Grands

What Grands does

Grands is a community marketplace that helps recreational tennis players find partners and organize matches in their local area. The product is delivered as a free iOS mobile application and a web platform at playgrands.com, and is currently active in four cities: Stockholm (Sweden), Sydney (Australia), Helsinki (Finland), and Oslo (Norway). Users can browse upcoming matches filtered by city, view player profiles, join scheduled sessions, or create their own head-to-head or doubles matches with venue and time details.

The platform is built on a mobile-first architecture using Firebase for backend storage and media, Clerk for authentication (supporting Sign in with Apple and Sign in with Google), PostHog for product analytics, and the Google Places API for venue and location information. Authentication is handled via Clerk's hosted flows, and user-facing content such as profile imagery is served from Firebase Storage. The web and mobile experiences share the same core matching and scheduling functionality, with no differentiation by tier.

The business model is not explicitly disclosed. The app is free to download and use, with no premium tiers, subscription plans, paid features, or marketplace fees described in available sources. No revenue figures, funding rounds, or investor information are on record. The company is privately held, headquartered in Sweden, and operates with 51–100 employees. Distribution is self-serve via the Apple App Store, supported by blog content announcing new features and city launches.

Name

Grands

Legal name

Grands

Website

https://playgrands.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grands is a free iOS and web platform that connects recreational tennis players in Stockholm, Sydney, Helsinki, and Oslo, enabling them to discover, join, and organize head-to-head or doubles matches locally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Social Networking

NAICS

Spectator Sports (7112)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Individual Sports Events (Tennis, Golf, Boxing/MMA, Athletics) (MPAGAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tennis & Racquet Sports Clubs (Tennis, Padel, Pickleball, Squash) (MPAKABAF), Tennis Leagues & Team Competitions (MPAKAAAJ)

Keywords

• Tennis partner matching
• Sports social network
• Match scheduling app
• Amateur tennis community
• Mobile matchmaking platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. App-based Platform (Free): Free mobile application for tennis players to find partners and organize matches. Revenue model not explicitly disclosed in available sources.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grands is a mobile and web-based tennis matching platform that enables amateur tennis players to find local partners, discover scheduled head-to-head or doubles matches in their area, and organize their own tennis sessions. The service is delivered through an iOS app (App ID id6449349569) and a web platform at playgrands.com, currently operating in four cities: Stockholm, Sydney, Helsinki, and Oslo. Users browse upcoming matches, view player profiles, join existing sessions, or create new ones with venue and time details.

Product overview

Grands is a tennis matching platform consisting of two main offerings: the iOS mobile app (Grands Mobile App) and the web platform (Grands Tennis Matching Platform). Both share the same core functionality — enabling tennis players to discover and connect with others to organize head-to-head or doubles matches. The platform currently operates in four cities: Stockholm (Sweden), Sydney (Australia), Helsinki (Finland), and Oslo (Norway). Users can browse upcoming matches by location, view player profiles, and schedule their own tennis sessions. The product is built with Firebase for backend infrastructure, uses Clerk for authentication services, and integrates with Google Places for venue/location information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grands iOS Mobile App iOS mobile application that enables tennis players to connect with others, find tennis partners in their area, and organize head-to-head or doubles matches. Available for download on the Apple App Store (App ID id6449349569).
• Grands Tennis Matching Web Platform Web-based platform at playgrands.com allowing users to discover tennis matches and connect with other players in supported cities (Stockholm, Sydney, Helsinki, Oslo). Users can browse upcoming matches, view player profiles, and join tennis sessions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TopCourt: Tennis-focused app for booking courts and connecting players. Comparable to Grands as a tennis-specific community platform, though TopCourt emphasizes court booking and professional instruction alongside partner matching.
• PlayYourCourt: Tennis league and community platform organizing recreational play across multiple U.S. cities. Comparable to Grands as a tennis-only community/matchmaking product with organized match formats, though operating in a different geography and focused more on league structures.
• Playtomic: Europe's largest tennis and padel partner-matching and court-booking platform. Directly comparable to Grands in core functionality (player matchmaking, scheduling) and target customer (recreational racket-sport players), though at significantly larger scale and with deeper venue integrations.
• Tennis Buddy: Tennis partner-finding app focused on connecting recreational players for matches. Directly comparable to Grands in narrow focus on tennis partner matching and the recreational player segment.

Emerging players

• SwingVision: AI-powered tennis video analysis app with a growing community and social layer for tennis players. Comparable to Grands as a tennis-specific consumer app targeting engaged recreational players, though differentiated by video/AI analysis rather than matchmaking.
• CourtReserve: Tennis and pickleball court management and reservation software with growing player-matching features. Comparable to Grands at the intersection of tennis community management and venue-side tooling, though primarily B2B-oriented toward clubs.

Regional players

• Matchi: Swedish tennis and padel court-booking and matching platform. Comparable to Grands given the shared Swedish market origin, overlapping target audience of Nordic recreational players, and similar core functionality around tennis partner connection.

Broad incumbents

• Babolat: Global tennis equipment and apparel brand with growing digital/community initiatives. Comparable to Grands as a player-facing tennis brand ecosystem; Babolat has the scale and resources to add partner-matching or community features that could compete with Grands' offering.
• Wilson Tennis: Major global tennis equipment brand with digital content and community initiatives. Comparable to Grands as a tennis-focused brand reaching recreational players, with the scale to bundle or build partner-matching features.

Others

• TennisPoint: Major European online tennis retailer selling equipment, apparel, and gear. Thematically adjacent to Grands as a tennis-only consumer-facing platform reaching the same recreational tennis player segment, though focused on commerce rather than matchmaking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grandstennis

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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