Virtua Tennis 3

Virtua Tennis 3
US cover art, featuring Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Venus Williams
Developer(s)Sega AM3 (AC, PS3)
Sumo Digital (X360, PC, PSP)
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Kazuko Noguchi
Producer(s)Mie Kumagai
Designer(s)
  • Nobuyuki Yamashita
  • Norio Furuichi
Programmer(s)Yoshifumi Ishihata
Composer(s)Kentaro Koyama
SeriesVirtua Tennis
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: April 25, 2006
  • NA: 2006
PlayStation 3, PSP, Windows, Xbox 360
  • JP: March 8, 2007 (PS3)
  • NA: March 20, 2007
  • EU: March 23, 2007 (PS3, X360)
  • AU: March 23, 2007 (PS3)
  • NA: March 26, 2007 (PSP)
  • AU: March 29, 2007 (PC, PSP, X360)
  • EU: March 30, 2007 (PC, PSP)
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)1 to 4 Players
Arcade systemSega Lindbergh

Virtua Tennis 3, known in Japan as Sega Professional Tennis: Power Smash 3, is the second arcade game sequel to Sega's tennis game franchise, Virtua Tennis. The arcade version of Virtua Tennis 3 is powered by the PC-based Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. Ports for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 consoles are also available with a traditional collection of tennis minigames that the home versions of Virtua Tennis are known for. In 2009, Sega updated and re-created Virtua Tennis 3 in Virtua Tennis 2009.