Top tennis courts in Raleigh
Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center
4.7(147 reviews)
1905 Spring Forest Rd, Raleigh
Tennis Courts in Raleigh, NC
Raleigh's fast-growing parks system keeps pace with its booming population, offering well-maintained public courts at Millbrook Exchange Park, Pullen Park near NC State, and Lake Johnson Park — with dozens more scattered across North, South, and West Raleigh.
23 (all hard, 3 drop-in)
Millbrook Exchange Courts
36 (7 covered, 25 outdoor + 4 PB)
Cary Tennis Park Courts
20 (free play, reservable for $5/hr)
Raleigh Public Tennis Locations
$3M, opened 2012
NC State Outdoor Stadium
Tennis in Raleigh
A local guide to the Raleigh tennis scene.
Notable Facilities
Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center
Raleigh's largest public tennis facility with 23 hard courts, two backboards, ball machine rentals, and drop-in play at three dedicated courts.
Cary Tennis Park
North Carolina's largest public tennis venue (in adjacent Cary) with 36 courts — 7 covered, 25 outdoor hard, 4 permanent pickleball — plus a championship stadium court. Hosts the Cary Tennis Classic ATP and WTT events.
J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center (NC State)
30,000-square-foot indoor facility on NC State's campus that opened in 2004, paired with the Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium (2012, six red-surfaced courts).
Tennis History
1968
J.W. Isenhour begins his run as NC State men's tennis head coach (through 1981), elevating the program
1978
NC State wins back-to-back ACC tennis championships (1978 and 1979) and advances in the NCAA Championships
2004
J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center opens on NC State's campus, named after the long-time coach
2012
Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium opens at NC State, replacing the older outdoor courts
Did You Know?
- Cary Tennis Park (just outside Raleigh) hosts the Cary Tennis Classic, which has featured ATP top-15 players Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Jack Sock, and Tommy Paul
- The Triangle (Raleigh-Cary-Durham) is one of the densest concentrations of public tennis courts in the Southeast, anchored by Millbrook Exchange and Cary Tennis Park
- USTA North Carolina, the section serving the Triangle, runs one of the largest junior team tennis programs in the country
Best Time to Play
Outdoor March–November with mild winters that allow many sunny play days December–February; summer humidity pushes league matches to mornings.
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