Fort Worth has invested heavily in its parks infrastructure, with quality public courts at Trinity Park along the Trinity River, Meadowbrook Park on the East Side, and Tanglewood Park in the prestigious Westover Hills corridor.
27 (16 public + 11 varsity/indoor)
Friedman Tennis Center Total Courts
5 (built 1980 with $500K Mary Potishman Lard Trust grant)
Indoor Courts
1998 Most Outstanding Public Tennis Facility in the Country
USTA Award
1990 Top-25 Tennis Facility in the US
Tennis Magazine
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1980
The Mary Potishman Lard Trust funds the $500K extension adding Fort Worth's first indoor tennis facility (5 courts) at TCU
1990
Tennis Magazine names the center one of the top-25 tennis facilities in the country
1998
USTA Facility Awards Committee names it Most Outstanding Public Tennis Facility in the Country
1999
Center renamed for Bayard H. Friedman, former Fort Worth mayor and TCU board chair
Year-round outdoor play; brutal summer heat (Jun–Sep) and occasional winter ice storms (Dec–Feb) push play to mornings or indoor courts.
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