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Private & Semi-Private Lessons in Amagansett, NY
Private tennis lessons in Amagansett run about $175–190 an hour at the one Hamptons club that publishes a rate, against a $113 national average, plus the court if you have none: Montauk Downs at $44 an hour or a $25 Southampton Village permit. Tell us who is learning, their level and where in Amagansett you are based; one certified, background-checked coach calls within one business day.
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A private lesson in Amagansett happens on your court, at a club or on a public court, and the coach we send you to is chosen for which of those you have. We put Amagansett players and parents in touch with one certified, background-checked coach, and we publish the 2026 rates that are public.
Private lessons in Amagansett: what's different here
SPORTIME Amagansett’s 33 Har-Tru courts and the John McEnroe Tennis Academy on Abrahams Path, the Town’s four public courts on the same road at Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park and the Abrahams Path facility, the Devon Yacht Club’s courts on the bay behind its gates, and the Further Lane estates with courts of their own.
On the ocean side of Amagansett the private court behind the house is the lesson venue and the wind is the coach’s problem: summer afternoons run 8–10 mph on land and more on the beachfront, so coaches who teach the oceanfront in Amagansett book mornings for stroke work and leave the windy hours for points.
Amagansett had 1,824 residents at the 2020 Census and one of East Hampton’s largest collections of estates along Further Lane, where the private courts are; the Devon Yacht Club on Gardiner’s Bay is private and takes non-members only with a member. Abrahams Path is the tennis road of the South Fork: the Town of East Hampton’s two courts at Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park (306 Abrahams Path), two more at the Abrahams Path Recreational Facility (385), and SPORTIME Amagansett at 320, a 25-acre club with 33 Har-Tru courts and four pickleball courts, open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily from mid-April through the first week of November, with no indoor courts.
Public courts in Amagansett are run by the Town of East Hampton Recreation Department (Lt. Lee Hayes Youth Park and the Abrahams Path Recreational Facility); the tennis coach we put you in touch with knows the court rules and books the time.
How it works
Tell us about the lesson once. One certified, background-checked tennis coach who works Amagansett and handles private lessons regularly contacts you within 1 business day. Free for players and parents, no spam calls.
FAQ
Private lessons questions
How much do private tennis lessons cost in the Hamptons?
About $175–190 an hour at the one Hamptons club that publishes a rate: Ross School Tennis Center in East Hampton charges $175 on weekdays and $190 on weekends and holidays in 2026. New York coaches list $65–190 a lesson, with named coaches at $100–150, and the national average is $113 with a $62–204 range (Thumbtack). The other Hamptons clubs quote through booking portals, and the coaches we work with sit around the Ross number in season. Add the court if you have none: Montauk Downs rents Har-Tru at $44 an hour ($24 for members), Southampton Village sells a $25 season permit, and club memberships with court time run from $2,547 (individual) to $6,000+ (family). A summer of twelve weekly lessons at the published rate is about $2,100.
Read the full answer →Do I need to belong to a club to take tennis lessons in the Hamptons?
No. Montauk Downs State Park rents its six Har-Tru courts to anyone at $44 an hour ($24 for members) from mid-May to October; the Village of Southampton sells a court permit at $25 (individual) or $75 (family); Sag Harbor’s Mashashimuet Park, 8 clay and 2 hard courts, is a nonprofit’s public facility with lessons, clinics and a camp; Ross School Tennis Center’s six Hydro Har-Tru courts are open to the public and under a bubble in winter, with private lessons at $175–190; SPORTIME Amagansett sells non-members clinics, camps and private instruction with a surcharge; and the East Hampton Tennis Club teaches non-members. The Town of East Hampton’s public courts in Springs, Amagansett and Montauk post a rule against unauthorised commercial activity, so a paid lesson there needs the Recreation Department’s say-so. A coach with a court of their own is the other answer.
Read the full answer →What do RSPA (formerly USPTA) and PTR certifications mean?
They are the two American coaching credentials. The RSPA, the Racquet Sports Professionals Association, is the former USPTA (its old address now sends you to rspa.net) with 14,000-plus members and four levels: Instructor ($249 to apply plus $235 a year), Professional ($499 plus $335 a year), Elite Professional (an upgrade with on-court testing, $129) and Master Professional (ten or more years as an Elite plus 80 hours of specialty study). RSPA dues include on-court liability insurance for teaching, and its directory at members.rspa.net verifies a coach in a minute. The PTR, the Professional Tennis Registry, is the other body; its site would not load for us, so we do not quote its terms. Neither certification is a background check: we ask every coach for a current screening separately, and the US Center for SafeSport’s core course takes about 90 minutes with a trained status good for 12 months.
How does Hamptons Ace Tennis work?
You tell us about the player once: who is learning, their level, what kind of lessons, when, and where in the Hamptons you are based. We put you in touch with one coach who teaches that age and level in your part of the fork, certified by the RSPA or the PTR and background-checked, and they call you within one business day. From there it is their rate, their schedule and their court, or yours. It is free for players and parents; participating coaches pay us a referral fee for the introduction. We are not a club, a camp or a coaching business, and we do not sell your details; the one coach we send you to is the only one who gets your number. We cover 9 South Fork towns and 6 kinds of coaching.
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