Introduction: Based on the hope theory, the current study design a five-week intervention for level II tennis teams before the National Intercollegiate Athletic Games and later to test the effect of intervention and prospective effects of hope on precompetitive emotions, sense of control, precompetitive state anxiety (intensity and direction), self-handicapping and performance (evaluated by players and coaches) after the intervention. Methods: Participants were 58 level II collegiate tennis players (30 males, 28 females), including 35 players in experimental group and 23 players in control group with average age 22.17 years (SD = 2.70), and average training time 4.58 years (SD = 2.97). The hope intervention program consisted of five 50-minute sessions with different teams. The five-session program involved lessons and activities designed to help players understand the construct of hope. Prior to the beginning of the program, identified the experimental group and the control group, all players were given the sport hope scale, upon completion of the program all players were again administered the sport hope scale. Experimental group was conducted with the hope intervention before five weeks of the National Intercollegiate Athletic Games. In addition to measure the participants’ hope before and after the intervention, they also completed a battery of questionnaires to measure their precompetitive emotions, sport hope, sense of control, precompetitive state anxiety, and self-handicapping for one hour prior to their game, and to evaluate their performance after the game. Coaches were required to evaluate the performances of their players. Results: Increases in hope scores were found to be significantly larger in the experimental group of players who participated in the program, as compared to the control group. Moreover, the experimental group showing lower negative emotion, more hope, and better performance evaluated by players before the important game. Conclusion: The five-week intervention could enhance the hope of players in the experimental group, practical implications and directions for future research were also recommended.