Advocacy for Tennis in Montana
Montana is a big, rural state with a smaller population, comparatively.
Tennis is growing fast here – which means every court, every program, and every advocate’s voice can have a big impact.
What is advocacy?
Across Montana, the need is specific and growing: repairing aging courts, expanding access, and making sure new facilities keep pace with the players showing up to use them.
Finding the people and organizations in your community who can move tennis forward is the best place to start. It’s rarely just about tennis – it’s about using tennis to solve problems people care about: youth development, public health, and quality of life in areas across Montana.
Building public support and awareness for tennis helps protect the sport we love and provides pathways for us to advance forward.
Big Sky… Bigger Growth
Tennis in Montana is on a genuine upswing. League participation has grown, double where we were in 2024. Tournament’s have had record breaking participation numbers. Montana is outpacing many other USTA districts in the country – a real signal that more Montanans are picking up a racquet, not just that a few programs are having a good season.
That growth is happening in a state where courts are often old, spread across large distances, and subject to short spring and summer seasons and long harsh winters. Montana doesn’t have the population density to absorb rapid growth quietly – every new player picking up a racket is a visible, local story, in Missoula, Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Helena, and every one of Montana’s towns in between.
Montana’s growth and support of Intermountain’s metrics
JULY 2025-2026 YEAR OVER YEAR METRICS
Big Sky… Bigger Growth
Tennis in Montana is on a genuine upswing. League participation has grown, double where we were in 2024. Tournament’s have had record breaking participation numbers. Montana is outpacing many other USTA districts in the country – a real signal that more Montanans are picking up a racquet, not just that a few programs are having a good season.
That growth is happening in a state where courts are often old, spread across large distances, and subject to short spring and summer seasons and long harsh winters. Montana doesn’t have the population density to absorb rapid growth quietly – every new player picking up a racket is a visible, local story, in Missoula, Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, Helena, and every one of Montana’s towns in between.
Montana’s growth and support of Intermountain’s metrics
JULY 2025-2026 YEAR OVER YEAR METRICS
Advocacy in action… Montana projects that need your support
What if your tennis team had no true home courts, limited funding, and spent hours traveling just to compete?
For the student-athletes in Red Lodge, Montana, these challenges are part of everyday life. Despite growing participation and incredible dedication from players and coaches, the Red Lodge High School tennis program continues to face obstacles that many programs never encounter – from losing its travel budget and having limited access to indoor courts, to sharing just one and a half courts with another sport and traveling long distances for competition. Yet through it all, the program continues to grow because of one thing: a community that believes tennis changes lives.
💙 Advocacy starts with awareness. Red Lodge is working toward a brighter future with plans for a new community tennis complex that will provide opportunities for youth, high school players, leagues, tournaments, and public play for generations to come. Read the inspiring story, learn about the challenges they are facing, and discover how you can help.
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Case studies of advocacy in our district
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