The National Tennis Club (NTC) is a club for enthusiasts of a branch of tennis called court tennis (also known as "real tennis") in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Its home is the reconstructed Court Tennis Building at the Newport Casino and is perhaps the busiest court in the United States that houses court tennis. The National Tennis Club hosted the Real Tennis World Championship match in 2004, when Robert Fahey successfully defended his title against Tim Chisholm. The Court Tennis Building was constructed as part of the original Casino complex in 1880 and in 1980 the National Tennis Court was rededicated, largely through the efforts of Clarence "Clarry" Pell, as the symbolic home of the sport in the United States.
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