Established as a private club in 1912, the Killara Lawn Tennis Club was founded by J.G. Edwards. The club has a great history of providing social and competition tennis for North Shore tennis players and has been the foundation of many great Australian Tennis Players, with the ‘honor board’ in the club house naming many past greats such as “Rosewall”, “Stolle” and “Hoad”. Past Club champions include Fred Stolle (1955-57) and 1909 Davis Cup player Dr Granville Sharp (1923-25/1927-29).

The prestigious Northern Suburbs Lawn Tennis Championships were held at Killara and attracted many well known players. Past winners include Jack Crawford (1930’s), Adrian Quist (1940’s), Lew Hoad and Neale Fraser (1950’s).  In 2012, the Club celebrated 100 years as an operating tennis centre. A number of events were held to celebrate this milestone in the club’s history.

Many members, both past and present, have added their own piece of history to the Club over the past 100 years. The Depression in the thirties, World War II in the forties, the construction of the current day Clubhouse in the fifties, and the sad but unavoidable task of removing the lawn tennis courts and replacing them with synthetic grass in 2005.

A new chapter in the Club’s history began with the introduction of night tennis in 2012 with lights being constructed on four of the six courts. Killara Lawn Tennis Club has and will continue to be committed to being a centre of excellence in the development of tennis on the North Shore of Sydney.