Riverside Racquet Complex in Vero Beach, Florida

Riverside Racquet Complex is the public tennis center in Vero Beach's Riverside Park, at 350 Dahlia Lane, owned publicly and managed by USTA Florida.

Its About page, read on October 15, 2026, describes the complex as publicly owned and managed by USTA Florida, with ten hard courts (six lighted), a free lighted practice wall and a pro shop. The City of Vero Beach City Parks Information page lists Riverside Park among the parks inside the city limits, alongside Humiston Beach Park, Jaycee Beach Park, Royal Palm Pointe and South Beach Park, and the Recreation Department menu on that page links to the Riverside Racquet Tennis Complex.

Usage figures come from the operator. A May 8, 2026 release from USTA Florida says the Riverside facility serves close to 8,000 players each year and calls it one of the Treasure Coast's most active public tennis destinations. Programs posted for Riverside Park range from a red ball clinic for beginners ages 5 to 8 to a competitive development group for tournament players, and the complex also hosts USTA L7 and Junior Green Circuit tournaments on its Vero Beach courts.

Riverside has 10 hard courts (six lighted), a lighted practice wall, two rental ball machines and a pro shop, open 8am to 8pm on weekdays and 8am to 12 noon on weekends.

The facility list on the Riverside Racquet Complex About page, as of October 15, 2026, names 10 hard courts with six lighted, a lighted practice wall, two Ace Playmate ball machines available for rental and a pro shop. Posted hours are 8am to 8pm Monday through Friday and 8am to 12 noon on Saturday and Sunday. Courts, lessons and classes are booked through an online platform called Tennis Director, which the complex describes as a single place to reserve a court, book a lesson and register for a class.

The same About page carried a notice on October 15, 2026 that court availability may be restricted due to fence damage, with repair dates to be posted when confirmed. The contact page lists the front desk phone as (772) 538-9933 and the email as [email protected], the simplest way to confirm which Riverside Park courts are open before a visit.

On pickleball, the complex's own pages are silent. Its monthly memberships cover unlimited tennis, racquetball and lights, and none of the Riverside Racquet Complex pages checked on October 15, 2026 list pickleball courts or pickleball programs, so the Riverside Park facility functions as a tennis center first.

As posted on October 15, 2026, daily court time at Riverside is free for members, $6 plus tax for Vero Beach city residents and $8 plus tax for non-residents.

A light fee of $2 per hour, per court, per person applies at night on the six lighted Riverside Park courts. Memberships come in monthly and annual forms. A monthly membership, which includes unlimited tennis, racquetball and lights but not round robins, is $83 for a single adult and $132 for a family for city residents, and $110 and $182 for non-residents. Annual memberships at Riverside are $275 single and $358 family for city residents and $330 and $500 for non-residents; annual members can reserve courts 48 hours in advance and sign up early for round robins. Proof of residency is a voter registration, electric bill or tax receipt.

Round robin prices at Riverside Park are posted two ways. The adult programs page lists $5.00 for city resident members, $7.00 for city resident non-members, $8.00 for non-city resident members and $10.00 for non-city resident non-members, a grid that differs from the three-column list on the About page; both were posted on October 15, 2026, so the front desk is the place to confirm the charge.

The residency line comes from the city. The Vero Beach Recreation Department defines a city resident as someone living within the Vero Beach limits or owning real estate there, and a non-city resident as someone living in Indian River County. The department's page lists rates and fees effective 10/1/26, states that its programs are open to all residents of Indian River County regardless of location, and gives the department phone as 772-567-2144.

Riverside runs junior classes most weekdays, adult clinics and round robins, private lessons, and summer camps with the Mardy Fish Children's Foundation.

The junior programs page says Orange Stars, one of the Vero Beach junior classes, is played on the USTA 60 ft court with low compression orange balls. Private lessons (one player to one instructor), semi-private lessons (two players to one instructor), group sessions and hitting sessions with certified instructors are booked through the same Riverside system.

The adult programs page for the Riverside Park courts lists a six-week Love to Learn Clinic for total beginners on Saturdays from 9:00 to 10:00 AM for $60, Stroke of the Week on Wednesdays at 8:30 AM, Doubles Drill and Play on Wednesday evenings, Doubles Strategy on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Live Ball Express on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings. Morning round robins run 8:30 to 10:00 AM on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with check in at 8:15, and evening round robins run 6:00 to 7:30 PM on Tuesday and Thursday; staff assign partners and complete draws by player level.

The 2026 USTA Florida release adds that Riverside offers year-round leagues, clinics, camps and tournaments, and that the complex partners with the Mardy Fish Children's Foundation on summer camps that introduce new families to the sport.

USTA Florida has run Riverside since June 1, 2023, under a license the Vero Beach City Council approved unanimously, and the deal was extended for three years in May 2026.

The May 8, 2026 release says the partnership began June 1, 2023, when the City Council voted unanimously to license the facility to USTA Florida, and that USTA Florida and the City of Vero Beach have signed a three-year extension that keeps USTA Florida at the helm of Riverside Racquet Complex. It frames the renewal as part of USTA Florida's Big Bold Moves, a strategic priority focused on raising the quality of public tennis facilities across the state, and quotes Laura Bowen, USTA Florida Executive Director, calling the City of Vero Beach an outstanding partner in making public tennis courts accessible for all.

Staff changed with the renewal. The release announced Justin DiMaio as the complex's new Director of Tennis, said his junior development work has helped send 27 athletes to college on scholarship, and quoted Bowen saying the new director grew up playing on these courts. The About page lists DiMaio as Director of Tennis and John Sanders as Director of Tennis Management, the contact for lessons at (321) 420-0907.

The next tournaments on the Riverside calendar are a Green Ball and an L7 event on Saturday, November 7, 2026, starting at 8:00 AM.

Tournament play runs through USTA Florida. The events calendar read on October 15, 2026 lists the Riverside Green Ball and Riverside L7 tournaments on November 7, 2026, with registration at ustaflorida.com. The same calendar still shows Green Ball and L7 events dated September 19, 2026, a date that has now passed.

Plans beyond that are stated in general terms. The May 8, 2026 release says USTA Florida plans to expand the complex's offerings and bring even more players onto the courts, and that DiMaio intends to focus on growing junior pathways, expanding adult programming and strengthening the complex's role as a welcoming entry point into the sport for new players and families.

Last verified: October 15, 2026, by re-reading the Riverside Racquet Complex About, contact, junior programs, adult programs and events pages, the USTA Florida renewal release dated May 8, 2026, and the City of Vero Beach Recreation Department and City Parks Information pages.