On Saturday, November 7, Windsor marked the opening of new pickleball and padel courts with a grand opening celebration for its Members.

For the celebration, Jony Leitenbauer, Windsor’s director of racquets, organized a lineup featuring special guest Marcos Del Pilar, widely known as the “Godfather of Padel” in the United States. The program included clinics, a pickleball exhibition featuring tennis legend and Windsor Member Ivan Lendl, and a festive cocktail reception to end the day.

The new courts expand Windsor’s racquets program and give Members of every skill level a place to play, learn, and connect. The courts are part of a broader expansion of Windsor’s fitness and wellness programming, which includes a new 3,800-square-foot fitness and wellness center opening in the fall of 2027.

The new amenity offers shaded seating for 32, with outdoor furniture by Janus Et Cie. Isaac Stein of Dept., the Houston-based landscape design firm responsible for Windsor’s sustainable North Village landscape plan, designed the landscaping.

The day opened with a presentation by Del Pilar, author of “The Secret Code of Padel,” about the sport of padel and its rapid growth in popularity. In the afternoon, Del Pilar led a hands-on padel clinic on the new courts. Later, Members watched a pickleball exhibition featuring Ivan Lendl, and Windsor’s tennis professionals including Mikael Pernfors, Nathan Suranofsky, and Ching Wang.

The opening event reunited Ivan Lendl and Mikael Pernfors, the former Swedish professional tennis player who achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 10. Pernfors reached the men’s singles final at the 1986 French Open, defeating fellow tennis greats Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker along the way before meeting then-world No. 1 Ivan Lendl in the final, where he ultimately fell in straight sets.

“Padel and pickleball have both exploded in popularity over the last few years, and we are thrilled to expand our racquet sports programming and now offer both at Windsor,” said Leitenbauer. “Sports are at the core of the Windsor lifestyle, and we are consistently evolving to offer our Members new experiences.”

The grand opening concluded with a cocktail hour on the new courts, offering Members a chance to toast to the new opening together.

About Windsor

Established in 1989, Windsor is a private residential sporting club community spanning 472 acres of barrier island between the Indian River and the Atlantic Ocean in Vero Beach, Florida. Co-founded by W. Galen Weston and The Hon. Hilary M. Weston, Windsor was designed by renowned town planners Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk in the New Urbanism style of residential living. The community comprises 350 homesites, including village homes, cottages and country estates, and is known for its Anglo-Caribbean architecture, landscape design and extensive cultural, sporting and social amenities. Windsor is currently completing its final development phase, the North Village, a 47-acre neighborhood featuring 40 residences, new and enhanced amenities, and a heightened commitment to sustainability. windsorflorida.com

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