Best Tennis and Pickleball courts in Riverside, Riverside County for 2025

Summary / Description

5 lighted tennis courts with shade benches, 4 dedicated pickleball courts in Victoria Country Club in Riverside, CA. The club features 4 outdoor pickleball courts with permanent lines and nets. Amenities include restrooms and lighting for evening play. Private club with a golf course, swimming pool, fitness, tennis courts, dining and bar with meeting or conference rooms. Access requires club membership.

TENNIS COURTS
The Victoria Club provides its members with five professionally lighted hard tennis courts. These courts are available from sunrise to 10:00 p.m. seven days a week. The atmosphere surrounding the courts is both private and beautiful with tree top views of mature pine and eucalyptus. The facility is highlighted by a sunken center court with stadium seating on one side. Tennis members at Victoria Club enjoy many perks, including very few, if any, wait times for courts, professional tennis lessons, low guest fees and unlimited free use of the ball machine.

TENNIS PRO SHOP
The Tennis Pro Shop, located a short distance from the courts, is both a central information center which specializes in expert restringing and regripping, as well as a lounge for players to get together prior to or after their matches.

MEMBERSHIP
The Tennis calendar allows for members to participate in leagues, tournaments, and social events on a monthly basis.
Getting connected with other players is facilitated by the Club’s Pro, who is happy to set up well matched play for the members, from seasoned players to those just learning to play.
The Club has a limited number of memberships available (1100); there may occur a time that certain memberships may be full.
Fees are subject to change per approval by the Board of Directors; please note that all members in all membership classes are charged the following fees unless otherwise noted in the details below:

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FEE
All New Membership Applicants will be billed a fee of $125.00. This will be assessed with the initial amount due during orientation.

DUES
Dues are billed monthly in advance on or around the last day of the prior month. The amount will vary contingent on the type of membership.

MONTHLY FOOD AND BEVERAGE MINIMUM
The monthly “minimum” is inclusive of tax and service charge. Members with a monthly minimum are billed for any unused portion of their minimum at the end of the month. Members with an annual minimum are billed for any unused minimum amounts on their annual anniversary.

MONTHLY REPLACEMENT FEE
All members, except Golf Preview, share in the cost for the repair or replacement of items in shared areas. Equity members will have $40.00 added each month. All Non-Equity members (Junior Executive, Dining, Tennis, and Social,) will have $15.00 added to their statement. None of the Monthly Replacement funds charged to Non-Equity members are used for capital improvements. Updates to the membership are sent out via email with the schedule for repair or replacement.

OPERATION FEE
Victoria Club operates in the top 85th percentile for operational efficiency, according to Benchmark operations. Operation Fees offset costs, such as minimum wage, tax increases, etc. that may exceed the income from the collection of membership dues. In lieu of an increase of the monthly membership dues, an operation fee is charged to each member to cover the anticipated operation budget shortfall (excludes Tennis Members).

MEMBERSHIP CONVERSION FEE
The conversion fee is a non-refundable fee charged to all members who move down in membership class. It is added to the member’s statement in the month the change becomes effective. The fee for Equity Members is $1,000.00.

THE EXIT FEE
This fee is charged to Equity memberships only and is subject to change at the discretion of the Board of Directors and is in lieu of the transfer fee listed in the bylaws for the sale of an Equity membership. The current exit fee for all Equity members, including Equity at Modified dues, is $1,000.00.

CAPITAL ASSESSMENTS
The Board may levy assessments up to $1,000.00 per Equity membership within a calendar year without prior authorization of the Equity members. Assessments are for capital improvements and may only be charged to Equity members, including those in the Equity at Modified Dues membership.

VETTING PROCESS
All memberships include a vetting process. The vetting process consist of the Membership Candidate’s name posting for general membership’s review, a mandatory New Membership Candidate Mixer, Background Checks (includes criminal check and credit report) for both the applicant and spouse/spousal equivalent, sponsorship, recommendation, and approval of membership by the Club Membership Committee and Board of Directors respectively, and the mandatory New Member Orientation occurring the first Tuesday of the following month.
Candidates who are currently in the membership vetting process cannot golf alone (nor with guest).
They cannot use the Club, nor any of its amenities except under the following conditions:
Candidates can play golf (and pay the green fees of the day) or dine as guests of current/active members.
If it is a scheduled play or dining as organized by a member of the Membership Committee.

NEW MEMBER CANDIDATE SPONSORSHIP
All Membership candidates must have sponsors that are Regular Equity Members to refer and support them through the vetting process.