Funding & investment

Tennis Wales' Tie-Break Fund offers grants from £500-£2,000 for projects delivered by tennis and padel clubs, venues and not for profit organisations in Wales who can support us in transforming Welsh communities through tennis and padel.

With a focus on

• Under-served communities, helping to reduce inequality.
• Meeting unmet demand in identified geographical areas of Wales. 

To find out more about the fund; the communities and regions we have identified as requiring funding; what the funding can be used for; the funding criteria; outcomes and measures of success; and how we will assess applications, click on the 'find out more'  link below.

Application Process 

Applications should be completed online only via the link below. The deadline for applications is 5pm on 20 May 2024. We will notify you of the outcome of your application within one month of the application deadline.  

Please read the guidance notes in full on the ‘find out more’ link before making an application

If you need any further advice or information about the process, please contact Matt Rutland or Stuart Baker

Find out more

Application form

There are hundreds of superb tennis coaches, officials and referees working and volunteering across Wales and we provide bursaries for subsided training and qualifications to help diversify the coaching and refereeing landscape across Wales.

By applying online, you could be offered financial support to help us open tennis up. We want the people playing, working and volunteering in tennis across Wales to reflect the population of people living in Wales, so tennis is truly representative across the country.

For further information click on the below links:

Coach Bursary Scheme

Official Bursary Scheme

There are over 1,100 tennis courts across Wales, in all 22 Local Authority areas. The LTA, the National Governing Body for British Tennis, offer interest free loan funding to eligible projects in Wales. Successful projects can access loan funding towards upgrading facilities, installing lighting, developing covered courts and building additional tennis courts across Wales.

You can read more about the LTA Quick Access Loans online or talk to a member of the Tennis Wales team.

The majority of people who play tennis in Wales, have their first experience at school. That’s why, in partnership with the LTA we offer LTA Youth Schools training, funding and equipment across Wales.

All primary schools in Wales can access free online teacher training, providing teachers with great ways to deliver tennis in school. Once trained, each school receives a £250 voucher to spend on either equipment for their pupils, or to pay a local LTA accredited tennis coach to come into school on a regular basis.

Secondary school teacher training is now available, providing teachers with an interactive training session on how to deliver tennis to pupils in secondary schools across the country. Read more about how to access training and funding for schools online.

Over 40% of all tennis participation takes place on Wales’ public park tennis courts. There are over 80 public parks in Wales with tennis courts and they’re hugely important places where local people can walk, cycle and play tennis close to home. In partnership with the LTA and Sport Wales, we’re investing into public parks across Wales. Partnership funding is available to work with Local Authority partners to modernise tennis courts, making them safe, accessible and playable for 12 months of the year for local people.

If you’re a Local Authority looking to develop your public park tennis courts, or a local resident keen to see your local courts modernised, then contact us here at Tennis Wales.

Padel Tennis is growing in Wales. It is a form of tennis that is easy to play, fun and extremely sociable. It is played mainly in a doubles format on an enclosed court about a third of the size of a tennis court and can be played in groups of mixed ages and abilities. Wales’ first Padel court was built in 2021, with new venues and courts being built year on year.

There are lots of investment options and models that can help develop Padel, with loan and grant funding available for various organisations and partners across the UK. If you’re thinking about developing a Padel Tennis facility, contact a member of our team at Tennis Wales, or visit the Padel page to find out more about the sport

We invest into a County Performance Programme and National Performance Programme to support Welsh players achieve their potential in tennis. Our County Programme offers regular training, competitions, box leagues, kit & equipment offers and newsletters to 180 players in north and south Wales aged U8 – U18. Our Tennis Wales National Performance Programme support 40 – 60 of Wales’ top disabled and non-disabled tennis players with training camps, international trips and fixtures, individual player funding grants and clothing.

If you’d like to find out more about these programmes, you can head to our performance support page.

We fund and coordinate an Open Court programme across Wales, making tennis venues and coaching programmes accessible to adults and juniors. The Open Court programme provides annual grant funding to coaches and tennis venues to deliver inclusive sessions, with subsided coaching, adapted equipment and training for people delivering the sessions. We’re looking for more venues and coaches to join the Open Court programme in Wales, making tennis even more accessible to disabled players.

If you’d like to find out more, contact us here at Tennis Wales.