Public tennis is broadest in San Jose, Palo Alto and Mountain View
A scan of official city, county and recreation pages found 84 distinct, currently identifiable public tennis facilities across the South Bay and Peninsula. The list is best read as a verified official-web inventory: blank cells mean the agency page did not publish that detail, not that access is unrestricted or free.
84
facilities retained
24
cities represented
16
courts at largest center
2026
information checked
Facilities by city
Officially identified sites · top cities
What stands out
1
Large dedicated centers anchor the inventory. Sunnyvale Tennis Center has 16 courts, Cuesta Tennis has 12 and Palo Alto’s Rinconada Park has 9. sunnyvale.ca.gov
2
Free walk-on play is common where fees are explicit. Redwood City publishes free, first-come access at six sites; Menlo Park also keeps drop-in play free while charging for reservations. redwoodcity.org
3
School courts have narrower public windows. Palo Alto and Pacifica limit school sites to after-school, weekend or holiday access. paloalto.gov
4
Booking rules vary sharply. Systems range from pure walk-on use to PerfectMind, ActiveNet, Skedda, Lifetime Activities and paper applications submitted to a recreation office.
Facility directory
A dash means the official source did not state the requested detail. Follow the source before traveling; closures, lessons and seasonal rules can supersede normal hours.
| City | Facility | Courts | Hours | Fees | Booking / access | Source |
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Method: official government and official recreation pages were searched across San Mateo and Santa Clara counties on 21 August 2026. Private clubs and proposed, news-only or pickleball-only sites were excluded. “Courts” is the published tennis-court count; mixed-use courts remain included when tennis is expressly allowed.