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2026 (55th) University of Queensland Open Tennis Championships

Time: 
Sat, 18/07/2026 - 8:00am - 7:00pm
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Sun, 19/07/2026 - 8:00am - 7:00pm
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Sat, 25/07/2026 - 8:00am - 7:00pm
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Sun, 26/07/2026 - 8:00am - 7:00pm
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Sat, 01/08/2026 - 8:00am - 7:00pm
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Sun, 02/08/2026 - 8:00am - 7:00pm
Entries close: 
Wed, 08/07/2026 - 11:30pm

2026 University Open Sponsors & Supporters:

Hawkins Jenkins Ross

HEAD Oceania

UQ Sport

Tennis Australia

Tennios Queensland

C. Engelbrecht

 

   Hawkins Jenkins Ross              HEAD          

Venue:  UQ Sport Tennis Centre, Blair Drive, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Conducted by:  The University of Queensland Tennis Club Inc. (UQ Tennis Club)

Eligibility:  Open to all players with a Tennis Austrlalia Competitive Player Profile and Tennis ID (11-digit number starting with '66') linked to Universal Tennis Ratings AND are 13 years of age or older in 2026 (i.e. born 2013 or earlier).  

To find your Tennis ID or create a CPP & Tennis ID & UTR link go to:
https://www.tennis.com.au/compete/join-competitions/set-up-competitive-player-profile#get-started

Anybody who has a problem setting up their CPP linked to UTR should contact Tennis Australia via play@tennis.com.au or Ph 1800 752 983. 

Format: Open and Junior events will be played using Knock-out formats.  Seniors and Grade events will be played using Round-Robin formats.

Event times: Open events will be played on 25-26 July & 1-2 August.  18/U, 16/U & 14/U events will be played on 18-19 & 25-26 July.  Seniors events (60/O, 55/O, 50/O, 45/O, 40/O & 35/O) & Grade events (A, A Reserve, B & C Grades) will be played in pre-scheduled sessions on 18-19, 25-26 July & 1-2 August (check the Information Lealet here for date & session times and for eligibility levels for Special & Grade events).

Entries:  Entries for all events must be lodged on-line.   

On-line entrants in the Round-Robin Grade events, not playing in UQ Tennis Club programs and not having a verifief UTR, must supply information about their standard (e.g. Fixtures Competition, Team & Grade) as Additional Information.

Entries can be lodged on-line here.  To enter on-line, players have to log in to their Competitive Player Profile.  Entries close on Wednesay, 8 July.

Players should check their UTR for event eligibility before entering. Doubles event eligibility is based on a player’s highest UTR (singles or doubles).  For a doubles pair of different levels, eligibility is based on the higher UTR.

Check the Tournament Info & Events Schedule here.

Players wanting to enter more than 4 events or more than 2 singles events, should enter the maximum events allowed on-line and then contact tournaments@uqtc.org.au for the procedure on how to enter extra events.  Players entering multiple Seniors and Grade events must ensure they are not entering events with the same pre-scheduled initial round-robin session time.