SNUC
Nantes, France
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Lucas Poullain #318 ATP
SNUC Tennis is a city-centre tennis club in Nantes, founded in 1921, with more than 1300 members. It runs a tennis school for children, group and individual training, internal tournaments, and about thirty teams in national and regional championships.
8 indoor courts: 6 Greenset resin and 2 Terbat artificial clay; 8 outdoor courts: 5 traditional clay and 3 carpet
Programmes and prices
What they sell and what it costs, as published on Oct 19, 2026.
- Discovery tennis (Tennis découverte): kids born in 2021. €275 / season
- Group lessons for kids (Cours collectifs école de tennis): kids and juniors born in 2019 or earlier. €395 / season
- Wall group (Mur): kids 5 to 7. €50 / 12 sessions
- Competition pathway (Centre de formation à la compétition): kids at orange and green ball level, selected. €510 / season
- Training centre, Espoir group (Centre d'entraînement Espoir): juniors, selected. €510 / season
- Training centre, Performance group (Centre d'entraînement Performance): juniors free before 17:30, selected. €630 / season
- Training centre with Collège de la Perverie: school + tennis: juniors at the Collège de la Perverie, selected. €750 / season
- Training centre for distance schooling (IFOM, CENS or CNED): full-time: juniors on IFOM, CENS or CNED distance schooling, selected. €1,500 / season
- Elite training centre (Centre d'entraînement Elite): juniors ranked 2/6 or better, selected. Price on request
- Adult group lessons (Cours adultes): adults 18 and over. €500 / season · €680 / season
- Tennis for health (Tennis-santé): adults with a chronic illness. €250 / season
- Club membership (Adhésion): adults and juniors. €470 / season · €160 / season under 20
Deals and codes
- Welcome offer: €370 adult membership instead of €470 for anyone not an adult member in the last 5 years, September to December
- Free racket for new players at the first discovery tennis session
The facts
- Courts: 16 (8 indoor (6 Greenset resin, 2 Terbat artificial clay) and 8 outdoor (5 clay, 3 carpet))
- Founded: 1921 (a city-centre club in Nantes)
- Members: 1,300+ (their own figure)
- Grounds: 6 ha (inside the Stade Pascal Laporte, with a gym for the training centre)
- Coaches: 11 (named on their coaches page, most with the state DEJEPS or DESJEPS diploma)
- Group lessons from: €275 (a season for kids born in 2021, 29 one-hour sessions)
- Boarding: Not mentioned
- School on site: No, school partner and adapted hours
- From age: 5, discovery tennis
- Adults: Group lessons and membership
- Visits: 10-hour court card, €140
- Locations: One club in central Nantes
- How to get in: Season membership from €160 under 20 to €470 for 35 and over, valid Sep 1, 2026 – Aug 31, 2027, plus the FFT licence; an ID photo is needed to sign up
- Visits and trials: A 10-hour court card costs €140, booking 48 hours ahead; Terbat courts are limited on weekday evenings from 17:00
Coaches
- Sébastien Tesson, Sporting director, head of high-level training
- Adrien Riou Du Cosquer, Head of competition pathway, under 12s
- Benjamin Paranque, Head of the training centre, over 12s
- Hugo Réalland, Head of adult leisure lessons
- Rudy Samson, Coach, tennis school and training centre
- Sylvie Sabas-Legris, Coach, tennis school and adult groups
- Marc Billaut, Coach, tennis school and adult groups
- Soizic Orsonneau, Tennis school coach since 1992
Tournaments they host
- ITF women's tournament. Mar 27 – Apr 4, 2027, international women's event at the club
- Les Conviviales internal tournament. 10th edition for members, pools Oct 5, 2026 – Mar 7, 2027, finals Mar 13–14, 2027
- Senior open tournament. June 4–17, 2026 for adults ranked 30 down to numbered players
- Youth and senior open. every August, plus youth tournaments and one-day TMC events through the season
- French team championships. about thirty club teams; a Pro A home match day on Wednesday Nov 18 or 25, 2026
Where it is
Stade Pascal Laporte, 74 bd des Anglais, 44100 Nantes.
Also in France
- Ninon Tennis Club 57 km, Pornichet. 1 pro raised, best Valentin Royer #110 ATP
- Tennis Club de Saint-Michel-sur-Orge 328 km, Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. 1 pro raised, best Arthur Fils #10 ATP
- Tennis Club du Grand Versailles 328 km, Versailles. 1 pro raised, best Chloe Paquet #318 WTA
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