Pickleball and Tennis in Melbourne — Melbourne, Florida

The City of Melbourne Parks, Recreation and Golf department runs the city's public racquet courts. Its Pickleball page names one outdoor venue, the Jimmy Moore Pickleball Complex, with twenty-four dedicated pickleball courts at 2810 Sarno Road, Melbourne, FL 32935, and three indoor venues in city community centers. Its Tennis page centers on the Fee Avenue Tennis Complex at 114 Fee Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901, which the city describes as a 15-court tennis facility with 11 hard courts and four clay courts.

A third Melbourne option costs nothing. The city states that no reservation is necessary for tennis at Ballard Park and there is no charge to use the Ballard Park tennis courts. The city's Parks Directory lists Ballard Park at 924 Thomas Barbour Drive as a community park on the Eau Gallie River with boat ramps, tennis courts, basketball courts, a playground and a picnic area. Of the three outdoor sites, the Sarno Road complex and Ballard Park share the 32935 ZIP code, while Fee Avenue is in the 32901 ZIP code that also covers City Hall on Strawbridge Avenue.

The Jimmy Moore Pickleball Complex is the only outdoor location on Melbourne's pickleball list. The city lists twenty-four dedicated courts, a pro shop, and a contact line at 321-608-7445. One city event listing gives the address as 2801 Sarno Rd., a different number from the 2810 Sarno Road used for the complex itself. Jimmy Moore Park also appears on the city's list of parks with reservable pavilions, so picnic shelters can be booked beside the courts through the Eau Gallie Civic Center.

Outdoor play at the Sarno Road complex is charged by time of day. As published in October 2026, the daily rate was $3 per person before 4 p.m. and $4 per person from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. An outdoor-only annual pass cost $90 for Melbourne residents and $108 for non-residents. Memberships, passes and daily fees are not refundable under the city's policy.

The complex also runs a fall program. City listings for fall 2026 included Fit and Fun and Skills and Drills classes at $15 each, group drills at $20, an Intro to Pickleball class on October 1 and November 5 at $20, Thursday-evening drill clinics at $30, and a Glow in the Dark Pickleball night on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at the Jimmy Moore Complex, with players split into a 2.5 to 3.25 group and a 3.26-and-up group. Registration is handled at the Jimmy Moore pro shop or online.

Melbourne is selling naming rights at the site. The city's pickleball page lists a Jimmy Moore Pickleball Shade Structure sponsorship program in which $250,000 buys the name on the complex for a five-year term, $100,000 the name on the pro shop, $50,000 the name on the shade structure for three years, $25,000 a pod of six courts, and $10,000 a single court for three years. The page does not say who Jimmy Moore was or when the complex opened, and no other source consulted documents either point.

Melbourne moves pickleball indoors at three community-center gyms. The city lists Wickham Park Community Center at 2815 Leisure Way, the Eau Gallie Civic Center at 1551 Highland Avenue, and the Joseph N. Davis Community Center at 2547 Bruce D. Buggs Street, each with its own open gym and pickleball calendar. Indoor play cost $3 per person in October 2026.

The largest of the three is in the Wickham area. The city's Wickham Park Community Center page describes an 18,000-square-foot building with a full-size gymnasium, listed for rental at 10,000 square feet, and hours of 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Eau Gallie Civic Center has a 6,800-square-foot gymnasium alongside reception rooms of up to 8,000 square feet.

Indoor passes come in two forms. A Melbourne indoor-only annual pickleball pass, good at one location for one year, cost $65 for residents and $78 for non-residents in October 2026. The super pass, at $90 for residents and $108 for non-residents, grants access to the Eau Gallie Civic Center, Wickham Park Community Center and Joseph N. Davis Community Center for one year from the date of purchase, which lets players follow open-gym times across all three buildings.

The Fee Avenue Tennis Complex is Melbourne's fee-based tennis center. Its 15 courts, 11 hard and four clay, are open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to the city's tennis page. The Fee Avenue pro shop, reached at 321-608-7440, keeps split weekday hours of 7 a.m. to noon and 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday hours of 8 a.m. to noon.

Court time is sold in two-hour blocks. In October 2026, the morning fee at Fee Avenue was $4 for residents and $5 for non-residents, the evening fee was $5 and $6, and an all-day court rental cost $25 and $30. A single annual tennis pass cost $145 for Melbourne residents and $174 for non-residents; junior passes for players under 18 cost $70 and $84, and senior passes for players 65 and older cost $130 and $156. Six-month passes ran $93, $50 and $85 for residents in the same three categories.

Reservations favor pass holders. Fee Avenue tennis members may reserve courts up to three days in advance, while any nonmember may reserve a court the day prior, by phone, with payment by phone or at the courts. Fee Avenue Park also holds a reservable pavilion on the city's pavilion list.

Organized tennis at Fee Avenue runs through outside leagues. The City of Melbourne states that all league play is organized through either the USTA (United States Tennis Association) or the Space Coast Tennis League, and that Space Coast league captains must have all court reservations approved by the city's Senior Recreation Supervisor before matches begin, with league matches scheduled first come, first served.

Fee Avenue also hosts city-listed instruction. In fall 2026 the tennis page listed adult instruction classes on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at $20 per class; youth Orange Ball, Red Ball and intermediate junior classes at $20; a women's team practice on Mondays; and homeschool tennis lessons for ages 8 and up on Wednesday mornings from September 2 to December 16, 2026, at $15 per class, booked through the Fee Avenue pro shop.