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“We see significant potential for the precinct to become a premier regional tennis hub and an important complement to Melbourne Park, with the capacity to attract professional players and host high-level tournaments and events that lead into or following the Australian Open and other major competitions.”<\/p>\n
The proposed centre would feature 12 ITF-approved courts capable of hosting international events, eight community courts, and another eight multipurpose courts for pickleball, Hot Shots and POP Tennis.<\/p>\n
The city says the facility would service a catchment of about 75,000 people and help address a shortage of tennis infrastructure in the Armstrong Creek growth corridor.<\/p>\n
The council has committed $13 towards the project, alongside $1 million from Tennis Victoria and Tennis Australia, and is seeking a further $10 million from the state and federal governments.<\/p>\n
Tennis Victoria chief executive Kim Kachel said the centre represented an important long-term investment in the future of regional tennis.<\/p>\n
“Tennis Victoria is proud to be part of a long-term vision that strengthens the entire tennis ecosystem, from local clubs through to high-performance pathways,” Kachel said.<\/p>\n
Mouratoglou Tennis Academy had not responded to questions as this newspaper went to print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A PROPOSED $26 million tennis centre at Armstrong Creek has been declared Victoria’s top tennis infrastructure priority, despite plans for a much larger tennis academy development less than 25km away. The City of Greater Geelong says the Geelong Regional Tennis Centre would service the fast-growing Armstrong Creek corridor and wider south-west region. There are currently […]<\/p>\n