Public tennis is widespread, but booking rules are fragmented across 27 cities
Live web research found 155 source records naming public tennis facilities in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. After obvious alias review, the directory below retains named facilities and marks details that the retrieved public pages did not state rather than guessing.
155
source records screened
27
cities represented
16
courts at largest stated facility
2
counties in scope
Free drop-in is common. Menlo Park and Redwood City explicitly publish free first-come, first-served access; several other agencies list free play at selected courts.
Reservations differ sharply. Systems include CourtReserve, Rec.us, ActiveCommunities, city portals, phone booking and simple walk-on use.
School sites have restricted public windows. Palo Alto and Pacifica school courts generally open after school, on weekends and during holidays.
A blank is a research result. It means no exact current value was found in the retrieved public page, not that the court has no hours, fee or booking rule.
Facility directory
Scope: named courts open to the general public in San Mateo or Santa Clara County. “—” means unresolved from retrieved sources. Fees are ordinary use/reservation fees where stated; classes, memberships and commercial permits may differ.
| Facility | City | Courts | Hours | Fees | How to book / use | Source |
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Method: 5 live WebQL passes on 22 Aug 2026, combining official city, county, school-district and public-agency pages with secondary discovery pages where official detail was sparse. Obvious duplicate aliases were omitted from this display; hours and prices can change, so use the linked source before traveling.