 The club had two lawn tennis courts and organised open and handicap events.When the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), in its capacity as the governing body for rackets and real tennis, issued the first unified rules for lawn tennis on 29 May 1875 they were not universally adhered to and, among others, the Prince's Club stuck to playing on rectangular courts instead of the prescribed hourglass-shaped courts.It held an open tournament in 1880 which leading players Ernest Renshaw, William Renshaw and Herbert Lawford competed.