Under step three of the restrictions - introduced last Thursday - outdoor, non-contact sport is allowed for all ages.

Tennis Victoria's Community Tennis Guidelines: Regional Victoria state singles and doubles play is permitted and competition can go ahead in regional Victoria.

Group coaching for up to 10 participants in addition to the coach is also allowed.

Spectators are not permitted unless supervising children or assisting players with additional needs.

Meanwhile, indoor facilities must remain closed, including all indoor courts and clubhouses. These are some of the many guidelines.

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Here's what's happening at three outdoor tennis clubs in the south-west.

Warrnambool Lawn Tennis Club president Kim Tobin is thrilled competitive tennis can return.

"What we want to get out there is the courts are open for members and the general public," she said.

"However people need to ring and book a court because there are still some guidelines to be followed in terms of courts. All that information is on our website.

"They need to contact Beachside Tennis Academy to arrange a court for use."

The academy is also offering term four coaching.

Tobin said the grass courts were off limits for now.

"Normally we open grass courts in first week of November," she said.

"Our porous and blue hard courts are available at the moment."

Tobin explained players were able to use those courts for singles-only during the stage three coronavirus lockdown.

The president said the Corporate Morton Cup was scheduled for Thursday November 5 while junior pennant was due to start Saturday November 7.

She said weekly adult competitions would also commence in the near future.

How to manage the grass courts has been one challenge for the club this year.

"We have had to adjust our (grass court) management plan just due to a reduction in our income," Tobin said.

"For instance one of our major tournaments between Christmas and New Year's is not allowed to go ahead at this stage."

Tobin said the Warrnambool Grasscourt AMT and JT tournament was on hold due to the pandemic under Tennis Australia directive.

The president said she was unsure what would happen given the fluidity of the pandemic situation.

"At the moment we're planning for it not being on," she said.

Tobin said the grass courts were still being maintained.

"We have just pared back our court maintenance at this stage to accommodate our reduced income," she said.

"They're still being maintained, any major maintenance has been put on hold for the moment."

Warrnambool Supergrasse Tennis Complex coach Joe Hakimi is excited about the club's pennants starting back on the week of October 5.

Men's A and B grade will start on Tuesday and ladies pennant will start Wednesday of that week.

Cardio Tennis, a group fitness program for adults, has already commenced.

"We're really excited about returning to some form of normality," Hakimi said.

"It's been a really difficult time, not only for us but for all businesses.

"My heart goes out to the businesses affected by this, fortunately for us we haven't stopped working but it's been in really difficult circumstances."

Hakimi explained the club could only offer private lessons during the stage three lockdown.

"We had to take on less clients but put in a lot more hours on court (spacing out lessons)," he said.

He's thrilled group lessons and competition are permitted again.

The club is taking enrollments for term four coaching for children as well as offering adult lessons.

"We started our summer pennant and we only got six weeks into it and then we were shut down and we haven't been able to have pennants so hopefully we can get everybody back on the courts," he said.

Non-members weren't allowed to use the club's courts during stage three but they can now.

Hakimi said players should contact him to book in advance if they'd like to use a court.

The tennis coach added the complex also planned to bring back tournaments for the first time in years, in 2021.

There's plenty happening at Port Fairy Tennis Club too.

Secretary Alison Zehir said the club was bringing back its Fast4 Tennis competition on Wednesday and Sunday night as well. It's a popular short form of tennis.

Zehir said the club was also calling for players and volunteers to get a women's competition and mixed pennant going.

She explained the committee was open to a rolling pennant with flexibility about which night it was played each week.

"We're looking for participants and volunteers to make it happen," she said.

Lessons and Cardio Tennis are starting again Monday night.

Zehir said courts were open to everyone with non-members required to pay court hire.

She explained those wishing to use the courts needed to book at least 20 minutes before through the club's electronic booking system on its website.

Zehir said the club had benefited from its lighting upgrade, completed in the past month.

"There's certainly been a fair uptake of people playing recently," she said.

"Usually we have someone booked every night which has been really good."

Sunday's Fast4 competition will be a fundraiser for Port Fairy's 'Team Ross' participating in The Long Run. It's $10 per player.

The Long Run aims to raise awareness and funds for those impacted by prostate cancer.

Places are limited to 12 players in each time slot.

It starts 6pm with the booking link on the club's Facebook page.

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