Tennis in Switzerland –

Things you may wish to know

Have you moved newly to Switzerland? Than we would like to express a very warm “grüezi” to you and hope that you will enjoy a great stay in this beautiful country.

Many, many years ago I made a similar move as you have now. With the tender age of 15 I moved from Switzerland to Sydney, Australia, where I played the tournament and club competition scene and enjoyed my education as Tennis coach. So I know out of first hand how difficult it can be to get settled in a new country.

With this information I wish to answer some of your questions regarding Tennis in Switzerland:

• Tennis in Switzerland is played either in commercial Tennis centres or in Tennis clubs. You will find all the Tennis centres on the Swisstenis' Website and the regional list of Tennis clubs > here. If you wish to play in Tennis centres all you have to do is rent a court. Usually one can rent a court on an individual basis, take an abonnement or hire a court for a whole season (summer or winter or both) > Prices
  
  
• If you wish to play in a club you have to get in contact with the club itself. The easiest way of course is to know somebody in such a club or get in touch on their website. Alternatively the Tennishalle Wädenswil offers all the advantages of a club without actually being one! > Sommer pass
  
  
• If you wish to have coaching lessons there is the choice from one of the professional schools in the Tennis centres. Alternatively the Tennis clubs also have their own coaches in which case only members can book lessons > Courses
  
  
• Swiss Tennis is the national association and their homepage is www.mytennis.ch. Swiss Tennis organises all the interclub, junior interclub competitions, oversees the official tournaments, publishes the twice yearly computer rankings and does many things more
  
  
• If you wish to play competition you must apply via our summer pass, your local club or directly with Swiss Tennis for a competition licence. This licence begins at the lowest ranking “R9” (for “regional classification 9”) and goes to R1 and then on to N4 (for “national ranking 4”) right through to “N1.1”. And who has that highest ranking? Roger Federer! Every match you play is registered with Swiss Tennis and according to your success or failure you are ranked by a special points system similar to the ATP or WTA systems. If you play Tennis already pretty well you can be ranked in a higher category directly without playing. In any case get in contact with us! > Sommer pass
  
  
• Competition is played in official tournaments which are perfectly organised and categorised in terms of level of play and age group. Once a year in May/June Swiss Tennis organises the interclub championships for adults where thousands of teams from all the clubs compete against one another. All the teams are once again categorised in terms of level of play and age groups. June to October Swiss Tennis organises the same for the juniors > Sommer pass

I hope I have been able to be of assistance in answering some of you questions regarding Tennis in Switzerland. If you have any further questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. Try us and you will see that your phone call or e-mail will be answered promptly by the best possible service in Tennis: the Tennishalle Wädenswil!