WHO ARE WE?
We are student-ran and provide students of Texas A&M University with a competitive, fun, and social organization to play tennis. Texas A&M Tennis Club gives beginning, intermediate, & advanced tennis players an opportunity to improve their tennis skills through hitting, training, and match play. We also gives players an opportunity to find people with similar interests. We have social events throughout the year and multiple tournaments (in town & out of town).
Membership dues cover club t-shirts, tennis balls, practice court times, tournament entry fees, social events, discounted merchandise, and spring formal.
THANKS
& GIG 'EM!
The club was founded in the spring semester of 1992 as the Texas A&M Tennis League.
In the club's first year, there were about 30 members. These members had to practice at a nearby racquet club because A&M would not allow practice on campus.
The club exploded to 120 members in the fall of the following year, forcing the club to move its practices to a local middle school. The club leveled off to about 60 members that spring, and remained at about that level for several years.
In 1998, the club was allowed to practice on campus on the old varsity courts after the current day varsity courts were built in the spring of '98.
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HISTORY
In the early 2000's, the club started playing our current day favorite game of Clean Winner and made the move to the current day practice facilities of the A&M intramural courts once they were constructed. About 2-3 times a year, the club presidents of A&M, Rice, and UT would set up matches with each other just for fun. During the spring of 2000, the National Intercollegiate Recreational Sports Association started the National Tennis Club Championships. The National Tennis Club Championships started off small, but grew once the United States Tennis Association got more involved in 2003.
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The spring of 2004 marked the first Texas Sectionals event. We still play in these tournaments today. In 2005, the name of the organization was changed to the Texas A&M Tennis Club as it is known today.
When the Texas A&M Tennis Club has competed, there have been results. The club has won Texas Sectionals every year except for 2010. In the years of 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, the Texas A&M Tennis Club is proud to be called national champions.
Today, the club consistently reaches above 200 members each year and still plays clean winner as its favorite game on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The club continues to grow and improve itself and has a bright outlook for its future.