Tennis Australia (TA)

The tennis federation in Australia

Tennis Australia (TA) is the national governing body for tennis, managing and promoting the sport across Australia and representing it internationally, and it delivers the Australian Open Grand Slam. It does not affiliate individual clubs directly: clubs, centres and associations affiliate instead through their state or territory Member Association, which is how they access Tennis Australia's National Insurance Program, funding, club-development programs and operational support. TA also runs national junior and open tournament series, a leagues system (state Member Association leagues, club leagues and National League Finals), coach and official accreditation/membership pathways, and uses the ITF World Tennis Number and UTR ratings for player rating and ranking. Its 'more ways to play' remit also covers padel, pickleball, POP tennis and beach tennis. No clubs/licensee counts were found on the pages read.

Getting a licence

Individual players join through a club or centre, which in turn is affiliated with the relevant state/territory Member Association (not with Tennis Australia directly); no national player-registration fee is published on the corporate site.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

This federation also governs: Padel, Pickleball.

From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.

Tennis clubs in Australia → 274 clubs Where to buy a tennis racket in Australia → 9 shops sell tennis equipment in Australia: specialist shops, sports chains and online stores.

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Padel · Padel Australia Pickleball · PA Squash · SqA Badminton · BA Table tennis · TTA

Tennis Australia (TA)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

The other racket-sport federations in Australia

The tennis federation in other countries