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Stick Tennis – Casual Game Review
Stick Tennis is a Casual/Sports/Sports game from Stick Sports Ltd, first launched in 28th June 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 7,704+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Stick Tennis Stand Out
◆ WIRED – Essential App ◆ The Telegraph – Must Have App ◆
Easy to play yet difficult to master, Stick Tennis offers fast and fluid gameplay and a huge range of unique player styles and characteristics to unlock and play.
With just a simple one-fingered swipe you’ll soon be thumping crosscourt winners, yet at the core of Stick Tennis is a highly sophisticated physics engine that rewards tactical play.
- Take on the all-time greats in WORLD DOMINATION
- Steer your favorite player to success in the SLAMS
- Earn trophies in the DAILY CHALLENGE
- Improve your game at the CASUAL SETS TENNIS CLUB
- Unlock TEN realistic court surfaces from around the globe
- Unlock more than SEVENTY players
New balls please!
Important message: This game includes in-app purchases
New York Times
“If you’re into tennis even just a bit you may love Stick Tennis. It has cute graphics and surprisingly good gameplay.”
The Sun
“Incredibly addictive. You’ll soon find yourself hooked.”
Pocketgamer ‘Top Ten’
“It’s often better when sports games go all out for raw, demented playability. Stick Tennis demands instant reactions. Get this.”
Follow us on Twitter: @StickSports
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Stick Tennis is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th August 2025
Recent improvements include:
BUG FIXES
Download & Availability
Stick Tennis is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Unlike some other dreadful comments ive seen about this game…. 1) NO, its not rigged. 2) You dont have to spend money to win or be competitive. Now we would advise to buy a racquet. If $2.99 breaks your bank…. Ok cool. Choose another app. 3) Its takes a little bit of time to learn the nuances of the game… By little time meaning, it took us a few hours before we were rolling and wish the game was more difficult. Fun game none the less. If we could add upgrades… Id add somewhat of a semi full ATP, WTA tour type format as well. Give a choice to create your own player or choose from the top 150 world rankings. As a create player… Youd have to qualify to nake tournaments until you reach a certain amount of wins or prize money.
This is a good game but sometimes in the opens you finish a match and an ad comes up but it doesnt load so you have to exit the app and lose all your progress in the tournament. We hope they fix this.
Hi we used to play this game when there was 3/5 sets in grand slams now theres only 1 set can you please change the format.
This game is absolute dog water the computer is op and impossible to win get another tennis game.
So we played one game and it froze so we can do nothing! Uninstalled.
This game is a waste of time we love tennis but this type of game is a waste of time every time you hit the ball it says false ball which brings us stress we dont recommend getting this game it is a bad game in our opinion so if you like it dont come after us.
This game helps you practice tennis and also this game is so amazing.
This is a very good game we like tennis so this will help us out.
Great game. The world domination should be free.
Plays pretty close to a real game except for some players who have beyond human abilities.
Game is fun and unique. Very Fun.
Beating Novak, Rafa, or Domi once is hard enough. If you win such a matchup and then skip the subsequent ad, you are sometimes forced to start from scratch and play the same matchup. Thats just not fair. Dealbreaker for us.
Do not download its so free so dogwater it impossible to beat anyone.
We love this game, you can get the rackets one time If you watch a video and if you unlocke the tenis players you can play with them. This is our favorite game.
There needs to be a lob option and the drop shoots need a little work, but over all it pretty good.
We have had this game for years. Im currently on our third phone that we have downloaded this game on. It doesnt take long to beat them all so we take breaks for awhile and then come back again a few months later. Its fun.
Great game. For allTennis fans whether youre a beginner or a professional you will enjoy this great game Ive been playing for years we will continue to thank you.
It is fun if you are capable of losing sometimes.
The game is really fun, it takes a while to get used to the timing which controls when your shots actually go in, although we do wonder about the net courts which don't seem to follow this rule. We also just finished a match we won 6-0 and it said we had only converted 3/4 break opportunities which is obviously not correct or our opponent would have won a game. The daily matches are by far the most fun. We also find the men's serves really hard to get the timing of because they are so fast — maybe too fast. As the opponents get harder it seems you lose more on technicalities,for instance let courts. We notice they rarely benefit us. Secondly, the better opponents can often put away a good serve down the T. We don't know of any pros who can claim that ability. Also, at times you will hit what you feel is a great shot and they will just put up it away like its nothing. This seems a bit unrealistic but overall we love the game. The problem with the stats is you are summing all games, not just the ones we were receiving. Please fix this as it has been wrong for a while, our only other lament is the fact that your games aren't saved. Downloaded and thought Id play some more. It doesnt save your games properly. It says it does but when you return its gone. Secondly purchase restoration seems to have some flaws. We recall we used to be able to play everyone in domination, but now im limited to a few.
Not a bad game. However, there is no way to control your players movements across the court. This means that your player moves in whatever direction the app dictates. The only control you have is over your swing and serve. If your opponent serves to your left and the app moves your player to the right, there is nothing you can do about it.
The good – the game is fun to play and active, you dont have to buy anything to upgrade the player like other tennis games. Not so good – where to start, first forget about aiming. Doesnt work. Drop shots set up the computer to win the point most of the time. No control over players movements. Player will automatically charge the net when you dont want them to for no reason and no control to pull them back. Can loft balls, put spin on shots nor can you over head slam. Think of the classic game pong and put it on a tennis court. Youll get frustrated because youll see the next shot and where to put it, but the ball hardly ever goes the direction you want.
Geared exclusively to force you to upgrade and buy more. Stop buying and it stops working. Last app we will dl from this source.
The game will count balls you hit on the line OUT and balls that are faults for your opponents are called as IN. No challenge option. The game also overpowers players so they can run all along the court or run up the to the net and you cant hit the ball anywhere without them getting it.
You have to buy a racket to win the 1st round of any tournament and go beyond! Disappointed.
The game is USELESS unless you want to keep pumping lots of money into it to even compete! Impossible to gain any advantage over opponent or a have any strategy of any kind that works. Opponents NEVER tire, miss, hit very few unforced errors, double fault, etc, but you will find yourself hitting them at the most inopportune times no matter how good your timing is! Perfectly timed shots will go into the net or awry in order to trick you into eventually paying more money for new equipment. Big time scam. Just an awful game all around! STAY AWAY.
Very fun! And interactive game! That we would recommend anyone playing.
We love this game so much and we would love if the creators make a stick tennis live, we think it could replicate or even top the success of stick cricket live.
This game is very good and fun to play however, we think that its to easy to ace people on your service game.
Can we get back best of 3 and best of 5 in slams? Its very boring playing one set. Or can we at least have a choice to play one set or three/five sets.
Excellent Game, very interesting… And enjoyable… Different championships.
Absolutely amazing game highly recommend.
It is fun but if you dont buy the racquets then it become impossibly to Win.
Only way to do well is to pay loads of money. You can't even get better by playing. You won't even get past the first round in tournaments of you don't buy a $30 racket. Play style is fun but could use an upgrading system for your character.
How can Serena be the GOAT and her character is the WORST? #Discrimination.
We use to HATE this game but then we played it a bit longer and we are obsessed with this app and when you update it you get new tennis players from THIS year it is awesome.
This game was fun at the beginning but to get better at it, you need to buy things making it pay to win.
We used to play tenis. Now with a bad hip can not play. We enjoy playing as if it is the real thing. Thank you.
Its fun playing against real tennis names, and having to figure out how to avoid their shot strengths, and to exploit their weaknesses.
Fun, challenging, and we love that you can really accurately aim and put spin on the ball.
Good game but a waste of time because its very limited unless you purchase their extremely overpriced racquets. WHY ON EARTH would we pay the price of real racquet for a virtual one?! Unfortunately we had to delete the game because we had beat every person we could. Moving on to the next.
The game was very fun and the game has been the most enjoyable.
Awesome app Works the brain and fun.
We love this game. We play it every day.
Despite the reviews to the contrary, the game play does make sense – we were able to win all the masters tournaments with the mid level racquet (OK we did break down and buy the 5.99 model). But its enjoyable overall and a great time killer. Two issues we have with the game: 1. Theres no acknowledgement on the main menus that youve won/completed masters tournaments. A very minor thing but annoying to us. 2. The Daily Challenge: whats the point of taking the challenge when theres no prize? How about coins you can use towards purchasing one of those high-end racquets after completing a weeks worth? Just a waste of time otherwise.
Youre not supposed to cheer in between points, normally after every game or set.
The ad is over and theres no X continue and we dont want to install the advertised app so now we cant play.
Dont buy this game it tries to reel you in to by rackets and upgrades. And its near impossible to beat the opponent, say your in back middle, your opponent hits a ball off to the corner and boom, your character tries walking over there and lets the ball fly by, and when you finally get the advantage its immediately lost because of this bull crap and there is no way to upgrade yourself without spending a USD or more.
Started out as a great game but soon devolved to a standard pay to win. The worst part… Theres absolutely no way to progress unless you buy something. Terrible game.
Dont like the fact Serena serves weaker then any other girl on tour and Serena is known for her strong serves but overall good game.
After playing one match and winning, the game got stuck on a victory screen and wont let us do anything else. The ball is just kinda floating around? Gameplay seemed good, but Im disappointed that we cant continue.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.23.1
- Size: 27.20 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Stick Sports Ltd
Last updated: 8th August 2025 | Genre: Casual, Sports | Developer: Stick Sports Ltd