Phillips Academy is located at 180 Main Street (Route 28), Andover, Massachusetts. The campus is south of Andover center, and the varsity tennis courts are toward the southern end of the campus, behind the Pan Athletic Building, and are not visible from the road.

Coming from the north on Main Street: Pass through Andover center and the northern part of the the Phillips Academy campus. Take the second left after the bell tower onto Dwight Street, and park behind the Pan Athletic Building.

Coming from the south on Main Street: Before reaching the Phillips Academy campus proper, take the first right after Hidden Road (which enters Main Street only on the left), then take a right on Dwight Street, and park behind the Pan Athletic Building.

Map of Phillips Academy: https://www.andover.edu/map

Google Maps satellite view: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6444802,-71.1313686,375m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The Andover Tennis Club welcomes players of all skill levels. That said, most members who play regularly have National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) ratings between 3.0 and 4.0. Essentially, if you just can rally somewhat consistently with some pace, you'll fit in toward the low end. If you are or were a strong college player, you probably won't feel consistently challenged.

It's good to know your NTRP rating so the facilitators of organized play can match you with other players of similar abilities. There are numerous NRTP self-rating resources available online. One that we’ve found accessible is from the Metropolitan Tennis Group. It has a table of ratings and player characteristics, plus links to videos describing the skills of players with each rating:

https://metrotennisgroup.com/ntrp

Read the descriptions, watch the videos that seem to apply to you, and decide on your rating. If you’re in between two of the listed levels, it’s OK to give yourself an in-between rating. It’s better to be conservative, rather than aspirational, when rating yourself.

We use WhatsApp to coordinate open play and organized doubles. See the Connect page for how to set up WhatsApp on your phone for ATC communications.

See the Off-Season page for information about off-season play.

In ATC, "competitive" refers to being evenly matched, as opposed to being driven to win. ATC organizes "competitive" doubles aiming for each court to have players with similar levels of skill because people generally enjoy tennis most when that happens. Both sides feel "in the game" which heightens focus and a sense of involvement, and no one feels over-matched or under-challenged. We don’t strictly match on skill level, though. Members like playing with a variety of partners and opponents, and we take that into account when making the court assignments each week.