In 1990, Jonathan Howell was appointed as head professional at the newly built court at The Oratory School in Woodcote, Oxfordshire.

Nick Howell grew up playing real tennis and participated in the IRTPA Satellite when it was held at the Oratory in 2005, as well as competing at the Australian Open in 2006.

Howell registered as an Australian real tennis player, instead of his country of birth (France) or education (United Kingdom) due to his time spent in Australia.

Howell returned to competitive real tennis at the 2012 Australian Open, losing in straight sets to World Champion Robert Fahey in the first round.

During this year, he won the Taylor Cup - a tournament for new professionals - against women's World Champion Claire Fahey.

He won US Pro Satellite and Tasmanian Open in 2014, but he had a breakout year on the doubles court, reaching the semi final stage of the British and US Opens partnered with Australian Amateur Kieran Booth and rackets World Champion James Stout respectively.

Howell moved from Melbourne to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.

In 2018, the pair won the Australian and British Opens together and reached the final of the 2019 World Doubles Championship in Hobart.

Combined with the rest of his results from the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Howell was eligible to compete for the 2020 Real Tennis World Championship.

[8] Another Australian Open Singles Final in 2022[9] meant that Howell was again eligible to challenge for the 2023 Real Tennis World Championship.

This time as second seed following the retirement of Robert Fahey, Howell hosted the First Round Eliminator at Aiken against Ben Taylor-Matthews.