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May 1, 2009. This is the 10th year that Tennis Resorts Online has published a list of top tennis resorts and camps. As usual, we have broken the results down into two large groups: the Top 75 Tennis Resorts and the Top 25 Tennis Camps. Among the resorts, Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina seized the No. 1 spot for a tennis vacation, as it had in 2006 and 2007. Among the camps, Roy Emerson Tennis Holidays in Switzerland repeated as the best in its category.
The source for these rankings comes from vacationers like you: people who pay for their holiday and thus have every reason to be objective about the experience. For 2009, Tennis Resorts Online's survey asked players to assess resorts and camps in 20 categories. Those included not only all aspects of the tennis experience but also such diverse off-court characteristics as the quality of the lodging, restaurants, children's programs, and value for dollar. Those reviews were
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then tabulated in order to determine a numerical ranking using a formula that gives added weight to the tennis elements.
To ensure that these results were statistically meaningful, we required a minimum of 25 reviews for a resort to qualify for a Top 10 ranking or for a camp to qualify for one of the top 5 places. All others had to receive at a minimum of 10 reviews over the past year. Resorts also had to have a minimum of six tennis courts. Only reviews associated with a valid email address counted toward the rankings.
For the Top 25 Resorts—our Gold Medal Resorts—we have published the actual numerical rankings. The next 50 on the list have been divided into two groups: our Silver Medal Resorts—those ranked No. 25-50—and our Bronze Medal Resorts—those ranked No. 51-75. Silver and Bronze medal winners are published in alphabetical order. Camps, like the top 25 resorts, are ranked in order of finish.
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Gold Medal Resorts
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Top 25 Tennis Resorts
- Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina
- Rancho Valencia, an Auberge Resort, California
- Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii
- The Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa, Arizona
- Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort, South Carolina
- Topnotch Resort and Spa, Vermont
- Saddlebrook Resort, Florida
- Caneel Bay, A Rosewood Resort, U.S. Virgin Islands
- TOPS'L Beach & Racquet Resort, Florida
- Wild Dunes, South Carolina
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- La Quinta Resort & Club, California
- The Broadmoor, Colorado
- Sea Colony Resort, Delaware
- Wintergreen Resort, Virginia
- Four Seasons Resort and Club, Texas
- Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, New Hampshire
- Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, Tirol, Austria
- Desert Springs, A JW Marriott Resort & Spa, California
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- Longboat Key Club & Resort, Florida
- Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Florida
- Port Royal Racquet Club, South Carolina
- Waterville Valley Resort, New Hampshire
- Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort, Florida
- Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, North Carolina
- The Inn at Manitou, Ontario, Canada
- Naples Grande Beach Resort, Florida
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Silver Medal Resorts
Resorts Nos. 27-50 (listed alphabetically)
- Boca Raton Resort & Club, Florida
- The Buccaneer, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Carmel Valley Ranch, California
- Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Florida
- Grand Cypress Resort, Florida
- Green Valley Resort & Spa, Utah
- Kapalua Resort, Hawaii
- La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, California
- Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort, South Carolina
- Lodge at Pebble Beach, California
- Lodge at Ventana Canyon, Arizona
- Northstar-at-Tahoe, California
- Reynolds Plantation, Georgia
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- Rio Mar Beach Resort & Spa, A Wyndham Grand Resort, Puerto Rico
- Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, Florida
- Rosemary Beach, Florida
- Rosewood Little Dix Bay, British Virgin Islands
- The Sea Pines Resort, South Carolina
- The Seabrook Island Club, South Carolina
- Shipyard Plantation, South Carolina
- Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont
- Sunriver Resort, Oregon
- Taos Tennis at the Quail Ridge Taos, New Mexico
- Whistler Racquet Club, British Columbia, Canada
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Bronze Medal Resorts
Resorts Nos. 51-75 (listed alphabetically)
- Amelia Island Plantation, Florida
- The Boulevard Village & Tennis Club, Florida
- The Bridges Family Resort & Tennis Club, Vermont
- Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic
- Couples Swept Away Negril, Jamaica
- The Diplomat Country Club & Spa, Florida
- The Essex, Vermont's Culinary Resort & Spa, Vermont
- Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma, Bahamas
- The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, North Carolina
- Hidden Dunes Beach & Tennis Resort, Florida
- Jonathan Markson Mallorca Tennis Centre, Spain
- La Manga Club, Spain
- Maui Prince Hotel, Hawaii
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- Meadowood Napa Valley, California
- Mission Hills Country Club, California
- Mohonk Mountain House, New York
- The Naples Tennis Club & Resort, Florida
- Oglebay Resort & Conference Center, West Virginia
- Palace Hotel Gstaad, Switzerland
- The Phoenician, Arizona
- Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando, Florida
- Safety Harbor Resort & Spa, Florida
- Shadow Mountain Resort & Club, California
- South Beach Racquet Club, South Carolina
- Wailea Tennis Club, Hawaii
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Top 25 Tennis Camps
- Roy Emerson Tennis Weeks, Switzerland
- New England Tennis Holidays, New Hampshire
- John Newcombe Tennis Ranch, Texas
- Wintergreen Tennis Academy, Virginia
- Vic Braden Tennis College, Green Valley Spa, Utah
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- Saddlebrook Tennis (Hopman), Florida
- Topnotch Tennis Academy, Vermont
- Whistler Adult Tennis Camps, BC Canada
- PBI Tennis Camp at Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, Tirol Austria
- New England Tennis Holidays at Essex Resort & Spa, Vermont
- Reed Anderson Tennis School, California
- Peter Kaplan's Westhampton Beach Tennis Academy, New York
- NIKE Amherst Adult Tennis Camp, Massachusetts
- Dennis Ralston Tennis Camps at Mission Hills, California
- Van der Meer Tennis, Shipyard, South Carolina
- Litchfield Tennis School, South Carolina
- Ramey Tennis Schools, Kentucky
- Swarthmore Tennis Camps, Pennsylvania
- Stan Smith Tennis Academy, Sea Pines, South Carolina
- Bollettieri Tennis Academy, Florida
- Academia Sanchez-Casal Adult Camp, Florida
- Total Tennis, New York
- Desert Tennis Academy, Shadow Mountain, California
- Brady Tennis Camp, California
- Northstar-at-Tahoe Tennis Camps, California
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View 2009 Rankings by Category
If you'd like to rate any of the resorts or camps you've attended on vacation, visit the Rate a Resort page. All the new information we begin to gather will be used to the rankings for 2010. Entrants are eligible to win valuable prizes in a drawing among those who submit reviews.
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