The Essendon Tennis Club is located at Clifton Park Reserve, Batman Street, Essendon, Melbourne. Voted by Tennis Victoria in 2008 as one of the top twenty tennis clubs in Melbourne, the club was founded in April 1883 in Moonee Ponds. In February 1887 the then Secretary, C S Shuter asked the Council for sufficient ground to erect a pavilion and tennis court at the Essendon Reserve, the present home of the Essendon Football Club. In 1971 an agreement was made to amalgamate with Aberfeldie Tennis Club at Clifton Park with a new pavilion and 4 more courts – bringing up to standard, 10 courts, making Essendon the largest tennis club in the northern suburbs