Founder Tennis is a house, not a club. Founded by founders, for founders, on grounds where tennis has been played for decades — long before software was built.
We know a founder's week. It is loud, long, and without natural end. We believe it deserves a counterweight. A white court. A steady hand. An hour where no one is selling.
Here, founders play with founders. Some have known each other for years. Some introduce themselves at the baseline. Membership is vouched for, not advertised.
We keep the court in order. We guard the calendar. We see to it that Sunday mornings stay quiet.
What happens here stays here. What is built here outlasts a quarterly plan.
If you understand why this matters, you are likely in the right place.
Yours,
Alexander Freytag
Founder & Host - FounderTennis
Berlin and Hamburg. First Sunday of each month. 9:30 to 13:30. Doubles. Breakfast after.
The court is private. The conversation is unrecorded.
No solicitation. No pitching. No exceptions.
What happens between sets is the point.
Padel happens in an hour. Tennis takes a morning. Padel is conversation between points. Tennis is concentration, broken by changeovers.
We chose the slower game on purpose. The court is tennis.
Breakfast is laid at one long table. No seating plan, no order of service. Conversation finds its own rhythm — some about the morning's tennis, much about other things. No one leaves before coffee.
Through the year, the house keeps a calendar of its own. A winter dinner in Berlin. A summer open in Hamburg. The occasional evening with a guest from outside our world. Members are notified. Nothing is published.
Friendships, counsel, the rare introduction. These are not arranged for. They arrive on their own — between sets and across the table.
The Sundays are the foundation. What grows from them is the point.
Founding chapter. First Sunday monthly. Capped at 32.
Second chapter. Opening Autumn 2026.
Currently exploring. Inquire if interested.
International chapters are paused pending German foundation.
There is no public price list. There is no application fee.
There is no obligation to renew.
Applications are reviewed by the founding committee.
You will be notified in due course.
