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Your A-List: Best Tennis Courts
Austin is known as an outdoorsy town, with thousands of running, cycling and water sports enthusiasts. But we’ve also got our share of tennis lovers, who not only benefit from good local tournaments but a proliferation of public courts around the city. The winner of this week’s Your A-List poll for Best Tennis Courts, with 31 percent of the vote, is the South Austin Tennis Center.
South Austin Tennis Center doesn’t just throw up the nets and let people run wild, either. They are seriously committed to helping players of all levels improve their game. Beyond court rentals, there is a full slate of lessons for players of all ages and skill levels, as well as special classes such as the endurance-testing Cardio Tennis, which “provides an effective cardiovascular workout as well tennis-specific fitness and shotmaking training … set to upbeat music and taught by enthusiastic teaching pros.”
The SATC is now operated by California transplant Noah Rippner and his sister Brie Rippner-Parsons, both former national champions at the collegiate and junior level, respectively.
As stated on their site, “Noah and Brie endeavor to enrich the Austin Tennis playing community by making South Austin Tennis Center a professional, trustworthy, comprehensive, and above all else WELCOMING destination for Austin tennis players of all varieties.”
South Austin Tennis Center [site]
1000 Cumberland Rd. [map]
512.442.1466
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Others receiving votes
- Caswell Tennis Center, 23 percent
- Austin High, 10 percent
- Old Settlers Park, 9 percent
- Westwood Country Club, 9 percent
- World of Tennis, 5 percent
- Intramural Fields, 4 percent
- Little Zilker Park, 4 percent
- Penick-Allison Tennis Center, 4 percent
- Austin Tennis Academy, 2 percent
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By Stormy Wall
October 30, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this
In the 80’s my friend, Bob Burk and I had quite a few lunch tennis sessions at O’Henry Jr High. We would call each other and say meet you at O’Henry County Club. After the game it would always be El Arroyo for lemonade. Long live Tarry Town. Stormy Wall
By Tony Hall
May 20, 2009 7:13 AM | Link to this
As the Supervisor of Tennis for Austin PARD back in the 1980’s I am glad to hear that SATC is still maintaining it’s status. I recall hiring our first tennis pro there, Sam Lester, who reminded me of a black Vic Braden. He was a wonderful tennis pro-manager and helped me grow tremendously during my time there. Now living back in New Jersey I prag all the time about tennis in Austin and the quality of life there.