Town of Southampton
Adult Lessons & Cardio Tennis in Southampton, NY
Adult tennis lessons in Southampton run $175–190 an hour at the one Hamptons club that publishes a rate, with clinics from beginner to 4.0-plus, Cardio Tennis and Live Ball at the clubs, and public courts from $25 a season in Southampton Village or $44 an hour at Montauk Downs. Tell us your level and where in Southampton you are based; one certified coach who teaches adults calls within one business day.
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Adult lessons in Southampton are a summer project or a year-round one, at the club, on a public court or on the court behind the house. We put Southampton adults in touch with one certified coach who teaches grown-ups well, which is a skill of its own, and we publish the rates and permits that are public.
Adult lessons in Southampton: what's different here
The Village’s permitted public courts, the Town’s courts on Majors Path in North Sea, Southampton Racquet Club & Camp with Cliff Drysdale Tennis, the Meadow Club on First Neck Lane behind its gates, Future Stars’ camp courts, and the estate-section courts south of the highway.
Southampton adults can choose a public court, a club or their own within a few miles; the coach we send you to teaches at whichever you have, and books the court if you have none.
The Village of Southampton sells a tennis court permit at $25 for an individual and $75 for a family, plus a $150 refundable key-fob deposit returned if the fob comes back by December 31 (Village Code §101-3; the 2026 form); the Parks Department maintains the courts, and the form says nothing about paid instruction, so ask before booking a lesson there. The Town of Southampton’s 2026 Parks and Recreation fee schedule prices basketball, bocce and hockey courts at $20 an hour and lights at $40 an hour but has no tennis line at all, and its sports programmes are priced at the cost of instruction plus overhead; Parks & Recreation is at 6 Newtown Road, Hampton Bays.
Public courts in Southampton are run by the Village of Southampton Parks Department inside the village (a $25 individual or $75 family court permit); Town of Southampton Parks & Recreation in Hampton Bays outside it; 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 Southampton and handles adult lessons regularly contacts you within 1 business day. Free for players and parents, no spam calls.
FAQ
Adult lessons questions
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 does a public tennis court cost in the Hamptons?
From nothing published to $44 an hour. Montauk Downs State Park rents its six Har-Tru courts at $44 an hour, $24 for members, from mid-May to October. The Village of Southampton sells a season permit at $25 for an individual and $75 for a family, plus a $150 key-fob deposit refunded if the fob comes back by December 31. The Town of Southampton’s 2026 fee schedule prices basketball and bocce courts at $20 an hour and lights at $40 but has no tennis line at all. The Town of East Hampton publishes no fee or hours for its courts in Springs, Amagansett and Montauk, only rules: one hour when others are waiting, no dogs, no unauthorised commercial activity. Sag Harbor’s Mashashimuet Park, a nonprofit’s 8 clay and 2 hard courts, publishes no fee either.
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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Family Lessons in Southampton
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Summer Camps & Clinics in Southampton
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Tournament Prep & Competitive Training in Southampton
For juniors and adults who compete: what UTR and NTRP measure, the Suffolk school seasons, where the year-round courts are, what an Elite-certified coach is, and the state of the local calendar.
Book a tennis coach in Southampton
Sixty seconds: who is learning, their level, what kind of lessons, and where you are based. One certified, background-checked coach who teaches that age and level calls you within one business day. Free for players and parents; nobody else gets your number.
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