Dubrovnik Hotels With Tennis Courts, Ranked
Tennis courts at a Dubrovnik resort hotel
The 6 hotels where you can actually get a court, plus the €30 public option nobody tells you about.
Why tennis matters in Dubrovnik specifically
Croatia has produced Goran Ivanišević, Marin Čilić, Iva Majoli and a stream of top-100 players out of a country of four million, and tennis culture is real here — clubs, coaching, and a public that watches the sport. Dubrovnik itself has a decent tennis scene centred on the Gospino Polje club near Boninovo, and several of the peninsula's resort hotels have their own courts. If you play, you can play here. What follows are hotels with courts on the property or a formal partnership with a club, ranked by court quality, availability and price.
One preliminary: only two hotel court complexes on this list host proper coaching and stringing services, and the rest are recreational courts of varying quality. If you’re travelling with your own racket and want a hit for an hour, all six work. If you want lessons or serious practice, the list narrows to two. Rates below are per court hour in shoulder season 2026 and are inclusive of ball hire where available. Book courts at least 24 hours ahead in summer; in shoulder it's usually walk-on.
1. Sun Gardens Dubrovnik, Orašac
The best hotel tennis complex in the region. Four hard courts and two clay courts, all in good condition and well-lit for evening play. Court fees are €30/hour for hard, €35/hour for clay, free for guests booking specific room packages (ask about the sports package when booking). On-site coaches are available at €55/hour and are properly certified — this is the only hotel in Dubrovnik with a resident coaching program. Stringing available, ball machine available, tournament formats organised weekly through the summer.
Sun Gardens is a resort and the tennis complex fits that context — you’re paying for the whole property, of which tennis is a component. Rates €220-340 shoulder for a standard room. For a tennis-focused week here you can genuinely play daily, take a lesson twice, and have your racket restrung on site. Nothing else in Dubrovnik matches this. The one caveat is that the property is 14 km from the Old Town, so it's a tennis holiday with sightseeing days built in rather than a city stay with tennis attached.
2. Valamar Lacroma, Babin Kuk
Three hard courts on the property, decent condition, well-lit. Court fee €20/hour for guests, €28/hour for non-guests. Ball hire €5. No resident coach, but the hotel arranges lessons through the Gospino Polje club at €50/hour with a coach coming to the property. Bookable at the sports desk. Rates €180-260 shoulder for the hotel. Best mid-range option that combines a genuine tennis facility with a workable city base — Babin Kuk is a 15-minute bus to Pile Gate.
The courts are the standard resort setup — Plexipave-style hard court, playable, without the polish of Sun Gardens' complex. Court availability is usually fine in shoulder and requires 24 hours' notice in July and August. The peninsula is quiet in the mornings and evenings which is when you’ll want to play; midday in July is brutally hot on a hard court and you’ll last 30 minutes. Come at 8am or after 6pm and you’ll enjoy it.
3. Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Lapad tip
Two hard courts at the property, both in fair-to-good condition and reasonably well maintained. Court fees €22/hour for guests, €30/hour for non-guests. Ball hire €5. No on-site coach, but staff can arrange lessons through nearby clubs at €50/hour with 24-48 hours' notice. Rates €260-360 shoulder for a sea-view room. The courts are in a decent setting on the peninsula tip with pine trees around them, and the wind is generally less of a factor here than at exposed inland locations.
Availability is usually fine except in July at prime evening hours. The Palace is a large resort (300+ rooms) so demand exists but the two courts handle it. Book at the concierge desk on arrival if you want a regular slot for the week; they’re flexible if you commit to a daily 7pm booking. Court quality is a step below Valamar Lacroma but the position — with sea views through the trees — is prettier for a casual hit.
4. Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera, Mlini
One hard court at the property, plus access to the shared court complex across the road at neighbouring Villa Rosa (two additional hard courts). Court fees €18/hour guest, €25/hour non-guest at the on-property court; the shared complex is €22/hour. Ball hire available. No on-site coach; lessons arranged externally at €50/hour with 24 hours' notice. Rates €180-260 shoulder.
The Mlini location is quiet, the courts are decent, and the availability is the best on this list — even in July you can usually walk on with an hour's notice. The trade-off is that Mlini is 10 km south of the city and you’re commuting for tennis rather than tennis being incidental to a city stay. Best paired with a family or beach-focused stay where daily tennis is a routine feature rather than the trip's centrepiece.
5-6. The rest
5. Rixos Premium Dubrovnik, Lapad tip: one hard court on property, guest access €20/hour, ball hire available. Small setup, no coaching. Court is exposed to wind at the peninsula tip and unusable in strong bura. Fine for a casual hit when the weather is calm. 6. Hotel Bellevue, Boninovo: no on-site courts, but formal partnership with Tennis Club Gospino Polje 10 minutes' walk uphill. Guests get discounted court hire (€15/hour) and lessons at the club (€45/hour). This is the closest thing to a proper tennis experience if you want to stay in a smaller boutique-style hotel.
The Gospino Polje club itself deserves a note: it has six clay courts and three hard courts, resident pros, and welcomes visitors without a hotel partnership at €25-30/hour for clay. If you’re staying inside the Old Town (where no hotel has a court) and want to play, walk 15 minutes to Boninovo, pay for a clay court and enjoy one of the better public tennis experiences in Croatia. Book by phone 24 hours ahead; some staff speak English fluently and the club is welcoming to visitors.
What to bring
Bring your own racket if you have one — rentals at hotels range from €5 to €10 per session and the equipment is usually well-worn club rackets. Bring proper tennis shoes for hard courts; running shoes will grip poorly and you’ll roll an ankle. If you’re playing on clay at Sun Gardens or Gospino Polje, bring clay-court shoes if you’re serious, though the club will let you play in hard-court shoes if that's what you have. String tension services are only available at Sun Gardens; if a string breaks elsewhere in Dubrovnik, you’re driving 14 km for a re-string.
Balls: hotel courts include ball hire at €3-5 per session for used balls, or you can buy new balls at Sport Vision on Stradun for €12 per can. If you’re playing daily, buy your own can — the shared balls at hotels are often quite flat. Hydration matters: courts in July hit surface temperatures of 45°C+ by noon and dehydration comes fast. All hotel courts have water fountains adjacent but bring your own bottle.
The honest verdict
For a serious tennis-focused week with lessons, matches and stringing, book Sun Gardens Dubrovnik. Nothing else in the region comes close. For a family beach holiday with tennis as a daily feature, Valamar Lacroma is the best mid-range choice and the Babin Kuk location is genuinely pleasant. For a couples trip where one player wants to hit an hour a day and the other doesn’t, Dubrovnik Palace or Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera both work. For a city-focused stay where tennis is a bonus, book any hotel and use the Gospino Polje club independently.
One booking note: hotels that mention tennis in their marketing don’t always keep the courts in good condition. Ask for a recent photo of the courts before booking — cracked hard courts and threadbare surfaces are common at hotels that installed tennis in the 2000s and haven’t resurfaced since. Sun Gardens, Valamar Lacroma and Sheraton Dubrovnik Riviera all resurfaced in 2022-2024 and the courts genuinely play well. Older resort courts at hotels not on this list are often not worth the €20/hour.
Before you book
What people ask before booking Pile.
Yes at Sun Gardens (courts stay open year-round, though the outdoor courts are weather-dependent), and yes at Gospino Polje club whose hard courts are open year-round. Most resort hotel courts close in November and reopen in April. Winter play means checking the forecast; the bura wind can make outdoor tennis impossible for days at a time.
One, at Gospino Polje club — a single covered court usable when weather closes the outdoor courts, €35/hour, book by phone 48 hours ahead. No hotel in Dubrovnik has an indoor court. If indoor play is essential, Split (four hours away) has more options.
There's no ATP or WTA event in Dubrovnik itself. The nearest professional tournament is the Croatia Open in Umag (north Croatia, an eight-hour drive) held annually in July. Local club events at Gospino Polje happen most weekends in season and are worth watching if you want to see decent amateur and junior-level play.
