• Tennis Express

Tennis Express

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Overview

Tennis Express has a rating of 2.9 stars from 640 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Tennis Express ranks 2nd among Tennis sites.

  • Service
    33
  • Shipping
    31
  • Returns
    15
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 27.3%
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • My tennis shoes fit perfectly and are super comfortable.

Critical highlights

  • I guess they're more worried about protecting themselves from fraud than customer service for the real customers.
How would you rate Tennis Express?
Top Positive Review

“Fast delivery, in stock products”

GEORGE A.
1/31/23

I'm a huge fan of the new Adidas Barricades. Most comfortable tennis shoe I've worn in years. Tennis Express had a good selection of styles in my (somewhat) unusual size 13.5). Ordering on the site was really easy, and delivery was fast (shoes arrived in 4 days). Can't ask for much more than that.

Top Critical Review

“Bad costumer service and website”

Eduardo A.
12/14/23

Placed an order at their website, filled all required fields including shipping address, decide to pay by paypal, they ship for the wrong address, contacted them at the same day asking to correct their mistake; costumer service say they can do nothing as their system automatically switches the address in paypal purchases. Wouldn't it be nice if they tell their costumer about it or even better if they don't require a shipping address in their website since it useless.

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Thumbnail of user garyduaner
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 5th, 2023

Ordered a tennis racquet on 10-15 with one week for shipping. 3 weeks later it arrived and the strings were broken. How do you ship a racquet with strings untied? Sent it back and was told it would be re-strung and sent back in 5 days. 4 WEEKS now and I haven o racquet. Called 3 times, told it was on order, told i would receive a call and an email. Got NO return calls or emails. Every time I call, it is clear no updates on the purchase log is made. Stupid people. Poor quality. Poor service. Never again!

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Thumbnail of user eduavl2017
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 14th, 2023

Placed an order at their website, filled all required fields including shipping address, decide to pay by paypal, they ship for the wrong address, contacted them at the same day asking to correct their mistake; costumer service say they can do nothing as their system automatically switches the address in paypal purchases. Wouldn't it be nice if they tell their costumer about it or even better if they don't require a shipping address in their website since it useless.

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Thumbnail of user scottd1963
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 11th, 2024

This company is very slick. Big banner all over site free shipping free returns over $50. Very fair. However when you go to return they then state you pay for shipping return because they deduct the cost of the shipping return from your original order that was over $50 before tax. They clearly state costs to get to the free shipping is $50 is pre tax, but never anywhere do they state cost minus tax and minus cost to ship back the return. Totally bogus.
I always buy my sneakers on line and every company I have bought from has free return shipping, certainly not minus a shipping cost to qualify for the minimum return cost of an item.

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Thumbnail of user jennhuh
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 9th, 2023

The shoes I ordered were not sent- they were a different colour in a different box and FAKE. Do not buy from this company.

Tip for consumers:
The company refuses to refund or give me anything back- they refuse to admit these are fake shoes.

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Thumbnail of user brandonj283
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 25th, 2022

Had high hopes after my first order. Second time around I paid extra for 2-day shipping. They charged my card then sat on my order for a week. No communication. Not cool.

Tip for consumers:
Don't plan on receiving items any time soon.

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Rackets

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Thumbnail of user srik31
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 11th, 2022
Verified purchase

Please stay away from tennis express. They are kind of cheaters. Low business ethics. They charge 9.95 dollars fir every item in the order by shipping them separately. Low business ethics.

Tip for consumers:
Stay away from this tennisexpress. They are kind of cheaters. They charge 9.95 dollars for every item they ship and they ship individually to get 9.95 shipping charge from every item. I think they make money from shipping.

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Shoes and visor

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Thumbnail of user belle6869
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 9th, 2023

Never again will I order from you. You shipped to the wrong address and you are unreachable to help fix it. Absolutely disgusting.

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I would love my money back or at least be compensated for the hassle of trying to find product and getting it shipped by a third party friend. Ugh!

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I ordered tennis shoes. But they got delivered to the wrong address. So disappointing.

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Thumbnail of user kr461
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
May 6th, 2022

Unreliable and cannot be trusted with your tennis needs. Customer service is incredibly rude. Will avoid it in the future

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Thumbnail of user brandonb1645
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 3rd, 2023

Ordered a pair of shoes from them Saturday before Memorial Day now it's Saturday after still no shoes. Or a update on them after emailing them twice. Would not recommend

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Thumbnail of user kristinm444
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 22nd, 2021
Verified purchase

I ordered what was described as orange tennis balls on their website. The balls delivered were yellow, and delivered in an orange can. I reached out to customer service to request a refund and was told that I should have known they were yellow, and would offer no further assistance. Absolute misrepresentation and false advertising, as well as atrocious customer service.

Tip for consumers:
Look elsewhere. Deceptive practices.

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Tennis balls

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Thumbnail of user randalljs
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
December 31st, 2021

We purchased NikeCourt React VaporNXT shoes and within two months they wore through both soles. TE was no help. They claimed they contacted Nike and it was refused. If you are a frequent player and want value for purchase I suggest going direct to manufacturer to buy and not deal with TE. The customer service sucks.

Thumbnail of user richw196
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 13th, 2022

Tennis express warranty was no help after my adidas tennis shoes Canvas cracked on both shoes after playing appropriately 8 times. Tennis express warranty manger David Trummer recommend reaching out to Adidas directly.

Thumbnail of user rebeccah1799
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 29th, 2022

I ordered some New Balance tennis shoes from Tennis Express in October 2021 (almost 10 moths ago) and they were just delivered on August 18,2022. The shoes were charged to my credit card when they were ordered so they have had my money. I received an email a few days before they were delivered which is no longer my address. When I received an email that they were delivered I called Tennis Express to notify them of the problem. The first customer service rep said it wasn't their fault and he couldn't do anything to help. I called a second and third time, of which the CR's said they would have someone contact me. The 4th time I called, I was fortunate enough to be speaking with a manager. She said a claim would be filed and it would take 10 days to investigate it, but she would speak with her manager. I still have not received a call or email from anyone at Tennis Express. I have purchased multiple times from TE but will never do business with them again because of their lack of customer service. They have known that the tennis shoes were back order for 10 months and should have reached out to their loyal customers to keep them updated. I would highly recommend not doing business with them.
Becky Dallas Tx

Tip for consumers:
Do not order an item that is on back order. Payment is required in advance of shipping which could take 10+ months. Ridiculous

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Thumbnail of user jamesb4084
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 15th, 2020

Bought new Yonex Vcore Pro 97 tennis racquet that was supposed to have a 1/4 grip size. Racquet was embossed 1/4 but actually measured 3/8. Rare quality control error for Yonex. Tennis Express customer service supervisor told me Yonex has changed and now measures grip size from plastic pallet handle, meaning final handle wrap will make grip size actually 1/8 inch bigger than what is embossed on racquet handle. Totally absurd lie! Just a bogus response! The grip size is supposed to measure exactly what is embossed on the racquet handle and not an 1/8 different. Tennis Express would not take back the racquet because I had mistakenly taken off the plastic wrap on the handle thinking Yonex racquets are always what they say they are in terms of their grip sizes. Then supervisor lied to me again, telling me he would compensate me by sending me a thinner over grip wrap. This wrap never arrived. Very poor company! I will never buy anything from Tennis Express again. Tennis Warehouse is a much better company with very reliable customer service.

Thumbnail of user robertc389
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 10th, 2017

I evacuated my home onSep 8 and package had not been delivered before I left. Based on reported damage due to winds and flooding I doubt I will find your package when I return after the storm. Expect you to shipnew order when things calm down. You can contact me at *******117. Can't believe UPS would leave a package at my doorstep under these conditions.

Thumbnail of user baxteri1
1 review
2 helpful votes
November 6th, 2020

The owner doesn't care and think he knows it all, management is horrible and the warehouse is a constant revolving door of ppl that they hire and fire that's why the online orders are not properly done right. I would definitely recommend you find another place to shop for tennis

Thumbnail of user edwardz69
1 review
0 helpful votes
September 28th, 2020

Ordered Demo racquets that I could not demo because of bad air on west coast because of fires. Tried to contact via phone and email to extend demo service with no responses so racquets were sent back. Been trying to contact someone since then with no response. Nothing except that they received the racquets I sent back.

Thumbnail of user jisei
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 2nd, 2018

10 minutes after I made an error on the number of items, I could not make a correction or stop the shipment of 3 white Nike shiorts! So, I received 3 shirts and now I have to return the extra ones. Shame on you!

Thumbnail of user dianao21
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
February 12th, 2018

I tried to set up the online account four times and kept having issues. Wanted to get my 30% discount through my league since all the girls were ordering the same outfits. But because I was unable to establish an account I paid full price.

Thumbnail of user coreyd140
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
July 30th, 2022

The only shoe I wear is K Swiss. I have been wearing K Swiss shoes for the past 4 years, alway a size 8. I ordered these shoes in a size 8 and could not get them on my feet because they are so small. How could K Swiss get this so wrong? The shoes are useless to me so I sent them back.

Thumbnail of user bingl13
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 17th, 2020

I bought Rafael Nadal French Open racquet for my father as his birthday giftthe racket did not hit anything but inside the racket frame had crack, he thought was just paint crack in the beginning so we did not say anything to Tennisexpress until the the racquet about the crack. What contact the company it was just a month past the warranty...

Thumbnail of user anonymousa1593
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 29th, 2022

Placed an order and they never delivered it refused to place the order. I had to call credit card company … rude and nasty customer service liars

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They never sent anything

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Thumbnail of user davidj3582
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 17th, 2023

The Nike's I paid for were not new as advertised, but pre-owned, perhaps a returned item.

They did not come with the normal Nike packaging like cardboard and paper stuffed in the toe. The outside soles and bottom edges of the shoes are dirty as they would be if previously worn. And they certainly do not smell new. Gross!

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Thumbnail of user paulb1122
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 20th, 2019

Ordered shoes on Tennis Express Website. Item was said to be out for delivery, then ended up in Hawaii... Not Florida. Called and the last didn't even care. Let's hope I get my money back. I'm passed. Never ordering again from them.

Thumbnail of user wms13
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 11th, 2017

Order very slow in shipping. Took seven days to get here. Not expected service. Sat in Houston area a long time

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