Tennis Bucket List

Unable to travel during the pandemic, I tried to satisfy the urge to get away by dreaming of the places I've always wanted to visit. I've been luckier than most since my work has taken me to hundreds of tennis resorts and camps and all four Grand Slam Championships, but still I keep a running tennis bucket list. As a travel writer, I'm often asked what's my favorite place, and my answer is there's nothing so exciting as visiting someplace you've never been. For me, that applies to tennis resorts and camps, too. So here are the Top 3 on my bucket list, the first of which I've been fortunate to cross off.

---

---

Sponsor

No. 1. For decades, the Roy Emerson Tennis Weeks at the Place Hotel in Gstaad, Switzerland occupied the No. 1 spot on my tennis bucket list. The very outline of the program inspired dreams. Where else can you spend five hours a day on historic red-clay courts—the former site of the Gstaad Open—coached a legend who'd won 28 Grand Slam titles, 12 of them in singles? Jagged peaks and forested slopes backdrop a grand and itself historic family-run hotel perched just above the courts and a short walk (or free shuttle ride) from the town of Gstaad. The hotel kitchens prepare multi-course lunches and dinners, supplemented, if you wish, by wines from a well-stocked cellar. Every aspect of the week is enchanting, so much so that many guests leave vowing to come back the next year. I did too, though circumstances and the pandemic delayed that return until last year, this time with my partner. That trip and her delight convinced me more than ever that it had deserved its place at the top of my bucket list. Tennis Resorts Online visitors agree, having crowned it the No. 1 tennis camp in the world almost since we started publishing rankings.

You can see my top 3 that remain on my list by visiting Jan. 2023 Newsletter and I encourage you to let us know what's on your bucket list. You can share it by checking out What's On Your Bucket List?.

The Guide To Taking Your Tennis Or Pickleball Racquet On the Road

Since 1999, Tennis Resorts Online has been helping vacationers decide where to go on their next tennis holiday. I've made a career of giving such advice, initially as Tennis magazine's travel and resorts editor and since 1999 as the founder of this website. What you see here are not paid listings but the descriptions—provided without cost to resorts and camps—of those properties I feel are worthy of your attention. Over the course of several decades, I've visited more than 350 resorts on five continents and participated in some 50 different tennis camps, many more than once. It is that personal experience—supplemented now by reviews submitted by vacationers like you—that underpins this website.

Finding the Tennis Resort or Camp That's Best For You

What you'll find on these and the following pages is a suite of tools to help you make an informed choice on where to go. Start by checking out the rankings of the Top 100 Tennis Resorts and Camps, which we base solely on the reviews submitted by people like you. For more personal advice, use the "Tailored Search" form that lets you specify precisely the features you're looking for in a resort or camp. Those results link to my personal descriptions, which are supplemented by the reviews—good or bad—of others who themselves have been there. There are also maps of what can be found in six different regions of the U.S. and one for Europe. Every property we list appears in a master index, listing both alphabetically and by state, region, or country. There is also a section devoted to junior camps, though since I'm a little old to participate in any of those I've had to settle for writing a description and let those juniors who've attended or their parents write personal reviews. To supplement all of this I've included a calendar of events taking place at tennis properties across the globe. We also ask resorts or camps to put together packages that offer special discounts or perks to Tennis Resorts Online readers. You can contact me at . See you on the courts. —Roger Cox, Editor