General Information
The Boss Tennis Center is open from Monday, September 16, 2019 through Friday, June 5, 2020. Hours are 7:30am - 10:00pm weekdays and 8:00am - 8:00pm on weekends. The facility is closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. To make a court reservation, please call the front desk at 603-646-1101. Members can make a court reservations four days ahead, non-members two days ahead.
We are located on the Dartmouth College campus at 6 Summer Court. Parking for Boss is available in the Thompson Arena parking lot.
Membership Rates
Memberships are available for the full season (September 16, 2019 - June 5, 2020), for fall/winter (September 16, 2019 - January 26, 2020), or for winter/spring (January 1, 2020 - June 5, 2020) Rates are listed below. Full year or half-year rate in ( ).
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Full Year |
Half Year |
| Dartmouth Student* |
Complimentary |
| Dartmouth Student Spouse/Partner* |
$90.00 |
$65.00 |
| Dartmouth Alumnus/a* |
$135.00 |
$87.50 |
| Dartmouth Employee/Spouse/Partner |
$135.00 |
$87.50 |
| Community Adult |
$190.00 |
$115.00 |
| Seniors (65+) |
$160.00 |
$100.00 |
| *Includes Medical, Tuck, Thayer graduate schools and any graduate student with a valid Dartmouth ID |
Membership Categories
Alumnus/a: Listed in Dartmouth email as an alumnus/a.
Employee: Determined at time of purchase, based on the Human Resources Payroll data base.
Employee Spouse/Partner: Married to, or same-sex domestic partner of, Dartmouth employee.
Community Adult: Anyone who is not an employee, employee/student spouse or alumnus/a.
Senior: 65 years of age or older, identification required.
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Court Rates (per person)
The court rate per person for an hour of singles is $17.00 for members, with an additional $10.00 per person guest fee for non-members,
$10.00 for youths (no guest fees), and $5.00 for Dartmouth students (undergraduate and graduate).
Courts are normally unavailable Tuesday - Friday during varsity team practices from 3:00 - 7:00pm.
However, this time is available to the general public during Dartmouth Winter Break late November-early January.
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Evening/Weekend Specials
Take advantage of our discount rate of $24.00 per court/per hour. WEEKENDS all day between 8:00am - 8:00pm and WEEKDAYS Monday 3:00 - 5:30pm, Monday/Wednesday/Friday 7:00 - 10:00pm, Tuesday/Thursday 8:30 - 10:00pm. The discount rate is for both members and non-members (with no guest fees for non-members as well). To reserve a time, please call the front desk at 603-646-1101. Court subject to availability. Youth and Dartmouth student rates still apply during the discount special.
Private Lessons
Per NCAA rules, private lessons are prohibited to any individual (youth) who has started classes for the 9th grade up until their full-time enrollment at a college or university.
Private lessons for all others can be arranged directly with Head Pro Dave Jones. Please call 603-646-0751 or email at dave.jones@dartmouth.edu.
Clinics
The Boss Tennis Center offers weekly clinics starting Monday, September 16, 2019 through Friday, June 5, 2020.
The Junior clinic is Monday afternoons from 4:00-5:30pm. The Junior clinic is available to anyone in grades 6th through and including 12th and is limited to the first 12 participants.
This Junior clinic is designed to improve overall tennis skills and geared to those who are serious about playing varsity tennis at the next level.
Several weekly adult clinics are offered during the year as well.
For additional information concerning the junior/adult tennis clinics, please call the Boss front desk at 603-646-1101.
About the Facility
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 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.
Alexis Boss Tennis Center and Alan Gordon Pavilion earns Court of the Year Honors, Tennis Industry magazine, March/April 2002
"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.
""The Alexis Boss Tennis Center and Alan Gordon Pavilion is a place we have been grateful to call home throughout our time at Dartmouth. It is a place where we have not only played our favorite sport, but has also given us the opportunity to create life long friendships and memories that will stay with us forever. We are honored and fortunate to represent Alexis Boss every time we step onto the court". Women's captains Racquel Lyn '20 and Allison McCann '20
"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 Emeritus 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
| About Boss Tennis Center/Gordon Pavilion |
Facilities Include: |
- Built - 2000
- Named for Alexis Boss '93
- Pavilion recognizes Alan D. Gordon '77
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- Six Regulation Courts
- Lounge
- Two public locker rooms
- Two tennis team locker rooms
- Mezzanine Seating
- Team Meeting room
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