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Fisher Island Club

Fisher Island, Miami-Dade, Florida · reached only by boat

Key Biscayne, Florida, United States · Members club

No. 15, World's Greatest Grass Clubs
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No. 15, World's Greatest Grass Clubs

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Two grass courts on a private island off Miami Beach, built with advice from Wimbledon.

Facts

Location
Fisher Island, between Miami Beach and Virginia Key, Florida
Founded
1987, on the former Vanderbilt estate
Grass courts
2, among 17 lit courts covering all four Grand Slam surfaces
On the grass
Practice for touring professionals before the European grass season
Visitors
Members and their guests; the island has no road link
Season
Members
Address
7300 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, Florida, 33149, United States

Why it is special

Fisher Island lies off the southern tip of Miami Beach, with no road or causeway to the mainland; residents and visitors arrive by ferry or yacht. Carl G. Fisher, after whom it is named, acquired it in 1919, and in 1927 traded part of it to William K. Vanderbilt II for his yacht, the Eagle. Vanderbilt built a Mediterranean-style house there to designs by Maurice Fatio, with a tennis court in the grounds. Residential development began in the early 1980s and the Fisher Island Club opened in 1987.

A restoration completed in 2013 renewed the tennis centre, which now offers every Grand Slam surface: two grass courts, five European red clay, seven Har-Tru and three DecoTurf. For the grass the club consulted the head groundskeeper of the All England Club, and it has a centre court with stepped seating for its tournaments.

The club names Caroline Wozniacki, Eugenie Bouchard and Sofia Kenin among the professionals who have practised here before the grass season. Fisher Island shows grass kept less as a tradition than as a training surface: a pair of courts in subtropical Florida that let players meet the surface before they travel to Europe.

About the club

Fisher Island Club in Key Biscayne, Florida, has grass courts prepared with advice from the Head Groundskeeper of the All England Club, and the club describes them as some of the best in the United States. A centre court with a stepped viewing area is used for tournaments that often feature professional players.

Visiting professionals, including Caroline Wozniacki, Eugenie Bouchard and Sofia Kenin, have used the courts for pre-tournament practice, and a number of players train here each year before the grass court season.

More grass tennis in Florida

Fisher Island Club is one of 22 clubs in the Grass Court Atlas for the United States. The nearest other grass court club listed is Crandon Park (0.0 km).

Official website: Fisher Island Club

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