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Tennis at the Sports Core
The Oak Brook Bath and Tennis (OBBT) has (8) eight Har-Tru courts along with a staff of skilled tennis professionals for instruction and for providing a whole array of competitive events. Enjoy your matches on maintained courts in a wooded setting and landscaped grounds. Our eight individual and uniquely private Har-Tru clay tennis courts are in the heart of a private and garden like setting! Programming includes lessons and league play. The Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club (Village owned facility) is secluded on 20 acres of magnificent woodlands in an extraordinary private natural setting.
Resident, corporate, and nonresident memberships are available. Membership: The 2022 Online Registration will be available soon.
It’s Better at the OBBT
At the OBBT you get a country club experience at a value price!
Free Court time: There is never an additional cost to book a court once you’re a member at the OBBT. Court time is included!
Har-Tru Green Clay Courts:
- Easier on the body: HAR-TRU courts are easier on the body than other types of courts. There is less strain on the back, legs, and ankles than asphalt/hard courts. HAR-TRU is flexible, allowing a player to slide and recover under control, instead of having to slam down onto the court, absorbing the shock in every joint in the body. Har-Tru surfaces allow sliding, which results in seven times fewer injuries than surfaces which do not.
- Player Development: Players, especially junior players, develop a better, more well-rounded game. The slower speed of a clay courts allows a player to learn to construct a point and learn to play a better all court game. An analysis of the world’s top tennis players shows that most had extensive clay court training in their formative years. Clay court develops toughness, stamina, patience and strategy.
- Environmentally Friendly: Clay dries quickly and is environmentally safe. Unlike hard court surfaces, players can be on a clay
court in a matter of minutes after a rain shower. Har-Tru is made up of natural, crushed, green stone, leaving no chemicals or toxic waste. Har-Tru absorbs water quickly, solves run-off control issues, and gets players back on the court for an exciting match.
- Vertical Court Geometry: The brilliance of the tennis grounds at the OBBT is the vertical & parallel court geometry! Players get a truly private and luxury feeling playing a match because there are no balls coming over to your court. The courts are stacked baseline to baseline with a fence separating each court as well as green space. No interference from stray balls so players get to stay in the flow of a match! This is unique to the OBBT and part of it magical appeal.
Junior Programs
- Kids camp: Ages 6-13 Monday - Thursday mornings 9am-12noon
- Junior Tournament Group: Ages 10-15 Monday - Thursday afternoons 1:30pm-3pm Cost: $25/drop in session
- Reservations: Call/Text Jim Lezatte 630-202-0632
Women’s Drills
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings 9am - 10:30am & 10:30am-12 noon Cost: $25/drop in session
- Reservations: Call/Text Jim Lezatte 630-202-0632
Co-Ed Social League
- Wednesday and Friday nights @ 6pm
- Saturday and Sunday mornings @ 10:30am
- Reservations: Call/Text Margaret Vaughn 217-280-0206 or email vaughnmargaret47@gmail.com
Club Match Play & Club Championship
Men’s & Women’s Challenge Board: Weekly matches vs. other members w/ end of season club championship!
- Men’s and Women’s Singles Challenge Ladder
- Men’s and Women’s Doubles Team Challenge Ladder
- Junior Challenge Ladder: If your junior wishes to participate please text Jim Lezatte 630-202-0632
Club Championship end of summer in September!
- Format: Players and Teams seeded. Get a week to play each other.
- 4 rounds for top 16 teams & players
- Semis and Finals on Sunday afternoon in September