LTA Tennis Awards presented by Lexus
The annual LTA Tennis Awards, presented by Lexus, highlight the incredible achievements and contributions of people in tennis across Britain.
Launched in 2015 with the help of former LTA president Cathie Sabin OBE, the awards celebrate the many thousands of inspirational individuals involved in tennis, dedicating their precious time and energy to the continual development and growth of the sport. Over the past eight years, the awards have illustrated the depth of service and talent within the tennis community across Britain and served as an inspiration to others to volunteer, coach, officiate or to play tennis.
The awards also highlight the talent across the tennis community in Britain, which includes 25,000 volunteers, 6,400 coaches and more than 1,000 officials. They also showcase the incredible achievements of some 12,610 schools, 2,354 clubs and over 9,500 LTA approved tournaments. The contribution of these individuals and venues helps to bring fans and players closer to the game we all love.
Last year, winners were judged from over 2,600 public nominations, and this year we are hoping to break the 3,000 barrier.
Nominations now open for LTA Tennis Awards 2025
There are a total of 14 award categories for the 2025 LTA Tennis Awards. The full list of categories is below:
- Club of the Year (a tennis club of any shape and size)
- Coach of the Year (a coach who works in a "grassroots" venue - club/community level)
- Performance Coach of the Year (a coach who works with performance adults or juniors)
- Tennis Opened Up Award (an inclusion award for any individual, programme or project demonstrating inclusion)
- Park Venue of the Year (any park venue delivering tennis)
- Competition of the Year (a competition of any size)
- School of the Year (any primary or secondary school delivering tennis)
- University of the Year (any University delivering tennis)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (someone who has volunteered for over 30 years in any capacity in tennis)
- Official of the Year (any level of tennis Official)
- Cathie Sabin Volunteer of the Year (someone who volunteers in any capacity in tennis)
- Young Person of the Year (someone aged 14-24 who volunteers or helps in any capacity in tennis)
- LTA President's Award (any individual, venue or project deserving of recognition for something exceptional)
- Meritorious Service Award (Nomination from County Associations and related organisations only)
As well as the LTA categories for Annual Awards, there are of course the Nottinghamshire-specific Awards categories:
- Best Individual Performance - Domestic
- Best Individual Performance - International
- Most Improved Junior Boy
- Most Improved Junior Girl
- Team of the Year
You will not see these categories listed when you click on the LTA website link below, but once you click to start making your nomination you should then see the Nottinghamshire categories at that point.
Awards Criteria
The criteria, which can be found below, for each category has been set to give nominees a clear indication of what we'd expect to see from the award winners.
Tips for Writing a Good Nomination
Download the handy guide here.
Submitting your Nomination
Nominations can be submitted via the LTA Website.
Nominations will close on 31st December 2024.
