UBC Tennis Centre

It's a beautiful court for sure. I'm just annoyed at the management. and the ACE BOOKING PASS. It's $400 and pretty useless when the tennis center will schedule Tennis BC or UBC Club events that take up all the courts out of nowhere without any schedules ahead of time to let you know (I've asked for this and they said they can't provide it).And then when I've sent an email exactly 3 days before the time I request, it seems people are still able to book ahead of you.So then what is the point of a $400 booking pass?

UBC has a world class public indoor facility. We took the prototype Wilson Clash for a playtest and got to enjoy the courts, while we played. Skilled and friendly instructors were leading a group of kids through an intro to tennis program. Looked like everybody was having fun.

Once again, ubc has disappointed me with a complete disaster of a booking system online. Online ubc tennis booking told me I could book for a court, said there was an error, but still charged me 7 times.Subsequently, I backed out and I tried to book another tennis court. The ubc website tennis portal didn’t let me book another court. Four friends driving from around north van, east van and Sunshine Coast paid for parking. What a disgrace.Theme for ubc faculties. World class facilities with sub par and incompetent management and infrastructure.

Pretty nice main facility with the exception of the courts being quite dusty (enough to cause you to slip and fall). The booking system is abysmal (at no fault of the employees that work the front desk; blame upper management) and the experience of navigating the booking portal feels like slow torture at times. You'd think that for 35 bucks or so for an hour of court time, they'd have enough funds to improve the sole piece of software that keeps this facility running. It's not fair to the customers and its not fair to the employees.Don't even get me started on the sorry state of the bubble.

Courts are very dirty and have dead spots. They were good when they were built, but not well maintained. Court prices are very high. If registering in Tennis programs, no refunds given if you don’t attend every session of the program.

Court is very nice, which one definitely pays for. Unfortunately, the center does not seem to take responsibilities to ensure that booked courts are available. When my party and I arrived for our booking, there were people playing on our booked court, and it took them a while to clear out, which meant we lost time for our booking. Unfortunately, when I emailed the Center about this problem, the response from the Center was there was nothing they can do about it. Unfortunate answer. Does not instill confidence that booked courts are going to be available at time you book them, especially when the price is not cheap.

My review is based on a recent clinic I did at the centre. Let's be clear the facilities are nice enough. No issue if you're just looking for a court to rent. The positives end there though. The clinic itself was a complete let down. The coach wasted half the court time with slow transitions and useless drills. The coach seemed more focused on showing off his serve, gloating about having coached John Travolta and being part of the seniors Canadian tennis team than putting together a decent clinic. Finally, I should mention this centre charges the highest prices in Vancouver. The clinics I've done elsewhere have offered better instruction at a lower price so my recommendation is to look elsewhere.

The bubble has an extra 4 courts. The bubble has dirtier court surface than a highway underpass. when the heating system is on its louder than a highway underpass. with the amount they charge for courts they should clean more than never. let's start with 1x every 5 years.

Beautiful facility, great playing surface and friendly staff. The centre also hosts a lot of low cost events that allow you to meet and compete against a wide range of people. However, court and clinic booking costs are on the higher side, if you're not a student.

Great facilities. Can get some pretty grumpy regulars during the day who want complete silence when you play. Apart from that these are some of the most spacious courts.