100+ Tennis Gift Ideas for Players of All Ages & Levels

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Finding the best tennis gift for a friend or family member can be tricky, especially if you don’t play tennis.

Today, all that’s going to change. As diehard tennis fans, we’ve thought through all the angles to bring you the definitive gift-giving guide for tennis lovers. Here you’ll find more than a hundred ideas carefully organized to help you easily find a gift that the tennis player in your life will love and at the same time will make you shine.

Looking to buy a new tennis racquet or strings as a gift? Check out these resources to point yourself in the right direction:

• Adult tennis racquet guide
• Kids tennis racquet guide
• Tennis string guide

Our 10 Best Tennis Gift Ideas

For our list of the 10 best tennis gifts, we’ve looked across a broad spectrum of ideas to come up with a thoughtful selection of unique options at different price points.

To make things easy to browse, we’ve presented our top 10 ideas below and then dive into more complete descriptions of each and why they made our list below.

Some of our ideas contain two related items that together make a great gift but can also be gifted separately. Enjoy!

Sports Towel & Dry Bag

Whether it’s tennis or any other sport, sweating is just part of the game. Having a proper towel on hand to wipe down during a match or practice to feel refreshed is just a no-brainer, but it’s surprising that most recreational players don’t have one in their bag.

If you can splurge, we recommend buying two so half-way through a match your player can break out a fresh one.

Our favorite is the Youphoria Sports Microfiber towel. Here’s why:

• Super affordable
• Comes in 3 sizes (we like the 24×40 or 28×56)
• Has 10 different colors
• Incredibly soft
• Super absorbent
• Quick dry microfiber
• Easy to wash

By themselves, these towels make a great gift idea. However, we’ve also recommended a dry bag because at the end of a hot day you don’t want to stick your used towels in your bag along with all your other gear and stink everything up.

A dry bag is a simple solution, and your recipient can comfortably fit a few towels and their dirty clothes if they wanted to change after a match. In high school and college, this is particularly useful for away matches because players can change before they hop back on the bus or van traveling home.

Bundle these together for an affordable tennis gift that is a sure-fire winner.

Vaccum Insulated Water Bottle

Poper hydration is an absolute necessity in tennis. Unfortunately, many players overlook hydration, and it can have a substantial negative impact on their performance, especially when matches go the distance.

Of course, when you’re out in the heat of the summer a bottle of hot water isn’t exactly the most appealing. That’s where the Hydroflask double wall vacuum insulated stainless steel sports water bottle comes into play.

Not only will it store your players favorite liquid but it will keep their liquid cold for a full 24 hours. That means even on the hottest of days they’ll have a cold refreshment waiting for them during a changeover. Trust us; it works incredibly well!

In fact, we’ll typically pack ours with half water and half ice in the morning, toss it in our bag, and by the afternoon the ice still won’t have melted. As if that wasn’t sweet enough, it also keeps liquids hot for 12 hours for when the moment strikes, i.e., think a few cups of coffee on a long drive.

Our favorite is the 32 once because it works great for everyday use without being too small or large, but they have plenty of bigger and smaller sizes available as well.

The 32 ounce comes with a single top that has a durable handle which works great, but we also love the wide-mouth travel mug flip lid. For daily use, it can be a bit easier to drink out of, and we’ll switch the tops back and forth depending on the day’s activities.

Helpful tip: at 32 ounces you can encourage your player to drink at least two of these a day, and that will help them get their minimum daily intake of 8 cups of water a day to stay hydrated.

For tennis and daily use, the Hydroflask water bottle is a great gift idea that your recipient will love.

Muscle Massage Stick & Foot Roller

After a few hours on the court, stretching is critical to aid in recovery and avoid sore muscles and stiffness the next morning. However, if you’re like us, you find stretching helps but it doesn’t relieve soreness that’s so common after a long day of tennis.

Thankfully for us, we stumbled upon The Stick a few years back. To be completely honest, we were a bit skeptical at first, but after our first few uses, we became big-time believers, and it’s one of those items that never leave our bag.

The Stick is a plastic stick that you hold at each end by the handles and roll across your leg muscles and lower back after practice or a match. It has rings that allow it to roll across your muscles with ease and you simply apply pressure that feels good to give yourself a massage.

Our favorite is the 19-inch with grey handles, but the smallest 14-inch stick with green handles is perfect for travel.

This unassuming device works incredibly well. After we’re done playing tennis, we usually start with a quick 5 to 10-minute stretch. Then we bust out The Stick from our bag and work each muscle on our legs and lower back over the course of another 5 to 10 minutes.

When we go through these motions the difference the next day is enormous, and we notice our muscles aren’t near as sore. As a result, we recover faster and feel ready to play the very next day.

Here are a few helpful tips to share with your recipient:

• At first, it might feel tender to use a massage stick on your legs, but that changes after a few weeks of use. Just be patient and stay with it because it will become more comfortable over time and pay huge dividends aiding in faster recovery.
• When we first started using ours, we were a little overzealous one day and massaged too hard causing extra soreness the next morning. When your recipient uses it, they’ll know how much pressure to apply. Just tell them to keep in mind that if they press too hard, it may have the reverse effect.
• For the guys in your life, you can assure them it won’t pull their leg hair as we thought it would at first. The rings have a unique design that somehow prevents this from happening so they’ll be good to go!

After using the stick for a while, we happened upon another device that’s just as good and a fantastic pairing gift with The Stick.

It’s called the Foot Log, and it’s a similar device to the stick, but it works for your feet. All you do is place the Foot Log on the floor and then roll your foot (shoes off) back and forth for a massage, and it feels incredible while also providing tremendous relief. You can do both feet while sitting but we’ve found one foot at a time standing to be a bit more effective.

Like The Stick, there’s no need to apply too much pressure, just what feels right. We recommend using it with socks on because we’ve found it to be more comfortable that way.

Both The Stick and The Log fit conveniently in a tennis bag, and they’re one of those gifts any player will start to recommend to their friends and family after having used it for a while themselves.

Case of Tennis Balls & Ball Hopper

While a can of tennis balls might not be a groundbreaking gift idea for tennis players, opening a case of tennis balls will put a smile on any players face.

Here are two great reasons why we love giving cases of tennis balls:

• Balls aren’t cheap: as tennis players, we’re always buying tennis balls, and over time the expense just adds up. Not having to pay for them for a while is a welcome surprise.
• Convenience: when we’re ready to play we don’t want the additional hassle of chasing down a can of balls from the store or local pro shop. Instead, just grabbing one or two and heading out to the courts is ideal.

A case of Wilson or Penn extra duty tennis balls that comes with 24 cans in the pack is what we’d recommend.

Just by itself, a case of tennis balls is a great gift for any tennis player. However, when paired with a ball hopper, you can take your gift giving up a notch.

That’s because we can crack open a few cans of tennis balls, dump them in the ball hopper and head out to the court with a friend and take turns feeding balls to each other to practice our game. It’s also a great option if we’re looking to practice our serve on our own time without having to chase down balls constantly.

If you’re not a tennis player, it’s worth noting that a ball hopper serves three great purposes:

• First, it holds the tennis balls and is great for transportation
• Second, a good ball hopper has handles that fold down under itself to serve as legs so we can easily grab tennis balls and feed them to another player or grab them for ourselves.
• Third, when the ball hopper is pressed down on top of a ball the balls go straight through, and it makes picking up balls much quicker without having to bend down.

We recommend Wilson’s Ball Hopper for a few reasons:

• It’s made of durable metal and will last for years
• It has a 75 ball capacity which is more than enough
• It has handles that swing down below the basket to serve as legs
• There are small inserts at the bottom of the basket where the handles can lock into place, so the basket is sturdy when standing

Helpful tip: when a player gets a case of tennis balls and a ball hopper it can be tempting for them to open up all the tennis balls and fill the basket to the brim for practice. There’s certainly nothing wrong with opening all the balls, but once you open a can of tennis balls, they have a pretty short lifespan.

So, to get the most out of the case of balls, we recommend opening roughly six cans at a time. That’s 18 tennis balls that can be used to practice and your recipient will extend the life of their gift that way.

At the same time, even pressurized cans don’t last forever. You’ll want to encourage your player to use all of the balls within the year for the best result. We find this usually isn’t a problem for most players :)

Tennis Racquet Bag

While a tennis racquet bag isn’t a necessity for playing tennis, any serious player will attest to the fact that their bag is key because it carries everything you need to play and compete in a tennis match.

First and foremost, a tennis bag serves to protect our tennis racquets. However, beyond that our bag stores a slew of essentials that we may need during a match.

After all, once you start your match, it’s not like you can go running down to the store if you need something.

Here’s a list of what we keep in our bag:

• 3 strung tennis racquets
• A can of tennis balls
• Pack of replacement grips
• Water bottle
• 2 sports towels
• 2 pairs of socks
• 2 shirts
• 1 pair of comfy running shoes
• Dry bag for dirty clothes/towels
• Headphones and cell phone
• The Stick leg massager
• The Log foot massager
• Yoga strap for stretching
• Energy bars
• Electrolyte water tablets
• Tiger Balm
• Advil
• Neutrogena facial wipes
• Tape for blisters
• Sunscreen, small bottle of zinc, chapstick with SPF

For every player, what they like to stock in their bag is different, and even if we had half of what we listed here, we’d still want something to hold it all. That’s why we think it’s essential.

Our pick for a bag that we think makes a great gift is the Babolat Pure 12 racquet bag. We opt for the 12 racquet bag even though we have nowhere near the need to hold 12 racquets because we like the extra space to hold all of the items we listed above.

A few reasons we like the Babolat Pure 12 racquet bag:

• Affordable for such a large bag
• Multiple colors for different tastes
• Spacious for storing all of our gear
• Backpack straps for comfortably carrying around
• Thermal insulation for protecting our strung racquets from the heat and cold which can change the tension of our racquets
• A separate breathable compartment for our shoes
• A smaller removable shoe sack that’s a decent alternative to a dry bag for keeping dirty clothes/towels (we prefer the dry bag because it’s waterproof and it does a better job at keeping the stink of what we put in it under wrap)

If you’re looking for another fantastic option from a different brand, we’d recommend the Wilson Federer DNA 12 racquet bag.

Helpful tip: one thing to keep in mind when giving a bag as a gift is that some players are going to be picky about matching the brand of their bag with the brand of their racquet. We prefer to use the bag that best serves its purpose, but it’s worth keeping in mind.

Headphones

Headphones make a great gift for any tennis player. However, they’re a particularly awesome for the competitor or student-athlete.

For the competitor, headphones serve as an excellent means to clear your head, stay focused, and drown out any noise and distraction before a match. As any player can attest, tennis is a sport of mental strength which can make or break a players success and headphones can help put a player in the zone with the right music.

For the student-athlete, the same applies to competition. However, we found that headphones served us in a few extra ways over the years. First off, if you’re on a tennis team in high school or college, you’re going to be traveling with your team. It may be by bus, van, car or plane but you’re typically going to be traveling with a group.

Throughout the season, players end up logging quite a few hours traveling, and we always liked our headphones for two reasons:

• Studying: without headphones, studying while traveling would have been nearly impossible. There’s just too much distraction. However, a good pair of headphones allowed us to drown out the noise and focus on getting work done. When you’re spending a few hours traveling a couple of times a week during the season, this can end up being huge for a student-athlete.
• Zone out or sleep: as much as we love our teammates, sometimes after a stressful day, a tough loss, or just pure exhaustion it can be nice just to zone out and if the mood strikes shut our eyes and get a little sleep. Again, without a quality pair of headphones, this would be nearly impossible surrounded by a group of teammates.

Our pick for our favorite headphones for tennis players is Beats by Dre over the ear noise canceling headphones. Here are a few reasons we love our Beats headphones:

• Sound: Beats makes great headphones with awesome sound, and they’ve only become better after Apple purchased them.
• Comfort: we think over the hear headphones are some of the most comfortable and we can wear them for long periods of time without our ears hurting or getting a headache.
• Noise cancellation: with music on or no music at all this feature is what sets these headphones apart from others.
• Colors: they come in a variety of different colors that you can pick and choose to match your gift recipient’s style.

We also think Bose over the ear noise canceling headphones is equally as great an option with high-quality sound. Of course, if you can’t swing the expense of noise canceling headphones another pair from either of these companies will still do the trick. We just love that particular feature for the reasons we talked about earlier.

Beyond their uses specifically for tennis players, everyone can use a great pair of headphones whether traveling or around town, so we think it’s a fantastic gift that’s hard to go wrong.

Pocket Radar

Growing up and watching the pros on TV or at the occasional tournament, we loved keeping an eye on the speed of serves. It’s a unique element of watching professional tennis that we always enjoyed, so naturally, we wanted to know how fast we could serve.

One time when we were younger, we recall the tennis club we were members at having a radar detector on hand where we all got to measure the speed of our serves – it was an absolute blast seeing how we stacked up against our expectations and peers.

Unfortunately, the price of a radar detector for the value made it a completely unrealistic purchase. Until of course, we found the Ball Coach Pocket Radar.

Here are a few reasons we fell in love with this gadget:

• Cost: it’s a fraction of the cost of high-end radar guns.
• Accuracy: less expensive doesn’t mean less accurate. The Pocket Radar has been tested along side considerably more expensive radar guns and shown to be just as accurate.
• Size: we can easily store the pocket radar in our tennis bag, and it lives up to its name as you can slide it into your pocket or hold it comfortably in the palm of your hand.

As for our favorite feature, you can set it up to continually record up to 25 serves which is useful so you can place the Pocket Radar on the other side of the court or behind you near the fence to record the speed of your serves.

We have to admit, the Pocket Radar is a bit of a splurge, but that’s part of what makes it such a fun gift. It’s great for the tennis instructor or coach in your life because they’ll get a ton of use out of it on a regular basis. However, high school and college players will also have a ton of fun measuring the speed of their serves with their teammates.

While serving might be the primary use for many players, it does just as good of a job at measuring the speed of groundstrokes and other tennis shots too.

Helpful tip: pair the Ball Coach Pocket Radar with a simple, inexpensive tripod like the Daisen Camera Tripod. That way it can be set up on the opposite side of the net or attached to the fence for monitoring the speed of shots, and both can easily store in a players bag.

Apple Watch or Fitbit

As an athlete, tracking and measuring our fitness is incredibly insightful and rewarding.

When it comes to tennis, the quality of our fitness is just as important as our technique or ability to hit the ball well. In fact, lack of conditioning or being out of shape can quickly degrade the quality of our tennis and can also hold us back when competing at higher levels.

On the other hand, a player who is in shape can maintain the quality of their technique throughout an intense three-set match. All things being equal with talent, proper conditioning can serve as a huge edge over players who aren’t willing to put in the hard work.

Fitness trackers help because they bring context to the quality of our training and when monitored and used as a goal-setting tool can help us improve and ultimately become stronger players.

First off, a fitness tracker gives players context for how well or hard we’re training. For example, if we’re looking to improve our endurance, we may want to set goals for a certain number of steps we take during a workout. Similarly, we may want to shoot for a specific heart rate that helps us better understand the intensity of our training which we’d expect to improve over time.

We also like to track our tennis matches as workouts. This way we can use this data to reflect back on our results and then set specific goals around where we see opportunities for improvement.

For example, if our heart rate during a tennis match is exceeding what we typically reach during practice, then it gives us a sense for what we need to strive for in our training to be comfortable at a certain level of intensity during a tennis match.

Our two favorite picks for fitness trackers are:

• Apple Watch
• Fitbit tracker

Both are terrific options for comprehensive fitness tracking that provide companion smartphone apps for monitoring a players fitness.

Regardless of which brand you choose, we highly recommend getting a waterproof version because we’ve personally killed our watch when we forgot to remove it before jumping into a pool. In our opinion, for a device you’re supposed to wear all day long it just has to be waterproof.

We also like a watch with a full screen so that we can monitor our results throughout the day. Plus, the full screen allows us to take advantage of the other cool features like music and apps.

For Apple, that means getting the Series 3, and for Fitbit, that means getting the Ionic – both are waterproof and have full screens.

For tennis players, a smartwatch or fitness tracker is the perfect gift. It’s useful for improving our fitness, and it also has a wealth of other uses beyond tennis that make it a sure-fire winner.

Tennis Stringer

Over the years, we’ve found most players don’t even consider the fact that they can purchase a tennis stringer. We believe that’s because the general assumption is that tennis stringers are way too expensive to bother.

The truth is, there are terrific stringers that are surprisingly affordable. Of course, as with anything, there are versions with extra features that can quickly become more expensive too.

However, the unique thing about a stringer is that over time they pay for themselves if you string frequently. Consider the fact that on average the cost of stringing a racquet (minus the cost of the string) is $15, i.e., just for the labor.

Next, let’s assume you play competitively all year long and string your racquet every two weeks on average. That’s $390 every year!

Over a four-year high school career that’s $1,560. Add in an additional four years at college, and we’re up to $3,120. That’s assuming for a family that buys a stringer that only one player is taking advantage of using it.

For us, we’d even use our stringer to string our teammate’s tennis racquets, and we’d charge $10 for the restring. Since most players on our team didn’t own a stringer, we made a few hundred dollars each season and helped our teammates out too.

As a parent who tends to foot the bill for the cost of restringing, it’s a no-brainer purchase if you can afford it, assuming your son or daughter would be open to learning how to string.

Of course, it’s a gift, so we don’t need to expect by default that it will pay for itself but it’s a nice side benefit when considering whether to buy one.

However, there is a slew of reasons why we think a stringer makes a great gift idea beyond the cost savings or even the ability to make a little extra cash on the side stringing for friends and family. Here are some of the top reasons:

Strings are Key
When it comes to tennis equipment, tennis strings and the tension we string our racquets at is highly underrated. As players, we often put so much time and energy into finding the perfect tennis racquet, but we tend to overlook the strings.

In our opinion, we often neglect our strings because it’s expensive to test and learn what string setup and tension enhances our game. When you own a stringer, you can drastically reduce the cost of each string job and experiment with both the tension and type of tennis strings to get the most out of your racquet.

Convenience
If you’ve ever broken a string the day before a match, then you know how frustrating it can be to try to get your racquet restrung in a hurry. Even when you’re not competing, getting your racquet restrung often means an extra trip to drop your racquet off and pick it up before you play next. All in all, it’s just a hassle.

When you have a stringer at home, you can always spend some time in the evening restringing a racquet. Whether you broke a string or you’re looking for a fresh string job before you compete, it’s easy to make it happen when you’re the stringer.

Consistency
Hopefully, you have access to someone who takes great care and is meticulous in their stringing process, so you get a consistent result each time you restring. Unfortunately, for some of us, that’s just not the case, and we don’t always get our money’s worth.

However, when you’re the stringer, you have complete control over the process and can ensure that you get a consistent result each time. To be fair, it will take some time to become proficient as a seasoned stringer, but the payoff, in the long run, is enormous.

It’s Fun
While this may not be true for all players, we love stringing our racquets. We get a lot of satisfaction out of owning the process, and there’s nothing better than flipping on TV, watching some tennis, and stringing our racquet to get excited to play the next day.

If you’re thinking the idea of buying a stringer for your favorite tennis player makes sense for you, then you should check out the Gamma line for quality and affordability. Here are a few options to check out – generally speaking, the more you spend, the more features you get for making stringing quicker, easier, and more accurate.

Gamma X-2
The Gamma X-2 is going to be one of your most affordable options for a stringer which makes it a fantastic gift. Here are some key features:

• Drop weight tensioning
• 2-point mounting
• Floating clamps
• Includes basic tools

Gamma X-ST: RECOMMENDED
An excellent step-up from the X-2 is the X-ST. We like this machine because the spring tension winder that you crank to tension your strings is easier and faster to use, the 6-point mounting system holds the racquet more secure, and the quick action swivel clamp base makes clamping after tensioning each string a breeze.

• Spring tension winder
• 6-point mounting
• Quick action swivel clamp base
• Includes basic tools

Gamma Progression II Els
Last but certainly not least is the Progression II Els. The primary upgrade from the X-ST is that the Els provides an electronic controlled constant pull tensioner instead of the spring tension winder. Stringers may find it’s a bit faster to string with the X-ST, but the main advantage is accuracy and consistency when stringing.

• Electronic controlled constant pull tensioner
• 6-point mounting
• Quick action swivel clamp base
• Includes basic tools

Whichever stringing machine you chose as a gift you’re going to put a massive smile on the recipients face. It’s indeed the gift that keeps on giving for many years to come.

Helpful tip: in the long run, one of the additional ways a stringing machine can help save money is by purchasing reels of string instead of individual packages. Buying in bulk means you save per string job so once your player settles on a string set they can’t live without, buying a reel is ideal to maximize your savings.

Ball Machine

For the tennis player that has pretty much everything or is looking to take their game to the next level, a ball machine might just be the perfect gift idea.

Here are a few reasons why we love the idea of a ball machine as a gift for tennis players:

• Repetition: as with learning pretty much anything, practice or repetition combined with proper instruction is essential for taking your game to the next level. For tennis, a ball machine fulfills that need by providing players with a tool that allows them to hit the same shots over and over to help perfect their technique while developing good solid feel.
• Consistency: developing consistency is critical to any player’s success on the court. Of course, building up the ability to keep the ball in play over and over takes time and practice. Once again, a ball machine is an excellent tool for helping players develop consistency.
• No partner needed: sometimes players are going to find themselves in a situation where they want to hit, but no one is available to play. With a ball machine, they can still get out on the court any time when it’s convenient for them.
• Save money: while the upfront cost of a ball machine may be a bit pricey, there are opportunities for some players to save money by reducing their cost of lessons. For example, say a player takes tennis lessons once a week at $50 per lesson. Instead, if they moved to every other week and they substituted each private lesson with practice on a ball machine, they could save $100 per month. While there’s no substitution for quality instruction, it’s a worthwhile consideration. Especially because a player will likely get much more hitting time in on a ball machine, then they would during a group lesson.
• Great workout: it might not be the first thing that comes to mind, but a ball machine can give a player a fantastic workout. Many ball machines can load up over a hundred balls, and the good ones have programed drills that can keep you moving around the court for a solid workout to help players improve their conditioning as well.
• Fun: last but not least, ball machines are just plain fun to use which make them a terrific gift.

There are quite a few ball machines out there, but we’d recommend Lobster ball machines as the perfect gift idea with a few different models to choose from at varying price points.

Our favorite for a terrific mix of features and price point is the Lobster Elite 2. In fact, we wrote an entire article on this ball machine, so if you’re considering this as a gift, we’d highly recommend you check it out.

There you have it – our list of the top 10 gift ideas.

Of course, that’s just the beginning. Keep reading for 90 more fresh gift ideas that tennis players will love.

Clothing & Apparel

Help ensure the tennis player in your life is playing in style with a gift of clothing that will help them look good whether they win or lose.

Tennis fashion is relatively unique in that we get new styles released each season and unique outfits that typically coincide with the four majors, so there are always new threads coming out all year long to give as gifts.

Here are some ideas for different types of apparel to get you started.

• T-shirt
• Long sleeve shirt
• Sweatshirt
• Jacket
• Shorts
• Pants/tights
• Skirt
• Dress
• Shoes
• Socks
• Hat
• Visor
• Headband
• Wristband

Grips & Accessories

As a tennis player, regripping a racquet can be borderline therapeutic, and for many players, it’s part of their pre-match routine.

Tennis racquets come standard with overgrips, which are thick, durable, and the primary covering over the handles hard surface. They take a bit more effort to install and are usually replaced less frequently, perhaps once a season or even less for more casual players.

Replacement grips, on the other hand, are thin disposable grips that a player can wrap quickly and easily on top of their overgrip, use a few times, and then replace with a new one. If a player always uses replacement grips on top of their overgrip, they’ll likely never need to replace their overgrip.

We’re big fans of replacement grips and find that it’s the preference for most players. One of the reasons is because a fresh replacement grip often has a bit of tackiness to help keep their racquet held firmly in their hand. On hot sweatier days, many players will even replace their grip during a match to keep it fresh.

As a result, a replacement grip or pack of overgrips can make a great gift because we’re always going to need more!

We’ve also included a few additional accessories as gift ideas below that you’ll want to check out.

• Replacement grips
• Overgrips
• Vibration dampener: small rubber/plastic device placed between the strings for a muted sound and feel when hitting
• Tennis stencil and ink: typically, players will use the stencil that matches the brand of their racquet.
• Gexco Tennis Ball Saver: a simple device for extending the life of up to 3 tennis balls at a time.
• String Thing tennis string straightener: a simple device used to quickly and easily straighten a racquets strings which often move out of alignment during play.
• Portable over the net tennis scorekeeper: a small portable scorekeeper that sits on top of the net and can be changed each time players switch ends to keep track of the score.

Training Equipment Tennis Gifts

The following gift ideas are perfect to help any tennis player train effectively. Much of a tennis players fitness revolves around developing great footwork, and the items below can be used for virtually endless drills and exercise routines to help a player develop this skill-set.

• Agility disc cones
• Agility ladders
• Agility hurdles
• Bosu balance trainer
• Jump rope
• Resistance bands

Tennis Gifts for Health & Recovery

After a long practice or tennis match, it’s crucial that players take steps to protect and rejuvenate their body. Gift ideas like foam rollers and massage balls can help work out knots and relax muscles, while a yoga strap can help a player stretch their legs effectively without putting a strain on their back.

Of course, a good old fashion ice pack can always come in handy for problem areas like a sore wrist, elbow, back, knee, etc… We recommend the flexible ice packs that a player can mold to their body.

When it comes time to get back out on the court, gifts like therapy and blister tape can go a long way to helping a player feel comfortable during play.

• Foam roller: one of our favorite post-match and workout routines is rolling our legs and back to work out knots, release tight muscles, and reduce muscle soreness.
• Massage ball: perfect for applying more pressure when massaging out tough knots and tight muscles.
• Yoga strap: great for stretching legs while reducing strain on a player’s back
• Yoga mat: perfect for striking a few yoga poses before and after a match, and for stretching on the ground.
• Kinesiology therapy tape: when used appropriately can provide players a wide range of benefits such as reducing pain, promoting circulation and healing, preventing injury, and more
• Blister tape: great for preventing blisters in sensitive areas or for taping over blisters to reduce pain and prevent them from getting worse.
• Cold therapy ice packs: handy for nursing injuries or reducing swelling and muscle soreness after working out, practice or match play.

Gifts for a Players Bag

A bunch of the items we’ve already covered will find their way into a tennis player’s bag but here are a few additional items that we like to keep in ours that can make for a great gift.

You might even consider packaging a bunch of them together to create a gift basket.

• Tiger Balm: reduce pain and aches before and after playing tennis
• Advil: pain reliever
• Energy bars: great to have on hand before, during and after matches for fueling up
• Nuun electrolyte water tablets: toss in a water bottle for extra hydration
• Neutrogena facial wipes: perfect for wiping yourself down after a long match
• Supergoop sunscreen: protects a player from the sun and won’t run into their eyes or down their arms to make their grip slippery
• Zinka zinc sunscreen: protect burn-prone areas especially on your face such as your nose
• Chapstick with SPF: prevent chapped lips from spending too much time in the sun

Tennis Books as Gifts

There is a vast selection of tennis books out there that make terrific gifts for players of all ages and levels. In fact, we’ve put our list of the top 110 books you can check out for inspiration.

From biographies and autobiographies about famous tennis players to books on strategy, conditioning, and mental toughness there’s a book for everyone. Here are our top 10 picks.

• Open by Andre Agassi
• Rafa by Rafael Nadal, John Carlin
• The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
• The Outsider by Jimmy Connors
• Winning Ugly: Mental Warfare in Tennis by Brad Gilbert, Steve Jamison
• The Art of Doubles: Winning Tennis Strategies and Drills by Pat Blaskower
• A Terrible Splendor by Marshall Jon Fisher
• Tennis Strategy: How to Beat Any Style Player by Grant Grinnell
• Tennis For Dummies by Patrick McEnroe, Peter Bodo
• Tennis Fitness for the Love of It by Suzanna McGee

Technology Tennis Gifts

In recent years, a slew of new gadgets has come to market to help players track and improve their game which naturally make great gift items for tennis players.

The following are a selection of some of the most popular tech gifts worth checking out with brief descriptions of what each gift will do for a tennis player.

Smart Sensors & Trackers

Smart sensors track a player’s on-court performance to provide data that can be used to analyze their game. Stats such as swing speed, ball speed, sweet spot analysis, stroke type, topspin, and backspin are among the kind of information that these sensors can track.

Each comes with a companion smartphone app for viewing the data collected and provide slightly different data that you can track. They also each give players access to a community of other users that have purchased a sensor themselves.

Here are our top picks for sensors:

• Sony Smart Sensor
• Zepp Swing Analyzer
• QLIPP Sensor
• Babolat Pop Wristband

Here are a few additional wearable tech gift ideas for tennis players:

• Scoreband: a simple watch that tells the time and allows players to keep score of a match.
• Pulseplay Tennis Watch: another simple watch for keeping score of your tennis matches along with a companion Apple and Android smartphone app.
• Smash Wristband: a lightweight band that you wear on your wrist that uses sensors combined with an app to provide technical analysis and personalized recommendations for improving a players game.

Tickets to a Tennis Tournament

For any player, attending a tennis tournament is an excellent gift that comes with memories that last a lifetime. Not only does it give a player something to look forward to but it gives players the opportunity to watch some of their favorite players in person which is an amazing experience.

Listed below are a few of the top tournaments that attract the games best players for inspiration. We recommend attending during the earlier rounds when there’s a lot of energy and excitement, the tickets are cheaper, and you’ll be able to see the most players before the draw gets smaller.

We’ve also organized them by month of the year that they occur so you can determine which might be a good fit as a gift.

Of course, there are many other ATP and WTA tournaments that are smaller but can be just as fun so check out the full lists if you can’t make it to any of the events below.

• Australian Open – Melbourne, Austrailia (Mid January)
• BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells, CA (Early March)
• Miami Open – Miami, FL (Late March)
• Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters – Monte Carlo, Monaco (Mid April)
• Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid, Spain (Early May)
• Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome, Italy (Mid May)
• Roland Garros French Open – Paris France (late May-June)
• Wimbledon – Wimbledon, UK (early July)
• Rogers Cup – Toronto, Canada (Early August)
• Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati, OH (Mid August)
• US Open – Flushing Meadows, NY (late August-September)
• Rolex Shanghai Masters – Shanghai, China (Early October)
• Rolex Paris Masters – Paris, France (Late October-Nov)

Subscriptions as Gifts

A subscription is a great gift idea because it keeps on giving as long as it’s active. The following are three of our favorite subscriptions to give as gifts to tennis players.

• Tennis Magazine: 6 copies published yearly
• Tennis TV: stream and watch up to 2,000 ATP matches
• Tennis Trunk: a box of tennis gear and equipment delivered straight to your doorstep every month

Memberships as Gifts

There’s nothing better than supporting or being part of a group that’s passionate about tennis, which makes the gift of a membership to some of these great organizations such a pleasure.

Not only does a gift of membership provide players with a sense of belonging (and in some cases a few perks) you’ll also be helping them thrive because they rely in part on membership to continue operation.

• United States Tennis Association (USTA): adult, junior and family memberships available that allow you to compete in sanctioned events, receive a subscription to Tennis Magazine, and discounts on tournaments and travel.
• International Tennis Hall of Fame: membership gives you access to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, discounts at the yearly Hall of Fame grass court tournament, and more!
• United States Racquet Stringers Association (USRSA): a membership to the USRSA gets you a copy of Stringer’s Digest, discounts and free samples, and the ability to get certified as a professional stringer.
• Local club: what’s better than the gift of a membership to your local club or courts so that the tennis player in your life can easily schedule time on the court and get to know other local tennis players.

Wall Art Tennis Gifts

Tennis wall art is perhaps one of the more unique gifts to give a tennis player because it’s often so unexpected. There’s also a wide variety of styles of art available for different players with varying taste.

Here are a few of our favorites to give you a sneak peak of what’s out there.

Monte Carlo

Racquet Patent

Roger Federer

Be a Good Loser

Net Patent

Rafael Nadal

Kitchen, Dining & Jewelry Gifts

The gift of a tennis-themed kitchen or dining item is a great way to provide a player with a constant reminder of their favorite sport. Similarly, for the player who loves jewelry, a piece that’s tennis-themed can make a fantastic gift idea.

Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

• Cups
• Glasses
• Mugs
• Cutting board
• Wine topper
• Spreading knives
• Timer
• Bracelet
• Necklace
• Earrings

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