Johnny Mac Tennis Project thanks donors as Hamptons junior tennis grows

SPORTIME Amagansett marked the close of another programming year with a June 26 message from the Johnny Mac Tennis Project that put junior access front and center for East End families weighing summer court time, lessons, and competitive play. The update said more than 5,000 young people participated each week in JMTP programming across New York City this year, and SPORTIME said scholarship athletes have earned 45 college scholarships since the program began.

That number matters because the message tied donor support directly to the pathway that carries players from local courts into academic and athletic opportunity. JMTP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by John McEnroe, and SPORTIME says it provides free tennis, academic, and life-skills programming to thousands of under-resourced New York City youth. The project’s annual scholarship tryout and athletic scouting combine at Randall’s Island, promoted for June 15, 2024, is part of that larger pipeline, connecting talent identification to the program’s scholarship mission.

Amagansett is one of the clearest local faces of that network. SPORTIME describes the Town of East Hampton club as the largest outdoor tennis facility in the Hamptons, with 33 Har-Tru courts and a campus variously described on its site as 23 landscaped acres and 25 acres. The club says it serves 500 to 1,000 players and campers each day during the summer season and offers an extended outdoor season from mid-April to early November, which keeps the site active well beyond the peak vacation weeks.

The Hamptons operation also reaches younger players through JMTA summer tennis training for juniors ages 8 to 18, alongside lessons, clinics, pickleball, and USTA and UTR events. SPORTIME’s broader Hamptons pitch places Amagansett and Quogue within a club network that mixes indoor and outdoor tennis, sports, and camps, while Randall’s Island remains the system’s anchor as the world’s largest indoor tennis club and academy.

This season, the campus also picked up a new detail off court. SPORTIME said the Bouras brothers, who already run Mati Café at Randall’s Island, were operating the Amagansett seasonal café in 2026, adding another layer to a site that now functions as both a summer club and a development hub. For players looking beyond a single booking window, the message from Amagansett was simple: the Hamptons tennis calendar still runs on access, coaching, and a junior ladder that reaches far past the baseline.