Edinburgh’s flagship tennis facility at Craiglockhart Tennis Centre has for decades hosted some of the games’ most prestigious tournaments to visit Scotland.

The outdoor tennis courts have hosted many world-famous players over the years from Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe in the 1970s to Andy Murray in the 1990s.

Having secured funding from both Sportscotland and Tennis Scotland, the out-dated and tired American Clay courts were reconstructed and reconfigured to create a block of 5 new artificial clay courts, with the addition of new LED floodlighting. The original centre court facility, with 360O spectator seating, was also fully upgraded; removing the old American Clay, irrigation and sub-base foundations and installing the industry-leading, Edel ‘Advantage Redcourt’, artificial clay over two layers of engineered macadam.

The new facility, will help support the development of junior players within Edinburgh Leisure’s programme, as well as the development squads supported by Tennis Scotland, and can additionally be enjoyed by the playing public.