Tennis in Hamburg

German tournament tennis began in Hamburg. In 1892 Klipper THC, founded four years earlier as an ice-rink club on the Uhlenhorst, staged the first International German Championships. Out of them grew the Hamburg Open, played at the Rothenbaum in Harvestehude since 1924 and one of the five oldest tennis tournaments in the world. Klipper plays in Wellingsbüttel today, on grounds it has used since 1920.

As almost everywhere in the country the game is played on clay, from late April into the autumn, and after that in the indoor halls, which in Hamburg are mostly laid with carpet or granulate. The clubs' team league, the Medenspiele, carries the name of Carl August von der Meden, the first president of the Deutscher Tennis Bund, the German tennis federation, who had brought the 1892 championships to the Uhlenhorst.

The clubs are spread unevenly: Wandsbek has the most with 25, Bergedorf the fewest with 4. 58 of the 94 clubs have indoor courts of their own. The largest grounds are those of Uhlenhorster Hockey - Club e.V., with 24 courts. The earliest founding year in the list belongs to Klipper THC e.V., 1888.

This page lists every club the Hamburger Tennis-Verband lists, with its grounds, its number of courts and its surface, and lays the tennis courts from OpenStreetMap over them. From here you can go into the districts and on to the individual clubs; anyone who plays somewhere can follow their club and confirm it on FifthSet as their own.