Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club
Tennis-themed workout facility with programs for kids, along with adult classes and leagues.
About Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club
Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club is a community driven racquet and fitness facility in Tucson, located on 14 acres by the river. The club offers tennis, pickleball, padel, fitness, swimming, and a range of additional sports and wellness services. Its programs include instruction, clinics, leagues, tournaments, exercise classes, camps, and court reservations. Although the directory categorizes it as a martial arts school, Tae Kwon Do is one part of a much broader facility that brings racquet sports, fitness, aquatics, and family activities together.
The club opened in 1967 as a private club with three tennis courts, a small clubhouse, and a junior Olympic pool. Its founding vision was to provide families with a safe and healthy place to exercise, play tennis, and gather, and the club remains owned by the founding family. Over the decades, the property expanded to include additional courts, pools, indoor sports spaces, fitness areas, and dining facilities. The club's history includes tournament hosting in the 1970s, the addition of racquetball courts and indoor fitness space, an aerobics building, a weight room, a second lap pool, sand volleyball courts, and an outdoor basketball court.
Tennis remains a central part of the club's identity, with adult and junior programs designed for different levels of experience. Members and participants can take part in private or group lessons, clinics, leagues, ladders, and tournaments. The club also offers tennis camps and seasonal camps for children. Pickleball programs include open play, coaching, private and group lessons, tournaments, and leagues. Two lighted padel courts support introductory clinics, private lessons, and other padel programming. The website describes 25 lighted tennis courts and 22 lighted pickleball courts, along with 11 indoor racquetball and handball courts.
Beyond racquet sports, Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club provides a full gym with strength and cardio equipment, group fitness classes, personal training, and posture alignment therapy. Aerobics, yoga, and exercise classes are offered throughout the day. Aquatic facilities include two heated, 75 foot junior Olympic pools, with swimming available for lap swimming, training, and low impact fitness. Other sports and activity areas include basketball, volleyball, racquetball, handball, and Tae Kwon Do. The property also includes two Jacuzzis, a sauna and steam room, a childcare center, a pro shop, personal training, nutrition services, and spa related offerings including a hair salon and massage therapist. The club has also invested in sustainability, adding solar panels and converting outdoor tennis and pickleball lighting to LED lighting.
The club's community setting extends beyond courts and workout spaces. Courtside Kitchen and Center Court Bar & Grill serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the restaurant is open to the public. The club also hosts a Friday night barbecue with live music and offers private event bookings. People interested in joining can review membership options online, while those looking for a particular activity can use the online schedules to find classes, lessons, leagues, and court or swim lane reservations. Visitors can ask the club about availability, reservations, and guest options. Summer and seasonal camps provide additional programming for children, including sports focused options, and the club presents its facilities as a place for Tucson families to exercise, compete, dine, and spend time together year round.