Ryoma Echizen is the 12-year-old son of a famous tennis player and a tennis genius in his own right. With talent in his blood and fire in his eyes, he backs up his confidence on the court with amazing skills. Now he has to overcome the older players on his high school team who are dead set against letting him surpass them. To defeat the slippery "Viper," the calculating Inui Sadahara, and a host of other opponents, Ryoma will need everything he's gotten from his father and more!

Ryoma Echizen and the rest of the Seigaku players enter the district tennis tournament as the school to beat. But an unknown team comes from out of nowhere to put them to the test. During a series of intense matches marked by extreme angles, tough spins, and gutsy play, it starts to look like the favorites will be taken down! Ryoma even gets injured during his grueling match and desperately searches for a way to win.

Ryoma and the Seigaku tennis team have reached the Metropolitan Tournament, the pinnacle of youth tennis. First up, the "golden pair" doubles team of Oishi and Kikumaru are forced to resort to the unusual Australian formation to throw off their opponents. Then Ryoma faces the "Lefty-Killer," who uses a dangerous and devastating twist spin. To fight back, the Prince of Tennis must resort to amazing acrobatics and outrageous innovation!

The second half of the Metropolitan Tournament begins! The doubles teams power through the toughest matches they've seen yet, and Ryoma's match with Akutsu from Yamabuki Junior High fires up the court. With all the trouble Ryoma's encountered with Akutsu, everyone's worried for his safety, but Ryoma isn't about to let up, not with Akutsu's coach slipping Akutsu secret strategies!

Ryoma Echizen just joined the Seishun Gakuen Middle School tennis team, which is known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Ryoma has proven his skills by winning four straight American junior tournament titles. With his skills, Ryoma challenges a rule of Seishun Gakuen that freshmen don't represent the team to play in tournaments until summer.

In preparation for the City Tournament, Seishun Academy's team captain Kunimitsu Tezuka decides to hold intra-squad games. Ryoma is pitted against Shusuke, and Ryoma wastes no time in putting on the pressure against his teammate. But with his tenacious strategy known as Higuma Otoshi, Shusuke’s got a few tricks of his own...

Seishun Academy is in the finals of the District Preliminaries, and the only player standing in their way is mean, violent, and ill-tempered Jin Akutsu of Yamabuki Junior High! Ryoma desperately needs to tough up mentally, as Jun has figured out a way to punish him with his powerful shots. Meanwhile, Seishun hold more intra-squad games, and this time someone loses his spot on the starting team...!

As more intra-squad games are played to determine the starting line-up, fellow Seishun Academy players Kunimitsu Tezuka and Sadaharu Inui duke it out for a slot. But the disparity in their skills becomes evident when everyone realizes that Kunimitsu has not budged since he delivered his serve.

At the Kanto Tournament, the brillant play of Hyotei Academy's Gakuto and Yushi's drives Seishun's Momo and Eiji to assume the Australian formation, a technique they masterfully pulled off in a previous match.

Takashi "Taka" Momoshiro battles the mysterious Kabaji of Hyotei Academy. Taka unleashes a brutal two-handed "Hadokyu" (wave surge shot), which Kabaji dishes right back. Unbeknownst to Taka, Kabaji's special talent is his ability to mimic shots with accuracy and ease.

It's Seishun's laid-back master versus Yamabuki's crazy ace! Shusuke and Jin's match continues, and it looks like it won't be the easy win Seishun expected. Jin uses his skills as a loose cannon to volley unpredictable shots, bringing the game to a nail-biting tie. Jin's aggressive play dominates the court until Shusuke unleashes the third of his triple counter shots. But will the Haku Gei (White Whale) be enough to save the day?

Seishun's chance at the Nationals all comes down to Kunimitsu. Will he have to forfeit to save his injured arm, or will he play to the end - and end his career?!