Where to Play Padel in Charleston, SC (2026 Guide)
Where to Play Padel in Charleston, SC (2026 Guide)
Daniel Island opened the door. Mt. Pleasant and Johns Island are about to walk through it.
Charleston went from zero padel courts to a small, very interesting scene in the span of a year. LTP-Daniel Island opened South Carolina's first public padel courts at the racquet facility that hosts the Credit One Charleston Open. Two more clubs — one indoor flagship in Mt. Pleasant, one outdoor social club on Johns Island — are under construction. And padel made its tournament-week debut on Daniel Island this April with a $10,000 men's draw and Har-Tru's glow-in-the-dark "Play On After Dark" experience.
If you live in the Lowcountry and want to get on a court this year, here's the full picture: where to play right now, what's coming, and one common misconception worth clearing up.
Open Today
There is exactly one place in the Charleston metro where you can book a padel court today. It happens to be a really good one.
LTP-Daniel Island
LTP — short for Lowcountry Tennis Project — is the regional racquet brand that took over operations at the Credit One Stadium complex on Daniel Island. The padel buildout here is small and outdoor: one full court that opened in 2024, with additional courts on the property as the program scales. It's the only place in the Charleston area where a non-member can pay a court fee and play padel today.
What makes LTP-Daniel Island worth the drive from anywhere in the Lowcountry isn't the court count — it's the coaching infrastructure. The facility employs a dedicated padel coach, runs beginner clinics on a regular cadence, and shares a clubhouse with one of the most polished tennis operations in the Southeast. If you've never picked up a padel racket before, this is a smoother entry point than walking onto a court cold somewhere else.
Availability tends to be tightest on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings. Use the LTP-Daniel Island club page to see open court slots before driving over.
Courts: 3 | Type: Outdoor | Rating: 4.7★
Coming Soon
Two announced projects will roughly triple Charleston's padel capacity once they open. Both are commercial, no-membership-required venues — meaning anyone can book a court without joining the club.
pATL Mt. Pleasant
pATL is the Atlanta-born padel and squash brand that has become the Southeast's most ambitious indoor operator (see our Atlanta padel guide for the original venue). Mt. Pleasant is its first cross-state expansion, and on paper it's the most serious padel facility under construction in the Carolinas.
The scope: six indoor padel courts plus one outdoor stadium court for league nights and exhibitions, alongside four squash courts. Ceilings are spec'd at 30 feet — the height that real padel needs and that most US conversion projects can't match. Plans also call for a co-working mezzanine, a gym, and recovery facilities, which positions pATL as a daytime destination, not just an evening booking.
For anyone east of the Cooper, this will be the closest indoor padel option once it opens — meaningful for Charleston's humid summers and rainy winters when outdoor play gets unpredictable.
Courts: 7 | Type: Mixed (indoor + outdoor) | Ceiling: 30ft
The Point Racket and Social Club
The Point is a smaller, outdoor-only project at Trophy Lakes on Johns Island. Two courts, no required membership, and a clearly social orientation: beginner clinics and round-robin tournaments are slated from day one, with optional priority memberships for players who want guaranteed prime-time access.
If pATL is the indoor flagship, The Point is the casual neighborhood club. Two courts won't solve Charleston's supply problem, but the Johns Island location fills a geographic gap — there's nothing else south of the bridge — and the no-membership model lowers the barrier for first-timers.
Courts: 2 | Type: Outdoor
Worth Knowing: Daniel Island Club Does Not Have Padel
This comes up enough to be worth saying clearly. The Daniel Island Club — the private golf and racquet club at 600 Island Park Drive — has 14 tennis courts and 6 pickleball courts, but no padel courts on its own campus. The padel courts on Daniel Island belong to LTP at 161 Seven Farms Drive, a separate facility about a mile away. If you've heard "padel on Daniel Island" and assumed it meant the country club, you're looking for the wrong address.
Padel at the 2026 Credit One Charleston Open
The biggest thing that happened to padel in Charleston this year wasn't a court opening — it was the Credit One Open putting padel on the WTA tournament's grounds for the first time. The 2026 edition (March 28 – April 5) added two padel-specific elements to the fan experience:
- A 16-team men's padel tournament with a $10,000 prize purse, played on courts at the Credit One Stadium complex during tournament week.
- Har-Tru's "Play On After Dark" Glow Nights, an LED-lit nighttime program that included padel alongside tennis and pickleball — courts went dark, music came on, and casual social play ran late into the evening.
The combination of a serious draw and a low-stakes social event in the same week is the kind of programming that builds awareness in a city that mostly hasn't heard of padel yet. Expect more of this in 2027 if attendance numbers held up.
How to Book a Padel Court in Charleston
Right now there's only one address that matters: LTP-Daniel Island. Booking is handled through the LTP website or by phone. Once pATL Mt. Pleasant and The Point open, both will use online booking platforms — we'll list availability for each on its club page as soon as the systems go live. Bookmark the Charleston-area court availability view to get notified when slots open up.
If you're traveling further afield in the Carolinas, our Charlotte padel guide covers the next-closest scene (about a 3-hour drive). And for a wider look at facilities under construction across the country in 2026, see new padel facilities opening this year.
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