Giammalva Racquet Club & Elite Academy

Giammalva Racquet Club & Elite Academy brings padel to one of Houston’s most established racquet clubs, at 16400 Sir William Dr, Spring, TX 77379. The club sits in the Gleannloch Farms area of north Houston, a short drive from TX-99 (Grand Parkway) and I-45.

The site is easy to reach for players across The Woodlands, Tomball, Klein, and Champions. You can read more about the club on the Giammalva website.

Founded in 2000 by former ATP player Sammy Giammalva, the club has been run since 2021 by siblings Victor and Helga Pinones-Haltenhoff. They layered four padel courts onto a long-standing tennis facility.

The result is a multi-sport campus where padel sits alongside 19 tennis courts, pickleball, a fitness center, the GRC Cafe, and the Giammalva Elite Academy. It is one of the few full-service racquet clubs in Texas to add padel courts on this scale.

The padel courts

Giammalva has four outdoor padel courts, all built to international doubles dimensions with full panoramic glass back walls. Panoramic builds give crisp sightlines from outside the court, which suits league play and casual viewing.

The courts are floodlit for evening play, with sessions running late into the night during the week. Texas heat is a factor in summer afternoons, so the floodlights extend useful play deep into the cooler evening hours.

Court 1 through Court 4 are bookable individually through the venue’s online system. The courts are grouped together with shared walkway access from the clubhouse, which makes round robins and league nights easy to run.

Booking and access

Court bookings run through Playtomic. You can book a padel court on Playtomic in 60, 90, or 120 minute blocks, with live rates visible at the booking step.

Pay-and-play access is available to non-members, and the club also offers padel memberships with discounted hourly rates. Pricing varies by time of day, with peak evening and weekend slots priced higher than off-peak weekday daytime sessions.

Opening hours are Monday to Thursday 7:00 to 22:30, Friday 7:00 to 20:00, and Saturday and Sunday 7:00 to 18:00. For booking questions or membership info, call (281) 370-5801 or email info@giammalva.com.

Free on-site parking sits right next to the courts, and there are locker rooms with showers, plus WiFi throughout the clubhouse. Equipment rental is available at reception, so visitors can try padel without buying a racket up front.

Cancellation and rebooking policies are handled inside Playtomic at the time of booking. Padel members should ask reception about advance booking windows and any included court time before signing up.

Padel programme and social

Giammalva runs an in-house Padel Academy with structured beginner, intermediate, and advanced clinics. Memberships are positioned as the gateway to round robins, mixers, and the club’s tournament calendar.

Padel tournaments are announced on the club’s social channels and at the front desk. The club has a community-first culture that carries over from decades of tennis programming into the newer padel pathway.

The club is family-oriented by design, with summer camps and junior pathways that have started extending into padel as the sport grows in the Houston market. Kids who play tennis or pickleball can cross-train onto padel easily.

The GRC Cafe is the natural meeting point before and after matches, and the on-site pro shop carries rackets and balls so newer players can demo gear before committing. See the coaching tab for full Padel Academy details and current group session timing.

Best for

Giammalva suits north Houston players who want padel inside a full-service racquet club, with the option to combine padel with tennis, pickleball, or fitness. Families based in Gleannloch, The Woodlands, Tomball, and Spring will find it especially convenient.

It is less of a fit for players who want indoor, climate-controlled courts year-round. The four padel courts here are outdoors, so summer afternoon humidity and the occasional Gulf storm will shape your schedule.

Evening and early morning slots are the sweet spot for padel in Spring, particularly from May through September. Cooler months bring excellent daytime conditions for league play and longer 90 or 120 minute sessions.

Giammalva runs an in-house Padel Academy with beginner, intermediate, and advanced clinics plus private lessons, layered onto the club's long-standing tennis coaching tradition.