Oak Ridge Tennis Club

Oak Ridge Tennis Club began as a grass-roots community tennis organization, formerly incorporated and completely manned by an all volunteer Board and staff. We had been in existence as an unincorporated nonprofit association since at least 1970 --back when the participating membership numbers were huge and tennis was in its heyday. Now we are facing a new challenge for tennis, with more recreational sports leagues, like soccer, pervading the landscape. As of 2010 we registered with the state and were recognized as a Tennessee not-for-profit corporation and a 501 (c) (3) determination as a public charitable organization. In July 2015, we dissolved the corporate structure, and now currently exist as an informal collection of individuals that love tennis and want to promote tennis opportunities in Oak Ridge and surrounding areas and provide an information clearinghouse for all things tennis in our area on our website, and our pages and Twitter. ORTC did offer Spring and Fall Leagues, for Adults and Juniors, of Mixed and Gender Doubles, Singles, Morning and Evening times. Every Spring, ORTC assists with offering community wide tennis programs for the kids on six Wednesday afternoons (sometimes referred to as the Girls Inc. program) teaching them basics and providing free equipment and overall exposure to the game. We also sponsored USTA sanctioned tournaments for Juniors and Adults, offer free lessons, seminars and tennis outings to the community at large and special groups, have social gatherings for tennis lovers, and much, much more! Check the ORTC website (oakridgetennisclub.org) for any current news or activities being offered by various groups regarding tennis.