Tennis Yukon's recreation grant application to resurface the Mount McIntyre courts next month has been approved.

However, the exact sum is still unknown.

In the meantime, the club will host Juneau players for the Capital Cup June 24-26.

Tennis Yukon president Stacy Lewis said resurfacing the courts costs $45,000, $30,000 of which is "ready to go.”

The club has put in a recreation grant application to make up the remaining balance of $15,000.

Lewis pointed out that the recreation grant committee approved the application, but not the specific amount.

"But we're pushing ahead.”

City council will vote on June 20 on a proposed lease between the city and Tennis Yukon, which would make the club managers.

"That's fantastic. We're thrilled to finally be making progress on that front. We feel like it's a situation where the user group maybe has a stronger idea of how the courts should be maintained and cared for, and we're really excited to start that phase of development.”

Lewis said the courts are still OK to be hosting the players from Juneau.

"A B minus is what the contractor graded them, which is not terrible considering that they were built in 2000. That goes a lot toward how they're cared for and kept for tennis only; there's not a lot of skateboarding and biking that wrecks the surface. But the back corner is sinking.”

Juneau has won four of the six Capital Cups, the last of which was held in the Alaskan capital.

The Yukoners won their second cup from the most recent challenge, held in Alaska in March.

Lewis said Tennis Yukon has been lucky to get out on the Mt. Mac courts in May – earlier than ever.

"So our players here have had almost two months of playing, which is quite a bit more than normal,” she said, adding that playing against the stiff competition from Alaska helps the Yukon players raise their level of play.

"Quite happily, the level of play is pretty good, and everyone, when they're out on the court, takes it pretty seriously,” Lewis said.

"The thing about winning for us is that you want that trophy going back and fourth between the clubs; you don't want one club to be holding it the whole time, otherwise no one is really interested to play anymore.”

The Capital Cup started in the '90s, when there was a scheduled flight between Whitehorse and Juneau.

The challenge is play twice yearly: outdoor during the summer in Whitehorse and indoor during the spring in Juneau.

Juneau took the cup last summer in Whitehorse.

The team tennis format is a series of head-to-head matches between Whitehorse and Juneau players. Each match is a pro-set (first to eight games), and each game won in the match by a player counts as a point toward that team's total.

So far, seven Juneau players have confirmed they will make the trip to Whitehorse.

Match-play begins June 24 at 6 p.m.