The Geelong Lawn Tennis Club is Australia’s oldest provincial tennis club, founded in 1882. In the 1920’s a club member, Jack Hawkes, represented Australia in Davis Cup.
The club hosts each year one of Victoria’s most prestigious open tournaments, the Victorian Grass-court Championships. In addition, the club has produced many fine nationally ranked junior players, and in April each year hosts an AJR Points event.
Geelong is one of Victoria’s largest provincial cities, with a growing population & is only 45 minutes by freeway from the Melbourne CBD. The club presently has 13 grass courts, 8 red porous courts, six Plexicushion cushioned acrylic courts, and one synthetic grass court. In addition, there are three squash courts (one glass backed) & one full-size billiard/snooker table.
The clubhouse was extensively re-furbished in 2000, with a fully staffed bar / lounge area, and has a picturesque north facing outlook over the courts. In 2009, a Fitness Studio was built, with state of the art Nautilus equipment.
