Richard Taverna for Sotheby’s International Realty
Tennis, anyone? The Wimbledon 2021 championships have already begun. In celebration, we’re serving up some slamming properties with their own private tennis courts.
There’s no reason to leave home to perfect your ground game. You can practice your backhand from your very own backyard. We scouted some of the very best courts to showcase your killer serve.
Naturally, properties with room for a private sport court generally share rarefied air in the luxury homes market. These courts almost always sit alongside giant homes with loads of acres, sparkling pools, and jaw-dropping scenery.
We chose these lookers not just because they house a tennis court, but because they are located in some seriously scenic surroundings.
So grab your tennis whites and get ready for a spectacular tour of eight great homes with their own tennis courts, on the market right now.
5 Fair Lea, Southampton, NY
Price: $49 million
Courtside appeal: Known as Ocean Dream, this 80-year-old Hamptons estate is on the market for the first time in decades.
The 3.7-acre property offers a grass tennis court, pool, and exquisite landscaping. The offering also includes a shingle-style, 7,500-square-foot home with nine bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Several French doors open to the decks that overlook the pool and putting green.
Right on the ocean, the abode also comes with a poolhouse, workout room, staff quarters, and three-car garage.
Richard Taverna for Sotheby’s International Realty
40 Sayres Path, Wainscott, NY
Price: $10,950,000
Courtside appeal: Less than a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, this modern mansion comes with over 20 rooms, including nine bedrooms, and 10.5 bathrooms, along with separate guest quarters.
The exquisite outdoor space features greenery, multiple gardens, specimen trees, rolling meadows, an infinity pool with waterfall, and numerous sculptures. Set amongst serene greenery, find the gorgeous tennis court, with a rose garden, numerous edible gardens, a cedar tree garden, meadow wildflower gardens, and a double pond with bridge walkway.
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227 Dock Lane, Great Neck, NY
Price: $45 million
Courtside appeal: Swan Landing, a custom-built mansion by the award-winning architecture firm Shope Reno Wharton Associates, has been featured in Architectural Digest and House & Garden.
Built in 1995, the 23,000-square-foot home offers 13 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms. Set on 5.3 pristine acres, the waterfront expanse features a deepwater dock, both indoor and outdoor pools, a beach, English garden, guesthouse, and greenhouse.
Work on your rally technique waterside with views of the dock and surrounded by lush greenery.
LuxQue Media for Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty
1 Frick Drive, Alpine, NJ
Price: $32.9 million
Courtside appeal: The palatial estate offers over 30,000 square feet of luxury living, only 8 miles from Manhattan.
Reception rooms include a ballroom, martini parlor, and dual libraries, plus 12 bedroom suites. The property is set on a guard-gated street and spread over 6 acres, and its outdoor amenities feature a tennis court, as well as a saltwater pool, and a poolhouse with its own kitchen.
Dennis McCormack for Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
601 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO
Price: $4.25 million
Courtside appeal: Set on half an acre, the picturesque property offers plenty of room to live, work and play…tennis.
Take in striking views of the Boulder Flatirons while practicing your serve on the mountain side court. Along with tennis, the living space spreads outside with a new back deck. Miles of trails sit just outside the front door.
With five bedrooms and four bathrooms, the home comes with an in-law suite with a separate entrance, mature landscaping, and 180-degree views.
LIV Sotheby's International Realty : Dan De Los Monteros
591 Riversville Rd, Greenwich, CT
Price: $40 million
Courtside appeal: The equestrian estate known as Denbigh Farm also has a celebrity pedigree. The posh property was purchased by the fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and his then-wife, Susie, in 1995.
The two have since divorced, and Susie Hilfiger has placed the English country home on the market. Originally built in 1775, the opulent spread comes with a seven-bedroom, 13,343-square-foot main house on 17.2 acres.
Among sculptured gardens, find the tennis court, as well as a pool. In addition, the grounds also boast a playhouse modeled on Mount Vernon, a gym, carriage house, chicken coops, barns with stalls, apple orchards, and a guest cottage.
Sam Rodriguez for Sotheby’s International Realty
27930 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA
Price: $115 million
Courtside appeal: Fall in love with the coastal abode known as Mar de Amor, or Sea of Love. The compound with its rarefied nine-digit price tag earned a spot as our most expensive listing of the week back in February 2020.
Built in 1997, the contemporary mansion features 12 bedrooms on 10,646 square feet and is set on 2.57 acres. The home’s two wings feature walls of glass, a motor court, decks, patios, and floor-to-ceiling windows that look out to the infinity pool, coastline, and beyond.
Along with a private beach, the extravagant estate comes with a lighted tennis court that, when not used for sport, can be tented for parties that host hundreds of guests.
Alfred Yson for Sotheby’s International Realty
1201 Tower Grove Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Price: $59.5 million
Courtside appeal: Built in 1930, this swanky Beverly Hills American English estate boasts city skyline, canyon, and ocean views. The sumptuous space features five bedrooms and 7.5 bathrooms over 16,439 square feet, on 3 acres.
Highlights include interiors by the White House designer Michael Smith, with rooms that include a wood-beamed foyer, billiard-room, home theater, office, library, and French doors that open to the grounds.
The outdoor space features mature trees, lawns, a heated gazebo, paths, courtyards, and fountains. To top it off, “one of the city’s loveliest tennis courts,” comes surrounded by thick greenery and includes a plush viewing area.
Jim Bartsch for Sotheby’s International Realty
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