Sat. 6 - Sat. 20 January 2024. We are pleased to announce that the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club will be holding a Boomerang Cup in 2024. Registrations close Friday 8 December 2023
Sat. 9 (morning) - Sun 10 (afternoon) December Restricted to top 4 pairs. Best of 5 six game sets club doubles championship open to RMTC club amateur members. Come and watch some of the best doubles at RMTC.
Fri. 15 December 7am - 9am If you have yet to experience a Sear breakfast tournament it is one of the great things that must be done in life. Sign up in the club to take your place in history. Followed by breakfast.
Sat. 16 December Our biggest young members event of the year, it will be a great day of tennis followed by an evening of food, drink and frivolity. Join us to celebrate the end of a challenging year.
Tue. 2 - Wed. 10 January Some of the Worlds best players will descend on Melbourne and RMTC for the 2024 Australian Open. Info for the Pro-Am (Wed. 10 January), draw and streaming link will be released in the coming weeks. The Singles Final will be held on Mon. 8 January and the Doubles Final on Tue. 9 January.
Wed. 3 ~ Fri. 5 January Start your 2024 with a bang - with what is always a fun & social tournament (and a great way to run off those Christmas lunches). An excellent lead in to the Boomerang Cup.
Wed. 10 January We will have many local and International professionals signed up for the Australian Open Pro-Am. Matches will run from 8:00am - 4:15pm (TBC) with a light catered lunch. For your chance to play alongside one of these pros, bidding details will be provided in early January.
Sat. 6 - Sat. 20 January The Boomerang Cup is the premier world team Handicap Doubles real tennis tournament. Hundreds of tennis players from around the world descend on the Club for two weeks of competition and social activities.
Courts can be booked online using the RMTC Booking System (updated from 1 Nov 2023) or through the Pro Shop. Your existing RTO (Real Tennis Online) number and password carry across to the new system.
Our team of Professionals make the members’ time at the Club a thoroughly enjoyable experience.The Professionals will help arrange games for you with players of a suitable standard and also give lessons and coaching for members.
Check your current handicap (singles and doubles) and your opponent's on Real Tennis Online (RTO). Use the online calculators to work out the start score for each game. Use your RTO number and password as used for the RMTC Booking System.
RMTC | Sat, 9th Dec | 1:00 pm
Best of 5 six game sets club doubles championship open to RMTC club amateur members, restricted to top 4 pairs. Saturday 9am - 12pm and Sunday 2pm - 5pm
RMTC | Fri, 15th Dec | 7:00 am
If you have yet to experience a Sear breakfast tournament it is one of the great things that must be done in life. Sign up in the club to take your place in history. The perpetual trophy was discovered at Leonard Joel auctions. and now features actual sandstone (in the base) from the old Exhibition Street court. It is named after Jeff Bird, held to be the monocular world champion and a man with “an almost mystical knack of winning these tournaments.” To be presented by Elaine Bird (if possible) at breakfast after tennis
RMTC | Sat, 16th Dec | 2:00 pm
Our biggest young members event of the year, it will be a great day of tennis followed by an evening of food, drink and frivolity. Join us to celebrate the end of a challenging year.
Tuesday, 31st Oct
I am writing to you regarding the clubs booking system. Unfortunately, the current system (20 years old) has become increasingly unstable and is unable to meet the demands of users. It has also become more expensive to run. We also need to adjust our system to reflect current Australian legislation with respect to data security.
As a result a subcommittee was formed to look at all the alternatives to replace the existing system. After exhaustive review a contract was awarded to Jesse Laeuchli to build a new system for us.
This system will go live on the 1st of November. When you look up RT Booking (the old system) you will immediately be redirected to realtennisbooking.com
Wednesday, 11th Oct
Congratulations to Hugh Schultz and Lewis Jan who beat Jesse Laeuchli and Helen Schultz, both teams representing the Western Bulldogs, in the final to claim the inaugural Grand Final Eve Handicap Doubles.
Wednesday, 11th Oct
A large team of 12 players made the trip to the RMTC to play for Sydney in the annual Barry Toates Trophy, which this year was attended and presented by the man himself. In the end RMTC won by 16 sets to 4 but there were many close games towards the end of the day as the travellers reacquainted themselves with the real game of tennis.
Many thanks to Richard Pagone for organising a sumptuous feast here at the Club on Saturday night for all the players.
Click through for other SRTC action at RMTC that weekend.
Wednesday, 11th Oct
Aus Am Women's Singles:
Jo See Tan df. Emma Clyde 6/2 6/5
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Wednesday, 11th Oct
20 players turned out to represent a wide array of countries in this year's Internationality Handicap Doubles. After a long day's tennis Helen Schultz and Peta Allsop were the deserving winners, defeating Peter Eklund and Graeme Hocking in the final. Many thanks to the MacKinnon family for once again supporting the event with Andrew arriving first to make breakfast for all the players and staying to present the trophy at the end of the day.
Real tennis is a high strategy racket sport with a pedigree that can be traced back to the twelfth century. It is the original racket game from which are descended most modern racket games including lawn tennis (now called tennis) and squash.
Real tennis is a unique game which provides:
Real tennis is played by sports enthusiasts of all ages and levels. Around the world you might call the game different things – ‘real’ tennis in Australia and Britain, ‘court’ tennis in the US, and ‘jeu de paume’ in France – to players, it is simply ‘tennis’.
Royal Melbourne Tennis Club