Lake Como Tennis Villa

The court sits a little above the water, its clay raked smooth and warming through the morning. From the baseline you can see the lake between the cypress, flat and pale at this hour, and the mountains holding the far shore. There is no club, no booking sheet, no one waiting for the hour to end. The villa is yours, the court is yours, and the only sound after a rally is the water moving against the stone steps at the bottom of the garden.

This is the most private week in the collection, built for a family or a small group who would rather not share their tennis with anyone. You play when you want to, in the cool of the morning or the long light before dinner, and you stop when you would rather be on the boat.

How we shape it

We take a villa with its own clay court and a resident coach who is yours for the week. Some mornings you might want a full session, working through patterns and footwork on a surface that asks for patience. Other days you take a basket of balls alone, or a gentle hit between players of mixed levels, the coach feeding and watching from the side. Children and improvers are met where they are; stronger players get the drilling they came for.

Around the tennis, a chef cooks to your table and a boat sits ready at the jetty, so the week bends to your appetite for play and your appetite for rest. We set nothing in stone. You tell us, each morning, how much tennis the day should hold, and the rest of Como is simply there at the bottom of the garden.