The Jonesville Tennis Center is the first public clay court facility in Alachua county. The tennis center is located within Jonesville Park, which already has soccer fields and will soon have baseball and softball fields. The park is located on CR241 which runs from Alachua to Newberry Road. The Park is approximately ½ mile south of the intersection of NW 39th Avenue and CR 241, or 1.7 miles north of Newberry Road. For additional information on the tennis center and programming, please visit www.jonesvilletennis.com, or call 331-9558.

The tennis center consists of 14 clay hydrocourts, including one larger “show” court, one beach tennis court, a large hitting wall, and a small proshop/restroom building, which includes shower facilities. All areas within the center are handicapped accessible. The cost of this facility is $1.7M, with $1.1M provided by Alachua County and the remainder provided by several generous donors and the contractor, Jonesville Tennis, LLC, who was also awarded a 10-year management contract. All contracts were approved at the Board of County Commissioners’ meeting on July 8, 2008, with additional funds for site clearance approved October 28, 2008.

The center officially opened for business on April 9, 2009, with nine of the fourteen courts completed. There was a grand opening for the entire facility on May 9th, which attracted over 300 visitors to view the facility, take part in carnival games, and try out the new QuickStart format for tennis, particularly for children 10 and under. It was an extremely successful day.

We are very excited about this new development because of the lack of public courts in this area. We will have the ability to organize many new programs, and to grow existing programs. Court time will be free for all Junior Team Tennis practices and matches. This should be an enormous asset for our JTT program, and for creating many other youth programs in our area. GACTA is proud of its members who worked so tirelessly over the past five years to make this center a reality and to be among the donors who made this project possible.

Christine Shurtleff, President
Gainesville Area Community Tennis Association
USTA League Coordinator
USTA Alachua County Representative
cs4tennis@aol.com or 352-336-7508

Anne Koterba
Jonesville Tennis Coordinating Committee
AKoterba@aol.com or 352-472-2106


Carolyn Hufty
Jonesville Tennis Coordinating Committee
huftyland@cox.net or 352-317-6612