The club is a founding member of the Argentine Tennis Association, established 2 September 1921, along with Quilmes, Ferrocarril del Sud, GEBA, Lomas, Belgrano, Ferro Carril Oeste, and Estudiantes BA and 12 other institutions.

The first recorded plans for a tennis club in Buenos Aires can be found on a letter sent by Arthur Herbert, W. H. Watson, Adrián Penard, C.R.

[1] When the initiative received approval from other members, they formed a committee, which concluded that the Alvear Avenue would accommodate only two courts.

After considering several locations, the committee was granted concession for land adjacent to Central Argentine Railway's golf course (now Lisandro de la Torre).

Vilas also debuted for the Argentine team that competed with Chile in the South American zone of the 1970 Davis Cup, which was held in BALTC.