Fitzsimons Park

Fitzsimons Park serves as an active neighborhood hub in South Evanston, offering accessible outdoor tennis courts for local players. Positioned on Elmwood Avenue, this public park maintains outdoor hard courts surrounded by chain-link fencing, suited for casual rallies, singles match play, and doubles drills. The atmosphere is grounded and community-focused, regularly utilized by neighborhood residents, local students, and nearby players during dry-weather months from spring through late fall. Because it operates as a municipal park facility under the City of Evanston, the tennis courts primarily function on an open-access, first-come, first-served basis for recreational tennis. Surrounding park trees and perimeter benches provide practical spots for resting between games. It is a straightforward, reliable outdoor venue where players can step right onto the court to work on their serve, trade baseline groundstrokes, or engage in unpretentious weekend sets.