and host league matches indoors year-round — the combination of a state government workforce, a university community and the surrounding suburbs keeps participation high. Representative leagues, tournaments and clinics below.
Adult Leagues
Adult Tournaments
Adult Clinics
Did You Know?
Fifty-nine years is a long time to wait, and it ended in one season. Two highlights:
For 59 years the banners in MSU’s indoor tennis centre stayed the same. In 2026 the Spartans added two — a shared Big Ten regular-season title and an outright Big Ten Tournament championship, both firsts since 1967. The clinching point in the regular-season decider came from Ozan Baris, an Okemos native, in his last home match.
Todd Martin, from East Lansing, reached world No. 4 — and came home. With his longtime coach Rick Ferman he founded the Todd Martin Youth Leadership non-profit in Lansing, using tennis to widen access for local young people.
College Tennis in East Lansing
Big Ten tennis on courts the public can also book — and a season the programme had waited nearly sixty years for.
Michigan State Spartans
East LansingNCAA Division I · Big Ten · Men’s and women’s Big Ten tennis, and the men just had the best season in nearly sixty years. In 2025-26 the Spartans went 12-1 in conference play to share the Big Ten regular-season title with Ohio State, then won the Big Ten Tournament outright — beating the Buckeyes 4-3 in a rain-delayed final at Ojai that finished near 3am Eastern. Both were firsts since 1967. Along the way MSU ended Ohio State’s 49-match conference winning streak in Columbus, the Buckeyes’ first conference home loss since 2003. Harry Jadun was named Big Ten Coach of the Year and stepped down in May 2026; Mike Flowers now leads the programme. Men | Women
The distinction between the two 2026 titles is worth getting right. The Big Ten regular-season title was shared with Ohio State — both finished 12-1 in conference play. The Big Ten Tournament title was won outright, 4-3 over Ohio State in the final. Descriptions of the regular-season crown as “outright” are inaccurate; it was the tournament that MSU took alone, ending a Buckeye run of 14 tournament titles in 19 years.
Mid-Michigan High School Tennis
Michigan high school tennis is governed by the MHSAA, which runs boys’ tennis in the fall and girls’ in the spring across four divisions.
East Lansing Trojans
MHSAA · East LansingA long-established programme in a university town with deep tennis participation, and Todd Martin’s home town.
Okemos Chieftains
MHSAA · OkemosOne of Mid-Michigan’s strongest programmes, in the same town as Court One East and the home town of MSU’s Ozan Baris.
Haslett Vikings
MHSAA · HaslettAn active programme in the eastern suburbs near Lake Lansing.
Grand Ledge Comets
MHSAA · Grand LedgeA large public programme west of the capital.
Holt Rams
MHSAA · HoltA substantial Ingham County programme south of Lansing.
DeWitt Panthers
MHSAA · DeWittA Clinton County programme in one of the area’s growing communities.
Lansing Catholic Cougars
MHSAA · LansingA Catholic school competing in the smaller divisions with an established tennis programme.
Waverly Warriors
MHSAA · LansingA Lansing-area public programme on the city’s west side.
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. It catches people out every year when comparing schedules or recruiting across the border.
Okemos and East Lansing sit at the centre of it. Both towns combine a university-town participation base with the area’s two strongest club programmes, and the results show: MSU’s Ozan Baris — a four-time ITA All-American and NCAA finalist who clinched the 2026 Big Ten title — is an Okemos native, and Todd Martin came out of East Lansing. Few markets this size produce that calibre of player twice.
This list is a starting point. It covers the main programmes across Ingham, Clinton and Eaton counties. Confirm each school’s current MHSAA division and conference before the season — Michigan’s four-division structure means placement shifts with enrollment more often than in two-division states.
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Lansing Tennis Facts
Curious one-line facts about the people, places and history that make tennis in Lansing unique.
Lansing-area tennis spans the capital, East Lansing and Okemos, anchored by Michigan State University.
Court One Athletic Clubs run two locations — East in Okemos and North on Lake Lansing Road — with 8 indoor cushioned-asphalt courts.
Court One’s Junior Development Program is one of the longest-running in the Midwest.
Its Wolf Pack track trains juniors pursuing Midwest and national rankings.
The Michigan Athletic Club in Lansing has 13 courts — 10 indoor and 3 outdoor.
The MSU Tennis Center on Mt. Hope Road has 8 indoor courts, seats 1,200 and is open to the public.
The MSU Outdoor Tennis Center on Wilson Road adds 20 courts, public when not in varsity use.
Michigan State shared the 2026 Big Ten regular-season title with Ohio State, both finishing 12-1.
It was the Spartans’ first Big Ten regular-season title since 1967.
MSU then won the 2026 Big Ten Tournament outright, beating Ohio State 4-3 in the final at Ojai.
On the way there the Spartans ended Ohio State’s 49-match conference winning streak in Columbus.
That was Ohio State’s first conference home loss since 2003, and MSU’s first win in Columbus since 1998.
East Lansing native Todd Martin reached world No. 4 and founded the Todd Martin Youth Leadership non-profit in Lansing.
League play is coordinated by the Western Michigan Tennis Association, a USTA Midwest district.
Michigan high school tennis runs boys in the fall and girls in the spring — the reverse of neighbouring Ohio.