Tennis ranks second only to golf as the sport of choice on Hilton Head Island. The island is sprinkled with courts of all surfaces, although some are located within plantations and not open to the public.

In addition to the courts listed, there are tennis courts open and free to the public at the following locations:

• Chaplin Park, on William Hilton Parkway between Burkes Beach and Singleton Beach roads.

• On Cordillo Parkway, near the intersection with DeAllyon Road.

• Behind Fairfield Plaza, near the intersection of U.S. 278 and Spanish Wells Road.

• The Bluffton Recreation Center on Ulmer Road.

Wherever you decide to play, make sure you stretch beforehand and drink plenty of fluids so you don't get dehydrated.

Bloody Point Courts Daufuskie Island, 843-686-4934 Public? Semi Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Fiddler's Cove Racquet Club Folly Field Road, 843-842-5744 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Haig Point Courts Daufuskie Island, 843-689-9204 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort 40 Folly Field Road, 843-842-4402 Public? Yes Surface: Hard

Hilton Head Resort William Hilton Parkway, 843-842-3169 Public? No Surface: Hard

Island Club Tennis Center 85 Folly Field Road, 843-785-8012 Public? No Surface: Hard, Clay

Long Cove Tennis Club Long Cove Club, 843-686-1030 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Melrose Club Daufuskie Island, 843-842-2000 Public? Semi Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Moss Creek Tennis Center Moss Creek Plantation, 843-837-2240 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center Palmetto Dunes Plantation, 843-785-1152 Public? Semi Surface: Har-Tru Clay, Hard

Port Royal Racquet Club Port Royal Plantation, 843-686-8803 Public? Semi Surface: Har-Tru Clay, Hard, Grass

Sea Pines Racquet Club Sea Pines Plantation, 843-363-4495 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Spring Lake Racquet Club Hilton Head Plantation, 843-681-3626 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

South Beach Racquet Club Sea Pines Plantation, 843-671-2215 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

South Carolina Yacht Club Windmill Harbour, 843-681-3100 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Sun City Tennis Center Sun City Hilton Head, 843-705-4022 Public? No Surface: Har-Tru Clay

Van der Meer Shipyard Tennis Center Shipyard Plantation, 843-686-8804 Public? Yes Surface: Clay, Hard

Van der Meer Tennis Center 19 DeAllyon Road, 843-785-8388 Public? No Surface: Hard, Clay

Wexford Tennis Center Wexford Plantation, 843-686-8816 Public? No Surface: Clay