INSEP
Tennis left INSEP in 2017
Paris, France
6 of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Benjamin Bonzi #100 ATP
- Harmony Tan #215 WTA, came at 16
- Gael Monfils #254 ATP
- Laurent Lokoli #334 ATP, came at 15
- Amandine Hesse #436 WTA, came at 17
- Geoffrey Blancaneaux #446 ATP, came at 17
France's national sports institute on a 28-hectare campus in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, with its own school and boarding for athletes of 16 resident sports. Tennis is no longer one of them: the French federation's tennis pôle moved out in 2017, and the four courts are now used by wheelchair tennis players.
How to get in
The paths the federation publishes on Oct 10, 2026.
- School for INSEP's own athletes (Collège/Lycée de l'INSEP): school + training for athletes already in one of INSEP's resident sports, school years 3e to Terminale; tennis is not one of them since 2017
- Training stays for clubs and federations (Stages sportifs): adults: federations, pro clubs and regional leagues booking a training stay, any sport
The facts
- Tennis courts: 4 (outdoor GreenSet courts, now used by wheelchair tennis players; one turned into 3x3 basketball)
- Tennis pôle left: 2017 (to CREPS Poitiers (boys) and the federation's national centre (girls))
- Tennis area: 5,500 m² (total surface of the tennis courts site)
- Campus: 28 ha (in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris)
- Boarders: 325 (including 106 minors, all sports, their own figure)
- Resident sports: 16 (tennis is not one of them; table tennis is)
- Boarding: Yes, but not for tennis
- School on site: Yes, 3e to Terminale
- From age: No tennis juniors since 2017
- Adults: Wheelchair tennis players only
- Visits: School groups, open days
- Campus: Bois de Vincennes, Paris 12e
- How to get in: No tennis entry since 2017: the French federation's tennis pôle moved to CREPS Poitiers (boys) and its national centre (girls)
- Visits and trials: Paid 2-hour visits for school groups only (up to 30), Tuesday and Thursday mornings; open weekend on European Heritage Days
Where it is
11 Avenue du Tremblay, 75012 Paris.
Nearest airport: Paris Orly (ORY), 14 km
Also in France
- Tennis Club des Lilas 6 km, Les Lilas. 1 pro raised, best Quentin Halys #46 ATP
- Club de Champs-sur-Marne 11 km, Champs-sur-Marne. 1 pro raised, best Selena Janicijevic #282 WTA
- Tennis Club du 16e arrondissement de Paris 14 km, Paris. 1 pro raised, best Selena Janicijevic #282 WTA
- AS Meudon 15 km, Meudon. 1 pro raised, best Veronika Podrez #124 WTA
- Tennis Club de Boulogne-Billancourt 16 km, Boulogne-Billancourt. 1 pro raised, best Diane Parry #34 WTA
- Sarcellois Tennis Club 17 km, Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise). 1 pro raised, best Oceane Babel #501 WTA
- Tennis Club du Grand Versailles 22 km, Versailles. 1 pro raised, best Chloe Paquet #318 WTA
- Tennis Club de Saint-Michel-sur-Orge 25 km, Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. 1 pro raised, best Arthur Fils #10 ATP
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