Royal Tennis Court

Royal Tennis Court Real Tennis Court located in Hampton Court Palace. Built circa 1526, the active club is now home to over 500 members, used daily between 7am and 11pm.

The first tennis court at Hampton Court was built for Cardinal Wolsey, between 1526 and 1529. There has been a tennis court on the current site since 1625, which was built for Charles I. Three of the walls on the court today date to the 17th Century, the other being Cardinal Wolsey's orginal. Today the court is home to a thriving club with over 500 members, and is open and in use from 7am to 11pm every day of the year, except Christmas Day. New members are always welcome! Nick Wood- Head Professional
Scott Blaber - Senior Professional
Jack Josephs - Assistant Professional
Lesley Ronaldson - Part-time Professional

🎾 RTC ANNUAL DE LASZLO BOWLKicking off the season five teams took to the court for this year’s De Laszlo Bowl, with some...
15/09/2026

🎾 RTC ANNUAL DE LASZLO BOWL

Kicking off the season five teams took to the court for this year’s De Laszlo Bowl, with some incredibly close, hard-fought timed matches – many separated by just a single game.

The twist? Each doubles player must stay on their own side of the court, leading to plenty of unusual shots, tricky situations and impressive balancing acts! As the photo shows, Doug Sheperdigian was doing everything possible to stay on the right side of the line while still returning the ball!

The final saw Dan Whitehead & Ian Harvey take on Jolyon Hogarth-Scott & Doug Sheperdigian.

It couldn’t have been closer. At 4-all, 40-all in the final game, the match was on a knife-edge – before Doug and Jolyon edged the deciding point to take the de Laszlo Bowl! 🏆

Congratulations to the winners, and well played to everyone who competed in another hugely enjoyable tournament.

Pro Challenge MatchJack Josephs (10.3) vs Henry Henman (5.6)2nd August 2026, 3:30pmRTC’s Jack Josephs has laid down a c...
21/07/2026

Pro Challenge Match
Jack Josephs (10.3) vs Henry Henman (5.6)
2nd August 2026, 3:30pm

RTC’s Jack Josephs has laid down a challenge to Henry Henman

Contact the pros to reserve your tickets.

Henry is a young Pro working under Rob and Claire Fahey at the Oratory Real Tennis club. He is world number one under 20 years old, and under 24 British doubles champion. Experience class real tennis as Jack and Henry go head to head in an electrifying showdown at RTC!

Come and support the players, the match and enjoy a glass of wine & some nibbles at RTC.

Ticket Price: £15.00
Students: £8
Under 18’s: free of charge

(Proceeds go to the Junior Development Programme)

We would like to invite all of our club members, and guests to the occasion!

Sunday 2nd August, 3:30pm kick off.
Arrive anytime from 3pm onwards!

Format: Best of 3 x 6 games sets, off level. Professional Marker, RTO competitive match.

Jack is looking to continue his good form in 2026, after picking up some of his career best wins, including an epic against Henry at the Oratory in April. The tremendous support of our members has a huge impact on these games so let’s continue to make RTC a fortress for the home player! We had around 60-70 spectators at the February challenge match, which made for a fantastic social too...

Call or email or WhatsApp the club to reserve your tickets.
WhatsApp: 07368 118185

19/07/2026

Well done Steve Virgona and Nick Howell for making it to the Champions Trophy Final and for putting on such an exciting match.

Congratulations Nick for winning this prestigious championship for the second time!

Great Tennis, Great Atmosphere and Great Afterparty. If you missed it, put the date in your diary for next year and see here: https://www.royaltenniscourt.com/tournaments/champions-trophy/2026

The RTC thanks go to sponsors Mitsubishi Electric, all players, the RTC pros for putting on such an amazing event and marking, Ben Geytenbeek, and Giles Doy for the exceptional YouTube coverage.

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Today's semi-final results from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Co...
18/07/2026

Today's semi-final results from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court

Two very close and exciting games on a hot court, with a full audience of ticket holders in the dedans and gallery and Palace visitors fascinated by the game.

Steve Virgona (4) won against Robert Fahey (3) 6/1 1/6 6/4

Nick Howell (1) won against Ben Taylor-Matthews (2) - 3/6 6/3 6/1

See Ben's full report here: https://www.realtennisnews.com/p/virgona-and-howell-into-champions

Tomorrow's final will be between Nick Howell (1) and Steve Virgona (4), and no doubt some brilliant tennis.

For Ben Geytenbeek's full report of another exciting day of Real Tennis see here:
https://www.realtennisnews.com/p/taylor-matthews-firms-world-race

Catch up here or watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6423Jq0sOjQ&list=PLCTazp_qYd-PX0bDTi_P_wLZHhOjROUx2&index=2

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Latest Results from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court Friday h...
17/07/2026

Latest Results from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court

Friday has seen two very different but equally riveting matches where the UK's Bryn Sayers (6) only just lost to Australia's Nick Howell (1)- 3:6, 6:3, 5:6, scores do not reflect how close the games were. While British no.1 amateur player, Robert Shenkman (5) fought hard against Australia's Steve Virgona (4), slightly injuring himself to be defeated in 2 set's 3:6, 1:6.

The online coverage was fantastic thanks to Giles Doy commentating and Ben Geytenbeek on filming and production. If you have missed matches or can't come in person over the weekend tune in from mobile phone to big screen TV on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6423Jq0sOjQ&list=PLCTazp_qYd-PX0bDTi_P_wLZHhOjROUx2&index=2

Tomorrow's semi-finals are gearing up to be very exciting with the top 4 seeds playing - Nick Howell (1) v Ben Matthews-Taylor (2) and Rob Fahey (3) v Steve Virgona (4)

Tickets still on sale here for an exciting weekend of Real Tennis, never too late!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/real-tennis-champions-trophy-14th-19th-july-2026-tickets-1988159373205?aff=website

For Ben Geytenbeek's full report of another exciting day of Real Tennis see here:
https://www.realtennisnews.com and subscribe for the latest in the sport!

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Latest from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court The first day of...
17/07/2026

Latest from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court

The first day of the main draw of the championship saw the main draw six seeds competing along with the 2 qualifiers Bryn Sayers (6) v Nino Merola, Robert Shenkman (5) v Vaughan Hamilton, Nick Howell (1) v Rob Fahey (3), and Ben Taylor-Matthews (2) v
Steve Virgona (4).

Match results:

1:30 PM: Bryn Sayers (6) def Nino Merola (Q) 6/5 6/3

2:45 PM: Robert Shenkman (5) def Vaughan Hamilton (Q) 6/3 6/2

5:30 PM: Nick Howell (1) lost to Robert Fahey (3) 6/5 0/6 4/6

6:45 PM: Ben Taylor-Matthews (2) def Steve Virgona (4) 6/4 6/3

Order of play for today Friday (all times BST):

5:00 PM: Bryn Sayers (6) vs Nick Howell (1)

6:15 PM: Robert Shenkman (5) vs Steve Virgona (4)

Catch-up here or watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6423Jq0sOjQ&list=PLCTazp_qYd-PX0bDTi_P_wLZHhOjROUx2&index=2

Tickets still on sale here for an exciting weekend of Real Tennis, never too late!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/real-tennis-champions-trophy-14th-19th-july-2026-tickets-1988159373205?aff=website

For Ben Geytenbeek's full report of another exciting day of Real Tennis see here:
https://www.realtennisnews.com/p/taylor-matthews-firms-world-race

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Latest from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court Nino Merola and ...
16/07/2026

Latest from the Champions Trophy 2026 brought to you by Mitsubishi Electric from the Royal Tennis Court

Nino Merola and Vaughan Hamilton have qualified for the main draw of the Champions Trophy, following the second day of play on Wednesday. Hamilton progressed without having to play a ball after receiving a walkover from Lewis Williams, while Merola did things the hard way, having to battle two difficult matches across the course of the day, saving multiple match points against Will Flynn.

The match between Claire Fahey and Will Flynn was a dead rubber fixture, with both having lost their two earlier matches. The restes were fast and frenetic, with both players trying to finish points quickly either by winning length or winning openings. Though fortune helped her over the line in the first two games, Fahey was clinical thereafter, winning the next three unchallenged. Flynn started to then mount a fightback, looking to hit winners where possible. The next five games were exchanged evenly, but Fahey’s strong start still proved decisive. It brought her maiden Champions Trophy victory, even though she did not progress.

For Ben Geytenbeek's full report of a gripping day of Real Tennis see here:
https://buff.ly/ROakb50

Tomorrow the main draw of the championship begins with the six seeds playing in the afternoon and evening: Bryn Sayers (6) v Nino Merola, Robert Shenkman (5) v Vaughan Hamilton, Nick Howell (1) v Rob Fahey (3), and Ben Taylor-Matthews (2) v
Steve Virgona (4).

Tickets on sale here for an exciting weekend of Real Tennis:
https://buff.ly/c5y8SWu

Catch-up here or watch live; https://buff.ly/7Pwvsdb

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Pro Challenge MatchJack Josephs (10.3) vs Henry Henman (5.6)2nd August 2026, 3:30pmRTC’s Jack Josephs has laid down a c...
15/07/2026

Pro Challenge Match
Jack Josephs (10.3) vs Henry Henman (5.6)
2nd August 2026, 3:30pm

RTC’s Jack Josephs has laid down a challenge to Henry Henman

Contact the pros to reserve your tickets.

Henry is a young Pro working under Rob and Claire Fahey at the Oratory Real Tennis club. He is world number one under 20 years old, and under 24 British doubles champion. Experience class real tennis as Jack and Henry go head to head in an electrifying showdown at RTC!

Come and support the players, the match and enjoy a glass of wine & some nibbles at RTC.

Ticket Price: £15.00
Students: £8
Under 18’s: free of charge

(Proceeds go to the Junior Development Programme)

We would like to invite all of our club members, and guests to the occasion!

Sunday 2nd August, 3:30pm kick off.
Arrive anytime from 3pm onwards!

Format: Best of 3 x 6 games sets, off level. Professional Marker, RTO competitive match.

Jack is looking to continue his good form in 2026, after picking up some of his career best wins, including an epic against Henry at the Oratory in April. The tremendous support of our members has a huge impact on these games so let’s continue to make RTC a fortress for the home player! We had around 60-70 spectators at the February challenge match, which made for a fantastic social too...

Call or email or WhatsApp the club to reserve your tickets.
WhatsApp: 07368 118185

Champions Trophy Day 1 Review 🏆Two from two for Vaughan Hamilton and Darren Long, who take the early lead in their respe...
15/07/2026

Champions Trophy Day 1 Review 🏆

Two from two for Vaughan Hamilton and Darren Long, who take the early lead in their respective groups 👏

But there’s a long way to go in the qualifying stage… Nino Merola looked incredibly sharp in his only match of Day 1, securing an impressive 9–2 victory 👀

Group A Results:
Hamilton bt Eadle 9-4
Hamilton bt Yorston 9-2
Eadle bt Williams 9-3

Group B Results:
Long bt Fahey 9-2
Long bt Flynn 9-2
Merola bt Fahey 9-2

Day 2 👀
Merola vs Flynn
Williams vs Yorston
Flynn vs Fahey
Yorston vs Eadle
Merola vs Long 🔥
Williams vs Hamilton

Qualification is all to play for. Bring on Day 2 🏆

🎾 Witness the world's finest Real Tennis players at the Champions Trophy 2026! Presented by 📍 Royal Tennis Court...
10/07/2026

🎾 Witness the world's finest Real Tennis players at the Champions Trophy 2026!
Presented by
📍 Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace
📅 14–19 July
🏆 Six days of world-class action
🎟️ Tickets from just £10, 2-for-1 special on qualifier days (2 tickets or 2 sessions) If you have already bought your tickets, bring a friend or stay longer (please ensure you advise the pros)

Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/real-tennis-champions-trophy-14th-19th-july-2026-tickets-1988159373205?aff=instagram

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Hampton Court Palace
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Tuesday 6am - 11pm
Wednesday 6am - 11pm
Thursday 6am - 11pm
Friday 6am - 11pm
Saturday 6am - 11pm
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