The New South Wales Hardcourt Tennis Association was inaugurated in 1924 with a view to promoting and organising tennis within the Metropolitan area of Sydney.

The main activities of the Association are to:

* Organise and conduct the annual Interdistrict Competition

* Conduct Metropolitan Training Squads

* Organise development activities for talented junior players

* conduct the annual Hardcourt metropolitan junior championships

There are now 14 metropolitan Associations affiliated with the Hardcourt Association. They include:

* Berala-Carramar Hardcourt Tennis Association Inc.

* Blacktown Tennis Incorporated

* Canterbury Bankstown Tennis Association Inc.

* Eastern Suburbs Tennis Association Inc.

* Eastwood-Thornleigh District Tennis Association Inc. (Northwestern Sydney Tennis)

* Fairfield and District Tennis Association Inc.

* Hornsby Kuring-gai District Tennis Association Inc. (Superb Tennis)

* Illawarra Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association Limited

* Manly Warringah Tennis Association Ltd. (Tennis Northern Beaches)

* Marrickville & District Hardcourt Tennis Association

* North-Western Suburbs Tennis Association

* Parramatta-Baulkham Hills & District Hardcourt Tennis Association Inc. (Parramatta City Tennis Association)

* Tennis Macarther (Southern Districts) Tennis Association

* Tennis Wollongong

Hardcourt is an incorporated entity under the Associations Incorporation Act.