North Idaho Tennis Clubs
North Idaho — Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and Sandpoint — is the state’s Panhandle, where the PEAK Health & Wellness Center in Hayden and its four indoor courts anchor year-round play through long, snowy winters. Public courts at North Idaho College and Cherry Hill Park in Coeur d’Alene and Travers Park in Sandpoint round out the outdoor game, and the Coeur d’Alene Tennis Association organizes adult social play. Unlike Boise and southern Idaho, the Panhandle belongs to USTA Pacific Northwest, reflecting its ties to nearby Spokane. This guide covers North Idaho’s clubs, events, adult leagues, high schools and college tennis.
Highlighted Events
North Idaho’s tennis calendar turns on a handful of marquee dates each year — the events worth planning around.
PEAK Tennis Tournaments & Leagues
Year-round leagues plus annual men’s, women’s, mixed and junior tournaments on the four indoor courts at PEAK in Hayden — the Panhandle’s main indoor tennis center.
USTA Pacific Northwest
Adult leagues, junior development and sanctioned tournaments through USTA Pacific Northwest, the section that serves Idaho’s Panhandle.
Coeur d’Alene Tennis Association
A community tennis nonprofit of more than 40 years running adult social team play in singles and doubles around Coeur d’Alene.
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Tennis Clubs & Facilities in North Idaho
The Panhandle’s indoor center in Hayden and public courts in Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint — with programs and amenities noted inline.
Adult Tennis in North Idaho
Adult play runs through USTA Pacific Northwest, with leagues, tournaments and clinics centered on PEAK in Hayden and community play in Coeur d’Alene. Representative programming below.
Adult Leagues
Adult Tournaments
Adult Clinics
Did You Know?
The Panhandle plays by different rules than the rest of Idaho — and its high school teams travel the length of the state. Two highlights:
North Idaho belongs to USTA Pacific Northwest, not USTA Intermountain — the section that covers Boise and southern Idaho. The split reflects the Panhandle’s ties to Spokane, about 30 miles west.
Idaho plays boys and girls in one spring season. That is what makes its Mixed Doubles state title possible — a boy and a girl paired together, an event most states simply do not have.
North Idaho High School Tennis
Panhandle high schools compete in the Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA), advancing through district play to the state tournament held in Boise.
Coeur d’Alene & Lake City
IHSAACoeur d’Alene High School and Lake City High School field boys’ and girls’ tennis in the Idaho High School Activities Association.
Post Falls & Lakeland
IHSAAPost Falls High School and Lakeland High School (Rathdrum) round out competitive high school tennis in the Coeur d’Alene–Post Falls corridor.
Sandpoint & IHSAA State
IHSAASandpoint High School and other Panhandle schools compete in the IHSAA; because state finals are held in Boise, North Idaho teams travel south for the state tournament.
Idaho is unusual: boys and girls compete in the same spring season, which is exactly why the state crowns a Mixed Doubles champion alongside boys’ and girls’ singles and doubles — five titles per classification. Because the finals are staged in Boise, Panhandle programs travel the length of the state to reach them.
College Tennis near North Idaho
The Panhandle has no four-year college program of its own; the nearest is Gonzaga in Spokane, Washington, with the University of Idaho in Moscow the closest in-state.
Gonzaga Bulldogs
Spokane, WANCAA Division I · North Idaho has no four-year college tennis program of its own — North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene is a two-year school with public courts but no varsity team. The nearest program is Gonzaga, which fields Division I men’s and women’s tennis at the Stevens Center in Spokane, about 30 miles west; the University of Idaho in Moscow (about 85 miles south) is the closest in-state program. Men | Women
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North Idaho Tennis Facts
Curious one-line facts about the people, places and history that make tennis in North Idaho unique.
Idaho is split between two USTA sections: the northern Panhandle sits in USTA Pacific Northwest, while southern Idaho runs through USTA Intermountain.
That split reflects North Idaho’s ties to Spokane, about 30 miles west of Coeur d’Alene.
The PEAK Health & Wellness Center in Hayden is the Panhandle’s main indoor tennis center, with four indoor courts.
PEAK’s indoor courts opened in 2014.
Indoor courts matter through the Panhandle’s long, snowy winters — PEAK carries lessons, clinics and leagues year-round.
The Coeur d’Alene Tennis Association is a community tennis nonprofit of more than 40 years, running adult social team play in singles and doubles.
North Idaho College has public courts in Coeur d’Alene but, as a two-year school, fields no varsity tennis team.
The nearest four-year program is Gonzaga, which plays NCAA Division I tennis at the Stevens Center in Spokane.
The closest in-state college program is the University of Idaho in Moscow, about 85 miles south.
Idaho high school tennis runs boys and girls together in a single spring season — unlike Washington, just across the line, which splits them.
Because boys and girls share one season, Idaho crowns a Mixed Doubles state champion: a boy and a girl paired together.
IHSAA state finals are held in Boise, so Panhandle teams travel the length of the state for the state tournament.