Tennis Resorts Online has published a list of top tennis resorts. Each year we look for ways to make these rankings at once more meaningful and more useful. For 2003, we continued to rely on reader ratings, which doubled in number from last year but broke the results down into two large groups: the Top 75 Tennis Resorts and the Top 25 Tennis Camps.
1. The Broadmoor, Colorado
2. Rancho Valencia Resort, California
3. Palmetto Dunes Resort, South Carolina
4. Colony Beach & Tennis Resort, Florida
5. Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, Florida
6. Tops’l Beach & Racquet Resort, Florida
7. Wild Dunes Resort, South Carolina
8. Wintergreen Resort, Virginia
9. Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Florida
10. Sea Pines Resort, South Carolina
11. Topnotch at Stowe Resort & Spa, Vermont
12. Shipyard Plantation, South Carolina
13. The Boulders Resort & Golden Door Spa, Arizona
14. Sea Colony Beach and Tennis Resort, Delaware
15. Kiawah Island Golf Resort, South Carolina
16. Desert Springs, A JW Marriott Resort & Spa, California
17. Westin Rio Mar Resort, Puerto Rico
18. Boca Raton Resort & Club, Florida
19. The Inn at Manitou, Ontario, Canada
20. Four Seasons Resort Nevis, Nevis, West Indies
21. Port Royal Racquet Club, South Carolina
22. Waterville Valley Resort, New Hampshire
23. Northstar-at-Tahoe, California
24. The Diplomat Country Club & Spa, Florida
25. Whistler Racquet & Golf Resort, British Columbia, Canada
26. The Tryall Club, Jamaica
27. Four Seasons Resort and Club, Texas
28. Gardiner’s Resort, California
29. The Breakers, Florida
30. Lodge at Pebble Beach, California
31. Pointe South Mountain Resort, Arizona
32. Westin Resort & Villas, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands
33. Mohonk Mountain House, New York
34. Kapalua Resort, Hawaii
35. Westin Mission Hills Resort, California
36. Balsams Grand Resort Hotel, New Hampshire
37. Cortina Inn and Resort, Vermont
38. La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, California
39. Carmel Valley Ranch Resort, California
40. Pinehurst Resort & C.C., North Carolina
41. Little Dix Bay Hotel, British Virgin Islands
42. The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii
43. Callaway, Georgia
44. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hawaii
45. The Cloister, Georgia
46. The Phoenician, Arizona
47. South Seas Resort, Florida
48. Couples Swept Away Negril, Jamaica
49. Green Valley Spa & Tennis Resort, Utah
50. The Bridges Family Resort & Tennis Club, Vermont
51. Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic
52. Seabrook Island, South Carolina
53. The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, North Carolina
54. La Quinta Resort & Club, California
55. Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont
56. Saddlebrook Resort, Florida
57. Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, Florida
58. Hidden Dunes Beach & Tennis Resort, Florida
59. Sunriver Resort, Oregon
60. Kingsmill Resort, Virginia
61. Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
62. Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita, Mexico
63. Amelia Island Plantation, Florida
64. Country Club Hotel & Spa, Missouri
65. Safety Harbor Resort & Spa, Florida
66. Rancho Bernardo Inn, California
67. The Buccaneer, U.S. Virgin Islands
68. Teton Pines, Wyoming
69. Naples Bath & Tennis Club, Florida
70. Meadowood, California
71. Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort, South Carolina
72. Sun Valley Resort, ldaho
73. Shadow Mountain Resort & Club, California
74. Club Med-Paradise Island, Bahamas
75. Jonathan Markson Algarve Tennis Centre, Spain
1. New England Tennis Holidays, New Hampshire
2. Bio-Hotel Stanglwirt, Austria
3. Whistler Adult Tennis Camps, BC Canada
4. Topnotch Tennis Academy, Vermont
5. Roy Emerson Tennis Weeks. Switzerland
6. Wintergreen Tennis Academy, Virginia
7. Phil Green Tennis Academy, Florida
8. Vic Braden Tennis College, Green Valley, Utah
9. Van der Meer Tennis, Shipyard, South Carolina
10. Gardiner’s Resort, California
11. No 11th location on Roger’s List
12. Reed Anderson Tennis, Westin Mission Hills, California
13. Killington Tennis at Cortina, Vermont
14. Naples Bath & Tennis Academy, Florida, South Carolina
15. Stan Smith Tennis Academy, Sea Pines, South Carolina
16. Litchfield Tennis School, South Carolina
17. Hopman Tennis Program, Florida
18. Reed Anderson Tennis, Sunriver, Oregon
19. Nike Amherst Tennis Camp, Massachusetts
20. Swarthmore Tennis Camps, Pennsylvania
21. Gunterman Tennis Schools, Vermont
22. John Newcombe Tennis Ranch, Texas
23. Bollettieri Tennis Academy, Florida
24. Total Tennis, New York
25. Desert Tennis Academy, Shadow Mountain, California
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