Ranking America’s Top Tennis Cities

The U.S. Open tennis tournament is held in New York every year. Google search trends show that tennis is popular topic around the final. America's highest-rated tennis cities are ranked based on a series of factors including number of facilities, the amount of registered tennis players and the chance of finding a vacant venue.

America’s highest-rated tennis cities are ranked according to several factors.

New York is ranked No. 1 in the world for tennis facilities and registered players. However, there are only 1.1 courts for every 10,000 people in NYC.

Houston has more tennis facilities and courts than any other U.S. city. There are an average of one tennis club and 4.5 courts per 10,000 locals.

There are 141 tennis facilities and 636 tennis courts in Atlanta. There are 13 in every 10,000 people in the city registered as tennis players.

Tallahassee, Florida is ranked 4th in the list of the top tennis cities. It has 768 registered players per 10,000 locals.

Orlando is the second Florida location to earn a place in the Top 10 tennis cities in America. The city boasts 98 tennis clubs and 393 courts across a population of just a quarter of a million.

Irvine, California is ranked 6th in the list of America's Top Tennis Cities. It has 61 registered facilities and 269 registered tennis courts. There are 732 tennis players in Irvine, which is second in U.S. cities with a population over 100,000.

Bethesda, Maryland is ranked 7th among America’s top tennis cities. It has 192 tennis courts and a population of 65,000.

Newark, Delaware is the smallest city to feature in our Top 10, with a population of just 34,000. Newark has 8.9 tennis facilities per 10 people, more than any other U.S. location.

Charlotte, North Carolina is ranked 9th in the list of America's Top Tennis Cities. The city has more tennis courts (628) than all but seven other U.S. locations and the fourth-highest number of registered players (882) behind only Los Angeles (912), Austin (1,067), and New York ( 1,610).

San Diego is ranked 10th in the list of Top Tennis Cities. There are 123 tennis clubs and 735 individual courts in San Diego. The U.S. Open is around the corner. Taylor Fritz and Cori Gauff are playing in it.

To determine America’s top tennis cities, we created an index that considered six equally weighted and ranked factors. The higher the score, the better the city. The index score out of 100 for each city is 100. It is based on the following factors: Tennis facilities, tennis courts, registered tennis players, and tennis player population.

There are registered tennis facilities and registered players in the city. The number of tennis courts per person is based on the Global Tennis Network. The total number and number per player is also based upon the number registered in a city and the overall population.