{"id":1671,"date":"2022-04-18T15:08:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/non-classifiee\/where-to-play-tennis-in-arras\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T14:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:33:22","slug":"where-to-play-tennis-in-arras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/en\/activities\/where-to-play-tennis-in-arras\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to play tennis in Arras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you love hitting those little yellow balls ? <strong>Arras has a number of tennis courts<\/strong> to accommodate fans of this sport, which can be played by two or four players. If we&#8217;re talking about a tennis court rather than a tennis court, it&#8217;s because the origins of this sport go back to the game of paume. The latter was played by aristocrats, including monarchs such as Henri IV, in another term, the &#8220;court&#8221;, hence the current name. Arras has a <strong>long tradition of playing tennis<\/strong>, which was reinforced by the success of mass television in the 80s and the broadcasting of Roland Garros. So it&#8217;s easy to get to a tennis court, whether cement or clay, in or around the capital of Artois (the Beaurin tennis association springs to mind).<\/p>\n<h2>Les tennis des Grandes Prairies d&#8217;Arras<\/h2>\n<p>In one of the city&#8217;s green lungs, <strong>the Grandes Prairies<\/strong>, between the large residences and Sainte Catherine-lez-Arras, you&#8217;ll find some of the region&#8217;s finest clay tennis courts. Originally, the site was known to the people of Arras for its ability to accommodate players in enclosed spaces (there are still <strong>two halls with cement courts<\/strong>), but in recent years the outdoor courts have been replaced by <strong>clay.<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/tennis-terre-battue-arras.jpg\" alt=\"clay tennis arras\" width=\"616\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/tennis-terre-battue-arras.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/tennis-terre-battue-arras-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/> They are the delight of local amateurs and of the town&#8217;s club, Racing Club d&#8217;Arras Tennis, which also has a club house (as does the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/en\/activities\/golfing-in-arras-a-moment-of-nature-in-the-city\/\">Arras golf course<\/a>). In all, 9 indoor courts (grey and blue) and 6 outdoor clay courts await you.<\/p>\n<h3>Geographical location<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the map to the Arras tennis courts :<\/p>\n<div class=\"leaflet-map WPLeafletMap\" style=\"height:250px; width:100%;\"><\/div><script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletMapShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar baseUrl = atob('aHR0cHM6Ly97c30udGlsZS5vcGVuc3RyZWV0bWFwLm9yZy97en0ve3h9L3t5fS5wbmc=');\nvar base = (!baseUrl && window.MQ) ?\n    window.MQ.mapLayer() : L.tileLayer(baseUrl,\n        L.Util.extend({}, {\n            detectRetina: 0,\n        },\n        {\"subdomains\":\"abc\",\"noWrap\":false,\"maxZoom\":20}        )\n    );\n    var options = L.Util.extend({}, {\n        layers: [base],\n        attributionControl: false\n    },\n    {\"zoomControl\":false,\"scrollWheelZoom\":false,\"doubleClickZoom\":false,\"fitBounds\":false,\"minZoom\":0,\"maxZoom\":20,\"maxBounds\":null,\"attribution\":\"\"},\n    {});\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.createMap(options).setView([50.301182778955,2.7636086940765],16);});<\/script>\n<script>\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin || [];\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.push(function WPLeafletMarkerShortcode() {\/*<script>*\/\nvar map = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.getCurrentMap();\nvar group = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.getCurrentGroup();\nvar marker_options = window.WPLeafletMapPlugin.getIconOptions({});\nvar marker = L.marker(\n    [50.301210235637,2.7626967430115],\n    marker_options\n);\nvar is_image = map.is_image_map;\nif (marker_options.draggable) {\n    marker.on('dragend', function () {\n        var latlng = this.getLatLng();\n        var lat = latlng.lat;\n        var lng = latlng.lng;\n        if (is_image) {\n            console.log('leaflet-marker y=' + lat + ' x=' + lng);\n        } else {\n            console.log('leaflet-marker lat=' + lat + ' lng=' + lng);\n        }\n    });\n}\nmarker.addTo( group );\nwindow.WPLeafletMapPlugin.markers.push( marker );\n        });<\/script>\n<h2>What are the opening times and prices for Arras tennis courts?<\/h2>\n<p>There are two types of membership, allowing unlimited play <strong>from Monday to Sunday from 8am to 10pm on the 5<\/strong> blue resin <strong>indoor courts<\/strong> and 6 clay outdoor courts, and requiring <strong>RC Arras Tennis<\/strong> membership. The annual cost for an adult is now 270 euros, which converts to 147 euros for youngsters under 18. A tennis school and group tennis lessons for adults are also available if you want to improve your skills. If you&#8217;d simply like to reserve a court for your leisure time, you can do so at the following times:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>An adult from Arras pays 10 euros per hour to reserve a court<\/strong>, compared with 8 euros if you&#8217;re a young person without a &#8220;pass&#8217;jeunes&#8221;. A person from the CUA (Communaut\u00e9 urbaine d&#8217;Arras) also pays 10 euros an hour, and if you come from further afield, the rate rises to 14.30 euros. It&#8217;s worth noting that it&#8217;s possible to buy tickets by the unit of 10, which saves you money.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1312\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vue-grandes-prairies-pres-des-tennis.jpg\" alt=\"vue grandes prairies near the tennis courts\" width=\"616\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vue-grandes-prairies-pres-des-tennis.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/vue-grandes-prairies-pres-des-tennis-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Grandes prairies in the immediate vicinity of the tennis courts<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>A short history of jeu de paume, the forerunner of tennis in Arras<\/h2>\n<p>As we all know, jeu de paume, famous for the eponymous French Revolution event &#8220;Le serment du jeu de paume&#8221;, is the ancestor of modern tennis. Originally played by hand (hence the name), it was later played with a racket, allowing an \u00e9teuf (Old French word for ball) to be sent over a net. In Arras, too, a jeu de paume hall once existed, and a street still bears the name of the place. Rue du Jeu de Paume is located near Boulevard Crespel, not far from the famous octagonal Place Victor Hugo. This was a dynamic district, particularly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrasville.fr\/en\/history\/arras-joined-the-kingdom-of-france-in-the-17th-century\/\">17th century<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>X.D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you love hitting those little yellow balls ? Arras has a number of tennis courts to accommodate fans of this sport, which can be played by two or four players. If we&#8217;re talking about a tennis court rather than a tennis court, it&#8217;s because the origins of this sport go back to the game of paume. The latter was played by aristocrats, including monarchs such as Henri IV, in another term, the &#8220;court&#8221;, hence the current name. 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