Peanut Tennis
Peanut Tennis indexes 3,737 Australian tennis venues, including 1,361 free park courts, and lists 149 upcoming sanctioned tournaments filterable by state, age group and date.
About Peanut Tennis
Overview
Peanut Tennis is an Australian web application that indexes tennis venues and sanctioned tournament listings in a single interface. The directory covers 3,737 venues, of which 1,361 are free park courts, alongside 149 upcoming tournaments filterable by state, age group and date. Court records surface lighting, surface type and access instructions, with results ordered nearest-first.
Discovery Workflow
- Court search — location-based lookup of parks, clubs and centres, with shortcut entry points such as the 152 free courts in Melbourne and 174 in Sydney.
- Tournament calendar — per-state counts (63 in VIC, 30 in QLD, 29 in NSW, 13 in SA) plus entrant visibility before the draw is published.
- Reference material — plain-English guides covering UTR, tiers and ball colours, plus association by-laws.
Positioning
The project states it is independent and not affiliated with Tennis Australia or UTR Sports. Desktop and mobile clients reach the same data through site-wide navigation and a persistent bottom bar on small screens. Account creation, pricing, API access and data refresh cadence are not disclosed on the landing page.
Pros
- Consolidates venue data and tournament calendars into one browsable interface.
- Foregrounds free park courts, with explicit per-city counts for Melbourne and Sydney.
- State-level tournament filtering paired with entrant visibility ahead of published draws.
- Plain-English guides on UTR, tiers and ball colours lower the barrier for newer competitors.
- States independence from Tennis Australia and UTR Sports, avoiding implied endorsement.
Cons
- Coverage is limited to Australian venues and tournaments only.
- Pricing, account model and API access are not disclosed on the landing page.
- Update frequency and sourcing methodology for venue and tournament data are not stated.
