The Cullman-Heyman Project

The Yale tennis facilities are easily among the best in the world. The outdoor courts provide a perfect tennis background with a combination of pine trees and Yale blue wind screens surrounding each court. Picturesque silhouettes of the famous Yale Bowl and Walter Camp Gate can be seen from the entire outdoor venue, which also includes a beautiful courtyard with picnic benches and a lush grass surface that is outlined by a new brick surface.

The complex consists of 22 outdoor Deco Turf II courts, five outdoor clay courts, eight indoor surfaces and a 15,000-seat tennis stadium with one court. The Pilot Pen Tennis Tournament is played on the outdoor courts each August. The stadium, known as the Connecticut Tennis Center, is the fourth-largest in the world and third-largest in the United States. Only the sites of the U.S. Open and the French Open have larger seating capacities than the Connecticut Tennis Center.

The indoor facility, Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, also includes a large viewing area both at court level and from above, locker rooms and a reception area. Cullman-Heyman -- which was renovated, expanded and resurfaced in 2008 -- is often used for winter and spring matches and practice until the weather permits outdoor play.

The complex, three miles from the campus, is situated next to the Joel E. Smilow Field Center, the building that houses one of the athletic training and weight lifting areas used by Yale tennis players.