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Alexis Boss Tennis Center

& Alan Gordon Pavilion

Boss Tennis Center Hours of Operation

The Boss Tennis Center is open from mid-September through the end of May. Hours are 7:30 am to 10:00 pm weekdays and 8:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekends. The facility is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's day.

December 2009 Holiday Hours

Wednesday, 12/23: 7:30am - 10:00pm

Thursday, 12/24: 7:30am - 3:00pm

Friday, 12/25: CLOSED

Saturday, 12/26 - Sunday, 12/27: 8:00am - 8:00pm

Monday, 12/28 - Wednesday, 12/30: 7:30am - 10:00pm

Thursday, 12/31: 7:30am - 3:00pm

Friday, Jan 1: CLOSED

The court rates per hour are $28 for members, $42 for non-members, and $10 for Dartmouth students (undergraduate and graduate). All Dartmouth students receive a complementary membership. Courts are normally reserved for team practices from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm during weekdays.

We are located on the Dartmouth College campus at the intersection of South Park Street and Summer Court. Parking for Boss is available in the Thompson Arena parking lot. Annual Memberships are available in several categories. Members receive discounted court fees, contract time, a parking pass and complimentary lockers. Please contact the Tennis Center at 603-646-1387 for additional membership information.

The Alexis Boss Tennis Center and Alan Gordon Pavilion opened in the fall of 2000. The Boss Tennis Center is utilized by the Dartmouth Varsity Tennis teams and Physical Education program. Open Recreation play is available to Dartmouth students, faculty, staff, and the public. The center houses six regulation-size doubles tennis courts with a multi-layer competition surface which meet all USTA requirements. The court lighting is state-of-the-art, multi-level, indirect lighting which provides uniform visibility and meets USTA recommended lighting levels for college competition.

The Alan Gordon Pavilion houses the lobby, lounge, locker rooms and shower facilities.

Alexis Boss Tennis Center and Alan Gordon Pavilion earn Court of the Year Honors

"Normally, it's the attention to details that make a structure stand out. But sometimes it's the attention to the lack of details."

"There is not a lot of high-end detailing in this building, which is generally the case on large athletic buildings," says Jim Pulver of Bread Loaf Corp., a full-service provider of planning, architecture and building in Middlebury, Vt. "So the design quality is a result of using big ideas concerning the layout of the spaces and adjacencies on each level."

And in this regard, the center - named for the late Alexis Boss, a former member of the Dartmouth tennis team - succeeds beautifully. " Click here for the rest of the article from Tennis Industry magazine, March/April 2002 issue.

On Monday, September 18, 2000, a new era of tennis began at Dartmouth as the Alexis Boss Tennis Center and Alan D. Gordon Pavilion officially opened.

The six-court facility is the home for the Dartmouth men's and women's tennis teams and features a lounge, two public locker rooms, two tennis team locker rooms, mezzanine seating and a team meeting room.

Dartmouth's newest athletic gem honors Alexis Boss '93, who won All-Ivy recognition in singles and doubles five times before losing a gallant battle to brain cancer in 1995.

The pavilion also recognizes Alan D. Gordon '77, captain of the men's squash team in 1976-77 and also a varsity tennis player.

View looking from court 6 toward court 1. Spectator viewing can be seen to the left.

"I absolutely loved the Boss Tennis Center when I first saw it on my recruiting trip. Playing here is unreal. It's so well designed. We get to play on such beautiful courts, accompanied by practice music over an incredible sound system. I can't emphasize enough how nice it is to have such an awesome place to practice and hold matches. We all always talk about how good it feels to come back to Boss after being at an away match." Jayme Ahmed '06

View looking from court 1 toward court 6.

We're very fortunate to have a facility like this on our campus. It's allowed us to have a first-class place in which to practice and play and has been a great addition for the local community." Men's Head Coach Chuck Kinyon

It's a great advantage for our program to be able to play and practice in one of the finest facilities in the country. It makes everything we're trying to do that much better. The Boss Center is a great place to practice and play in. It gives our program a large advantage as we continue to develop our players to their ultimate potential. Women's Head Coach Bob Dallis