Thank you for joining us for Vancouver International Pride (VIP) 2025 – celebrating our 25th year! We are so excited to host you in our wonderful city for a weekend full of tennis, Pride, friendship, and fun 🌈🎾
The VIP tournament is taking place on the unceded and traditional lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
VIP is an inclusive and welcoming event. All participants and spectators must follow our code of conduct.
A few people wanted to extend a special welcome:
Welcome to Vancouver, Players!
On behalf of the Vancouver Tennis Association (VTA), welcome to the 2025 Vancouver International Pride (VIP) Tennis Tournament. We are proud to be hosting over 140 players from near and far.
The VIP takes place over Vancouver’s pride weekend, and this year, it is extra special as we celebrate the 25th edition of the VIP. We are so excited that you have chosen to make the VIP part of your pride celebrations and we hope that this is an opportunity for you to reconnect with old friends and make new connections.
This is our first year hosting the tournament as co-directors and it truly is a labour of love. We could not do it without the rest of our VTA board members, as well as our friends, volunteers, donors and sponsors. We are indebted to the community that has supported us, our club, and this event from year to year.
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we cannot wait to meet you all. See you on the courts!
Cliff Galang & JR Hammond
Tournament Co-Directors
Stanley Park Tennis Courts
8901 Stanley Park Drive
The Tournament Desk will be located by Court 3. This is also where lunch will be served.
Bathrooms are located underneath the Stanley Park Brewpub. Unfortunately there are no showers available at this facility.
Located 30m/100ft past the tournament desk on the path.
Stanley Park Brewery has a concession stand tucked around the right side of the building (facing court 15) with beer, snacks, and food options.
Players will be expected to adhere to a 5-minute warm-up period (strictly enforced).
Match Format
For Main Draw, Singles and Doubles:
To clarify: A “12-point tie break” for the first two sets when it’s 6-6 is first to seven points, win by 2 (the terminology of 12-points alludes to a score of 7-5 in the tiebreak). But the third set we call a “10-point tiebreak”. Which is first to win 10 points, win by 2. Tennis terminology is weird.
Match format may be altered at the discretion of the Tournament Directors.
Avoidances
We cannot guarantee accommodation of scheduling avoidances but will try where no hardship is imposed on others in the draw. Avoidances specifically for first morning draws will not be accommodated.
Consolation play will be offered to players who lose their first match in main elimination draws (round robin draws will not have consolation).
On Sunday you must register in-person at the Tournament Desk to play in the consolation draw (registration time will be announced in the WhatsApp Group).
The play format for consolation matches will be:
If time allows, consolation finals will be best two out of three set matches, regular scoring, tiebreak at 6 games all, third set 10 point super tiebreak.
The Tournament Directors my change consolation offering and play format due to scheduling and weather.
Some friendly tournament/tennis etiquette reminders:
Players must check-in 15 minutes before scheduled match time.
6pm – 9pm Welcome Social (details below)
Practice courts 1-6 available 6pm to 8pm – right next to Welcome Social.
7:45am Tournament Desk Opens
8:00am Matches begin
COFFEE BIKE will be available for espresso coffee drinks (including iced) until 10am.
RACKETS & RUNNERS will be on site with tennis goods and restringing services on Saturday.
12 noon Lunch by YoBones BBQ Catering
Served near the Tournament Desk
7pm to 8:30pm Aetherhaus social: Relax and recover with sauna and ice baths (details below)
SPECIAL NOTE
Sunday is the Vancouver Pride Parade. Road closures start at 5am. Please allow extra time (especially if travelling by car).
7:45am Tournament Desk opens
8:00am Matches begin
Consolation draw registration times will be posted to the WhatsApp Group.
12 noon Lunch provided by Collin Koo, Kevin Smith, Katherine Chow & Jeff Lo
Served near the Tournament Desk
6pm Wrap-up of play
We aim to end earlier on Sunday so that players have ample time to make it to the Banquet Dinner on time.
7pm sharp – 11pm Banquet Dinner (details below)
7:45am Tournament Desk opens
8:00am Matches begin
RACKETS & RUNNERS DEMO DAY
Rackets & Runners will be on-site with their demonstration rackets for you to try on court. Great opportunity if you’re looking to purchase a new racket! No restringing services or products today.
12 noon Snacks and drinks provided by Collin Koo, Kevin Smith, Katherine Chow & Jeff Lo
Served near the Tournament Desk
Match schedules will be posted to the GLTA tournament software page. Please check regularly for updates:
If you didn’t pick up your Player Pack at the Welcome Party, please ask for it at the Tournament Desk.
Stanley Park Brewing Restaurant & Brewpub
8901 Stanley Park Dr – in the beer garden adjacent to the courts (Map)
Party like it’s 1999 (literally): Kickoff our 25th year of VIP tournament by throwing it back to when it all began: the turn of the millennium/Y2K.
Practice courts 1-6 available 6pm to 8pm – adjacent to Welcome Social.
Entry for players is free, additional guest tickets available for purchase.
AetherHaus Ice Bath & Sauna
1768 Davie St – 10 mins walk from courts (Map)
Join us AetherHaus for an exclusive session for VIP players on Saturday evening of the tournament – partners and friends welcome.
Rest, relax, and recover (and even socialize) after your tennis matches with the sauna and ice baths. 90-minute semi-guided session.
Buy a pass (starting at $36 with promo code: GTVTA25 ), and then register for our exclusive VIP session. Spots are pre-blocked for VTA – if you see the session as full/waitlist, don’t worry! Once you create your account and purchase a pass, we’ll manually save your spot via our form.
then, Register for our session
Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club (aka. “Van Lawn”)
1630 W 15th Ave, Vancouver (Map)
Join us at Van Lawn for our Banquet Dinner and mingle with fellow tournament players, and enter our special raffle draws!
We ask that you arrive in time for 7pm start. This private club has graciously allowed us to use their facility for our Banquet Dinner.
All tournament players receive free entry to the banquet.
(*No cash value, fees, taxes, surcharges not included, blackout dates and restrictions apply).
Staying at the Krystal Grand Puerto Vallarta for 2 adults and 2 kids.
Funds raised will go directly into supporting our club and designated charity.
We are thrilled to have Chris Burch as our official photographer for the tournament.
8901 Stanley Park Dr, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E2
Stanley Park Brewing Restaurant & Brewpub
8901 Stanley Park Dr, Vancouver, BC V6G 3E2
Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club (“VanLawn”)
1630 W 15th Ave, Vancouver, BC V6J 2K7
A water fountain is located 30m/100ft past the tournament desk just off the path.
Stanley Park Brewing and the Pitch & Putt (often with a shorter line) sell bottled water and Gatorade.
A lunch will be provided for tournament players on Saturday and Sunday, and light snacks provided Monday.
Stanley Park Brewery has a concession stand tucked around the right side of the building (facing court 15) with Gatorade, beer, snacks, and food options.
Nearby Denman Street also has a plethora of food options (~10-15 mins walk).
We recommend our tournament supporter Davie Pharmacy (1232 Davie St).
For urgent needs, the nearest Pharmacy to the courts is Shoppers Drug Mart on Denman.
The closest grocery store is NoFrills (1030 Denman). There is also a Safeway on Robson (1766 Robson) and Davie Street (1611 Davie St).
We recommend our supporters Rackets & Runners @ 3880 Oak St.
Check out the full list of Vancouver Pride events, Pride Festival and Pride Parade.
Hire a bike and cycle the perimeter of the park (the Seawall), the best way to get acquainted with Stanley Park and this core piece of Vancouver life (approx. 1.5 hours).
A must visit, but also one of the busier areas in the city. Beautiful views, close to cafés and food.
A often quieter out-of-the-way beach in Stanley Park (25+ minute walk from the courts).
A nice place to cool off overlooking the ocean (approx. $8).
Denman Street has a plethora of restaurants and food options – some favourites are Nook, Sushi Abroad, The Jungle Room, Kingya, Legendary Noodle, and Jingle Bao. If for some reason you can’t find something, continue up Robson Street for more options.
Davie Street, between Jervis and Burrard Streets, is the core of the Vancouver gayborhood with restaurants, bars, nightclubs, local shops, and services – lively both at night and during the day.
Open 24/7 for those late night munchies (several locations).
Our tournament is run by the kindness of volunteers. If you have any questions or concerns about the tournament, our volunteers are here to help:
Tournament Co-Director
Tournament Co-Director
Communications & Social Media
Photographer
Videographer & Photographer
Emailing tournaments@vtatennis.ca is the best method to contact our Tournament Directors.
Please make sure to join the tournament WhatsApp group for updates.
Any of our volunteers at the tournament or events will be able to direct your inquiry – as well as several team members monitoring the @vtatennis.ca Instagram account.
Courts 1-6 can be booked through Tennis BC ($5-15 per half hour block) when not in use by the tournament. Courts 7-17 are public courts.
We have permits for and will be using the following courts:
If you choose to use the public courts make sure you follow the public court guidelines. The practice wall remains open to the public during the tournament.
Players are responsible to keep up-to-date with the schedule so as to not miss a match. Use courts at your own risk – our Tournament Directors and volunteers will not be monitoring public courts or practice wall.
Take home a souvenir – and support our club at the same time!
Thank you to all of our sponsors who make this tournament possible. Help support the businesses that support us!
Thank you, from
Thank you for choosing Vancouver International Pride, proudly organized by the Vancouver Tennis Association (VTA). We hope to see you again in 2026 – August 1-3; registration is expected to open in April/May (subscribe for updates).
