Tennis

Tennis has had limited popularity, when compared to other local sporting activities in Grenada, due to the unavailability of adequate public courts, especially outside of St. George's. However, under the tutelage of the late Kyron "Redman" Charles in the 1970s and 80s, and more recently, of Richie Hughes, the sport has maintained a presence and continues to produce talented young players on the island.

There have been and continue to be a small number of private courts on the island including those at the Government House (now derelict)and at a number of hotels.

Prior to the late 70's, public courts were located at Tanteen, True Blue and Dunfermlin. While the latter two facilities fell into disrepair, new public facilities including netball and basketball courts, were built by the Governement of Eric Gairy in Grand Anse and on the Carenage.

In 1978, the Government of Eric Gairy upgraded the building at the Tanteen courts and created the Tanteen Tennis Club thereby making the courts unavailable to the general public. This facility reverted to public use after the revolution and continues to this day to be the primary public tennis facility on the island.

Interestingly, the presence of the tennis court at the Carenage complex was unpopular among many of the male youth who lived in St. George's since after the revolution, tennis was identified with the deposed Eric Gairy who was well-known to have enjoyed the sport. As such it was labelled a "bourgeoise" sport and the court soon fell into disrepair and was subsequently used for other sporting activities.

In the 1970's and 1980's, tennis activity on the island was focused on the private club at Richmond Hill (facilities now in severe disrepair) and the public courts in Tanteen. Many regional tournaments such as the Barnard Cup were played at either or both of these facilites.

Grenada has participated in the international Davis Cup tournament as a member of the OECS team.