Virginia packs a surprising range of tennis settings into one state. You can rally on clay near the Blue Ridge mountains, play indoors beside a university stadium, hit on courts steps from a colonial capital, or squeeze in a match between rounds of golf along the Potomac.

The best tennis resorts in Virginia have also kept pace with how people play today. Every resort in this guide now offers pickleball, allowing racquet sports enthusiasts the option to pack both their racquet and their paddle for an upcoming getaway.

The five resorts are listed in alphabetical order, so you can compare them side by side and select the one that best suits your preferences.

Boar’s Head Resort (Charlottesville)

Boar’s Head Resort sits in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains on a 600-acre property just outside Charlottesville. It is owned and operated by the University of Virginia Foundation, and its Sports Club serves as home base for UVA’s men’s and women’s tennis and squash teams. For racquet sports travelers, it offers the widest mix of games on this list.

Racquet Sports Experience

The Sports Club has 12 indoor hard courts, 10 outdoor clay courts, 9 outdoor hard courts, and 12 pickleball courts (6 dedicated and 6 shared with tennis). The UVA teams play on six more hard courts and a stadium court on the same grounds. With a dozen indoor courts, Boar’s Head is one of the easiest places in Virginia to plan a tennis trip during winter.

Padel players will find three dedicated courts next to UVA’s tennis stadium, and squash players get 14 courts plus two exhibition courts at the McArthur Squash Center. The Sports Club is reserved for members and overnight hotel guests, and hotel guests receive complimentary access.

Adult clinics are grouped by level. The Beginner to Advanced Beginner Clinic (2.0 to 3.0) covers basic strokes, scoring, and positioning, and loaner racquets are available. Players can move up through the Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Clinic (2.5 to 3.5), the Advanced Intermediate Clinic (3.5 to 4.0), and Drills for Skills (2.5 to 4.0). Stronger players can join the Advanced Player clinic, a college-style workout for 4.0 and up. A Cardio Clinic for all levels rounds out the schedule.

Private lessons for hotel guests are also available. Additionally, the resort runs a Private Adult Academy for groups as well as junior tennis programs. Pickleball players can join weekly clinics and play either indoors or outdoors. The resort’s Racquet Packet offers bundles of one adult clinic per guest with an hour of court time.

Accommodations

The main hotel offers guest rooms and suites, including pet-friendly options and a cottage suite. For a quieter stay, the resort also operates Birdwood Mansion, a seven-room boutique hotel on the property.

Amenities

The Spa at Boar’s Head offers a full treatment menu, and the Sports Club features a fitness center, group fitness classes, and childcare for members and guests. The Aquatics Center has a family pool, lap lanes, a lazy river, and a slide, while adults looking for a calmer setting can use the separate adult resort pool.

Golfers can play Birdwood Golf Course, built by Davis Love III and his Love Golf Design team. It includes an 18-hole course, a six-hole par-3 course called The Nest, and a putting course nearly an acre in size. Birdwood is also the home course for UVA’s golf teams, and the Boar’s Head Golf Academy offers instruction there as well.

Walking trails wind past lakes, ponds, and wetlands across the property. Boar’s Head Outfitters runs activities such as scavenger hunts and guided paddling clinics on nearby rivers and lakes. For dinner, The Mill Room is the resort’s signature restaurant, and Racquets Fresh Market and Aqua Poolside can cover casual meals.

Kingsmill Resort (Williamsburg)

Kingsmill Resort stretches along the banks of the James River a few miles from historic Williamsburg. Anheuser-Busch bought the land in 1969 and developed part of it into the resort, which today pairs a clay-court tennis club with championship golf and a riverfront marina.

Racquet Sports Experience

The Tennis Club has 12 tennis courts: 10 clay courts, two of them lit with LEDs, and 2 hard courts with lines for 4 pickleball courts. Facilities include a fully stocked pro shop, locker rooms, ball machines, hoppers, demo racquet rentals, and stringing and regripping.

Racquet sports are overseen by Director Davy Hairston, who holds PTR and PPR certifications and runs programs for both tennis and pickleball. The pro staff offers private lessons, camps, and clinics for adults and juniors. Junior tennis follows a structured pathway that places players by age, ability, and size, and the resort also runs junior camps in the summer.

The daily resort amenity fee includes a complimentary 60-minute court reservation and rental racquets. Groups can book a round robin tournament, a one-hour Slam clinic, or a two-hour Grand Slam clinic. Courts are open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Accommodations

Kingsmill offers guest rooms and one- to three-bedroom condos spread across the resort. Five cottages sit right on the James River, and the Villas at Wareham’s Pond (the Palmer and Dye Houses) suit golf groups and family gatherings. The resort also has extended-stay options and pet-friendly rooms that welcome up to two dogs or cats.

For a splurge, the Estate at Kingsmill is a 7,000-square-foot, four-bedroom private home overlooking the river, with an infinity pool and a private chef.

Amenities

The Kingsmill Spa offers a full menu of treatments. There are three pools on the property, and the full-service marina on the James River is the starting point for boating and other water activities. Kingsmill has river access rather than a swimming beach.

Golf is Kingsmill’s most famous amenity. The Pete Dye-designed River Course has hosted 38 PGA and LPGA Tour events. The Plantation Course, an Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay design, weaves past historic landmarks, and the Woods Course is open only to members and their guests. The resort is also home to Williamsburg’s only Golf Channel Academy.

Beyond the courts and courses, Kingsmill runs a full calendar of resort events and offers packages that include Busch Gardens tickets. Walking paths and landscaped lawns make it easy to explore the grounds between matches.

Lansdowne Resort (Leesburg)

Lansdowne Resort sits in Northern Virginia’s Loudoun County, close to Dulles Airport and Washington, D.C. It is best known for golf and its spa, so think of it as a place to mix casual tennis or pickleball into a golf or wellness weekend rather than a dedicated tennis destination.

Racquet Sports Experience

Lansdowne has 2 lighted tennis courts and 3 pickleball courts. They are open daily from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., and court time is complimentary for resort guests and club members.

For instruction, the resort works with Khamp, a USPTA- and PTR-certified coach with more than four decades of coaching experience. He teaches players of all ages and levels and focuses on skill development while keeping lessons fun.

Accommodations

Rooms range from deluxe guestrooms to luxury suites, some with private balconies overlooking the golf courses and countryside. Designated pet-friendly rooms are available, and a daily resort fee covers access to the resort’s amenities.

Amenities

Spa Minérale offers facials, including Hydrafacials, along with massages and sound bath sessions, and the resort also has a fitness center. Lansdowne has three outdoor pools, including one with a slide, plus a poolside bar and grill. Pools stay open on weekends after Labor Day for part of the fall, and day visitors can buy passes through ResortPass.

Lansdowne has 45 holes of championship golf, including courses designed by Greg Norman and Robert Trent Jones Jr., and a golf academy for lessons.

The resort also hosts seasonal events such as wine dinners and holiday celebrations. On Friday evenings, Harmony Garden offers drinks and bites outdoors, and seasonal stay packages add perks like breakfast credits.

Williamsburg Inn (Williamsburg)

The Williamsburg Inn opened in 1937 in the heart of Colonial Williamsburg, and tennis has been part of its story since 1941. It is the pick for travelers who want a genteel, history-rich trip with well-kept clay courts a short walk from the Historic Area.

Racquet Sports Experience

The Williamsburg Inn Tennis Club has 8 courts in a tree-lined setting on East Francis Street. There are 6 Har-Tru clay courts, open from mid-March through mid-December, and 2 hard courts that stay open year-round. The hard courts are also lined for 4 pickleball courts.

Guests of the Williamsburg Inn, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Lodge, and the Colonial Houses receive one complimentary hour of court time. They can also join exclusive 30-minute clinics three times a week as well as borrow junior racquets for players 12 and under. The clinics run Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at midday, with adult clinics on Monday and Friday and junior clinics on Wednesday.

Tennis pro Hoy Correll, a former Catawba College player, has instructed guests at the club for more than 25 years and offers private lessons and group clinics for adults and juniors. The pro shop carries Wilson products and is open from mid-March to mid-December. Staff can also string and regrip racquets, rent ball machines, hoppers, and racquets, supply pickleballs and paddles for resort guests, and help you find a hitting partner.

Accommodations

The Inn has 62 guest rooms decorated in a Regency style. The same tennis perks extend to guests of three sister properties. The Griffin Hotel, right next to the Tennis Club, and the Williamsburg Lodge usually cost less than the Inn, which makes them good picks for travelers on a tighter budget. The Colonial Houses let you stay in restored historic homes inside the Historic Area, with rates that vary by house.  

Amenities

The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg offers massages, facials, and holistic treatments. The resort fee includes access to the fitness center and daily group exercise classes, along with two outdoor pools, one of them heated, and an indoor pool at the spa.

Golden Horseshoe Golf Club has two 18-hole courses. The Gold Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., features one of America’s first island greens. The Green Course, designed by Rees Jones, winds through 105 acres of Virginia woodlands. The nine-hole Spotswood Course was permanently closed in late 2022 by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 

Resort guests receive complimentary admission tickets to the 301-acre Historic Area, where you can tour historic buildings and watch trades come to life. You can also hike the Bassett Trace Nature Trail or explore the Colonial Williamsburg Arboretum and its gardens. Dining ranges from the Inn’s own restaurants and the Restoration Bar to the historic taverns.

Wintergreen Resort – Wintergreen Tennis Academy (Wintergreen)

Wintergreen Resort is a four-season mountaintop resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Nelson County. Summer temperatures on the mountain stay cool, which makes it a natural escape for tennis players when the rest of Virginia heats up. It also has the most structured academy and camp lineup in this guide.

Racquet Sports Experience

Wintergreen’s racquet sports are split between two sites, with 16 clay tennis courts and 3 indoor DecoTurf courts. The main complex at Devils Knob has 12 outdoor tennis courts, 3 indoor tennis courts, 8 outdoor pickleball courts, and 6 indoor pickleball courts, along with a full-service pro shop and ball machines for both sports. Down in the valley, Stoney Creek has 4 poolside clay courts. 

Only Wintergreen Club members, their guests, and guests staying in resort-managed lodging can use the facilities. Rental homes on the mountain that the resort does not manage do not include access, so book through Wintergreen if tennis is your priority. The weekend Tennis Academy comes in three lengths: 6 hours, 8 hours, and 10 hours. Each includes video analysis, snacks, an academy souvenir, and 15% off merchandise, and participants get 20% off the daily lodging rate. Academies need at least four players, so they work well for friends or USTA teams, and custom schedules are available.

Daily programs include “Great Base”, a player development session for juniors and adults of all levels, and open play sessions that start with a short instructional segment. The 1+1+1 package combines two private lessons, a clinic, and video analysis of one stroke. Pickleball players can join clinics such as Morning Madness and Train Like a Junior, plus Super DUPR Saturdays, a rated ladder event.

Juniors have plenty of options, too. The Junior Tennis and Golf Camp at Stoney Creek runs Monday to Thursday in summer with lunch included. Wintergreen also hosts a Nike Tennis Camp for ages 8 to 18 and holiday Nike camps in December.

The program is led by Director of Racquet Sports Ryan Fleming, a former Clemson player with more than 30 years in the game. The staff also includes teaching pro Gretchen Rush, a former WTA tour player and 1988 Wimbledon mixed doubles finalist.

Accommodations

Resort-managed lodging ranges from studio and lodge rooms to multi-bedroom condominiums and large private homes. The biggest homes have 13 bedrooms and sleep up to 26. Lodging in the Devils Knob area puts you close to the racquet sports complex, the spa, and the aquatics center.

Amenities

The Spa at Wintergreen offers a menu of treatments, and the Aquatics and Fitness Center adds an exercise studio, steam rooms and saunas, and yoga and water aerobics classes. The center has an indoor pool and a therapeutic soak pool open year-round, outdoor hot tubs, and an outdoor pool from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. In the valley, guests can swim at the Stoney Creek Pool or head to Lake Monocan, which has a sandy beach.

Wintergreen has 45 holes of golf across two courses. Devils Knob sits at 3,850 feet and is open only to members and lodging guests. Stoney Creek, a Rees Jones design with three nines in the Rockfish Valley, is open to the public and plays year-round.

In winter, Wintergreen becomes a ski and snowboard resort with a tubing park. The rest of the year, guests can hike, try fly fishing, visit the Discovery Ridge Adventure Center, or catch seasonal festivals and chairlift rides.

How to Choose the Right Tennis Resort in Virginia

If improving your game is the main goal, look at Wintergreen and Boar’s Head first. Wintergreen has weekend academies, daily development sessions, and junior camps, while Boar’s Head offers level-based clinics every day and a large pro staff.

Clay-court fans have four strong choices: Boar’s Head, Kingsmill, Williamsburg Inn, and Wintergreen. If you are traveling in winter, Boar’s Head and Wintergreen are the only resorts with indoor tennis courts.

Players who want variety should head to Boar’s Head, which is the only resort in this guide with padel and squash on site. Families who want tennis alongside pools and plenty of other activities will do well at Kingsmill or Wintergreen. History lovers will enjoy the Williamsburg Inn, and golfers who just want a hit or two between rounds will find Lansdowne convenient.

Before you book, check three things. First, confirm who can use the courts, as Wintergreen and Boar’s Head limit access to members and resort guests. Second, check seasonal hours because outdoor clay courts in Virginia usually close for part of the winter. Third, read what the daily resort fee covers, since several resorts include court time, pools, and fitness access in it.

Final Thoughts

The tennis resorts in Virginia cover a lot of ground, from mountaintop academies to riverfront clay courts and historic inns. Boar’s Head stands out for sheer variety, with indoor courts, padel, and squash. Wintergreen is the choice for structured academies and cool summer play, while Kingsmill and the Williamsburg Inn deliver classic clay-court tennis in the Historic Triangle. Lansdowne rounds out the list for travelers who want tennis as one part of a golf or spa getaway.

Whichever resort you choose, call ahead to confirm court hours, clinic times, and seasonal schedules, since they can change during the year.

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