Do you think tennis is a ' posh ' sport?

Yes but I don't know why really as its my favourite sport and I'm not a bit posh 😁

It’s not “posh” but definitely middle class. The working class kids round here would never play tennis in the park - football and basketball only.

Yes it's a posh sport

Yes.

No (whatever the hell you mean by "posh", which in itself is quite a snobbish judgement). I personally know current pro tennis players who come from a very "ordinary" background, and have gone on to have great success. Even as a spectator, you only need to pay £30 for a Wimbledon grounds pass, which gives you approx 8 hours of entertainment - bargain!

Definitely. The demographic at our tennis club is in no way representative of the local population.

Posher than darts
Not as posh as lacrosse

No

Yes, generally on the posher side. Tennis lessons aren't cheap and there aren't many municipal courts any more where you can just turn up and have a knock about. Plus you need a racket etc.

Basically, someone who occasionally has a game on a municipal court at the park now and again is probably not posh. Someone who belongs to a tennis club and has lessons probably is posh (or at least wealthy).

Obviously that's not always the case - just like it's not always the case that people who go horse-riding or do competitive rowing are posh. But if we're talking in generalisations that would be my view.

I think usually, the sports you can easily play anywhere with minimal equipment or where there are loads of cheap/free facilities are the less posh ones. One of the reasons football is such a massively popular participation sport is because all you need to play some version of it is a ball.

It's definitely more popular in 'posh' areas.

To get good it’s expensive, to play for fun it’s not at all.
When I look at football where I live, you join a club for about $100 for a term, training is about $20 a session, it’s very cheap.
Tennis though - we pay $700 a term for 2 squads, $100 per hour for a private lesson once a week and even competitions are $60 a go.
There are subsidised groups for good players at lower incomes from Tennis Australia but even then you have to get good enough in the first place to get picked.
So money definitely helps although in Aus we don’t really have “posh” so it’s more about wealth than class.

It is if they play it on their own court

Yes I would think so its a very expensive sport. Dd went to school with a junior champion the family was well off the kid went abroad for training most holidays, I don't think they turned professional and I'm sure they work in tennis though.

Yes.

I live in another country.
I play tennis.
Growing up we had access to heaps of courts, you could just wander into the local school and play on the weekends, generally the courts and facilities were left unlocked. As long as you took care of them no one minded if they were used. When I moved to the UK and mentioned I was playing tennis one weekend the whole office was like 'Oooooh get you'! I was like huh? Then someone went on to explain that only people with money or went to private schools played. Mind blown!! 😂

DS does tennis in the summer and rugby the rest of the year. Sounds posh and well off but not really.
We live in a semi detached former council house (£160k) in a small northern town and earn less than £70k between us so not well off. DH coaches both.

Yes

It's a sport that posh people seem to do but can be done on a budget if you want.

It's not like polo where that gets very pricey no matter what sort of involvement you want.

But OTOH there is an "exclusive" aspect to it. So if you want to join a club, get coaching, all the gear, visit the tournaments that can get very pricey.

But a knockabout down the local park courts with a pair of secondhand rackets can be done for peanuts.

It's a bit like Rugby, that's always thought of as a bit of a posh sport I guess as it's played at private schools but it's the cheapest sport DD has ever taken part in £70 for the year, and the subsidised bar is super cheap too.

Yes absolutely posh. I'm originally from a very working class background but I'd have friends and acquaintances from all sorts of backgrounds and I don't know a single person who plays tennis.

It's funny...it does sound a bit posh; "I am going down to the tennis club"...connotations of a country club vibe I guess.In reality as a hobby I think it's pretty accessible financially. Membership of a club around here (East Anglia, standard 2-3 court club, no fancy facilities but a club house/shed) works out anywhere between £6-£15 a month which gives free access to courts and organised social play. Coaching is obviously extra and you can spend on kit if you get into it.
Even the 'fancier' places with a proper clubhouse, bar, changing facilities etc are around £40/month though. I don't know what it's like elsewhere in the country for comparison. Non member court hire is normally between £5-10 an hour, so definitely makes sense to join a club if you want to play regularly.
I play regularly and the younger members tend to be more of a mix than the older members (who do give off that middle class retired vibe, but are perfectly friendly and welcoming- in my experience!)

Yes

No, at least not where I'm from

Yes of course its a bit posh, like skiing

You don't see many working class kids playing it