Tennis has a strong history in Nice. Great names: Suzanne LENGLEN, Yannick NOAH, Jean-Louis HAILLET, and Alizé CORNET have made their mark on the history of tennis in Nice and the Nice LTC created in 1890.
Additionally, a surprise perhaps not for all but certainly for many, it is the most represented discipline behind football in terms of licensed players: 5,000 licensed players, 19 clubs, 139 tennis courts in the city.
The city needed to have a quality infrastructure to train the young talents of tomorrow but also to offer cutting-edge facilities to players, both male and female, and to various national teams starting with the French team.
This will be achieved with the extension of the tennis facility Les Combes, an iconic site for tennis in Nice, created in 1970 by Francis Giordan, deputy mayor.
The resident club, Tennis Club Nice Giordan, born from the merger in 2013 of Tennis Club Francis Giordan and Tennis Club de Nice, declares 1,400 licensed players, including young Clara FROGET, 16 years old, a great hope for French tennis. It is the number one club in the league for players under 18.
Additionally, 500 users play there as part of a subscription with the City of Nice.
Currently equipped with 17 tennis courts, the work will increase Les Combes to 28 courts with 4 covered clay courts, 3 illuminated synthetic courts, and 4 illuminated clay courts.
A building will also be constructed housing administrative premises (1 reception, 1 meeting room, 4 offices, and circulations), player premises (2 locker rooms, 1 fitness room, 1 rest room, sanitation facilities, and showers), technical and equipment premises, and a parking lot with 41 spaces.
It will be the largest public facility of the Côte d’Azur League and a unique structure in France and for the French Tennis Federation, which will therefore benefit from a “second” National Training Center after Roland-Garros.
The project, initiated in 2010, on the land adjoining that the city of Nice acquired to the north, will have a total cost of €6 million including taxes.
However, it’s a shame that even though the sun is a regular in Nice, no covered court is planned in the project…
In time for the new school year, everything will be ready to go.
