Super Tennis — stories left

Mean Machines magazine declared it to be "the best tennis game available [as of October 1991]" and scored all aspects of the game very highly, from sound, to gameplay, to their impressions overall.

Computer and Video Games editors said that Super Tennis is "more fun than should be allowed" when a set is played against a friend.

Professional film critics Siskel and Ebert featured the game in a brief segment to end a "Holiday Video Gift Guide" special which was syndicated on television in the United States in December 1991.

Gene Siskel praised its realism and claimed it was his "favorite video game".

In a 2000s retrospective, Mean Machines' then-editor Damo stated that the game was still "the best representation of the sport to date" and also the most "fantastically competitive", but also said the single player was "nothing special".

IGN ranked the game 84th in their "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time" list.

In 1995, Total! rated the game 40th on their "Top 100 SNES Games" list.

They commented that Super Tennis is superb and it does not have as many features compared to Smash Tennis and praised the gameplay as "unbelievably slick".

Gene Siskel praised its realism and claimed it was his "favorite video game".

They commented that Super Tennis is superb and it does not have as many features compared to Smash Tennis and praised the gameplay as "unbelievably slick".

Nintendo localized the game and released it outside Japan.

According to Famitsu, Super Tennis sold 7,095 copies in its first week on the market and 27,930 copies during its lifetime in Japan.

According to Famitsu, Super Tennis sold 7,095 copies in its first week on the market and 27,930 copies during its lifetime in Japan.

The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game ninth in popularity in its November 1991 issue.