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Court Dimensions


A question for the experts here.

I can easily look up the dimensions of a tennis court.  They are of course standard.  But if we are talking about the space around a court as well, what is the minimum reasonable size for a court.

I have some friends here setting up a residential sports facility.  It's a long term project, but somewhere down the road, they want to put in tennis courts and they asked me how much space they would need for say 10/12 courts.



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Whilst I am no expert in the construction and dimensions of tennis courts, I don't think your pals are not asking  the questions that will  help them get the most from their endeavour. If these courts are part of a performance academy, every court would  have to have plenty of space around it. Maybe a "centre court" should be even bigger and perhaps have some seating or space for temporary seating for when there is a big club match. 

An important metric for its succcess is: How busy is it?  This is tricky, it is not possible to please everyone. If it is a hard surface, kids (even adults) will play basketball there. I'd suggest an area devoted to basket ball, and give them decent quality hoops. Mostly they like to play around a single basket ball goal, so several hoops in the space of a standard tennis court is easy.  If they correct  basket ball lines they would be delighted!  

Not everybody plays doubles, and doubles does take loads of extra space. The teaching courts have no reason to have tram lines. Perhaps these teaching courts could have lines for mini tennis too.  Maybe other sports such as volleyball and even footie could be catered for with multiple sets lines for diffferent sports on some of the courts. Personally, I dislike playing tennis on surfaces with lines on that are not tennis lines. But not everyone is as fussy and pedantic as I am! 

A centre court that could be configured for concerts and plays would be cool!   Whatever happens, this is development is going to cost loads and loads of cash. Your pals need to get buy in from as many organisations as possible. And don't forget the clubhouse and bar!

 

 



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I was curious, so I looked this up in the ATP and ITF rulebooks

The size of the overall court will also depend on what use it will be put to.

As a guide the ATP has a minimum size for courts for tour events.
"Courts shall not be less than 60 feet (18.29 m.) wide and 120 feet (36.58 m.) long.
Center courts should be 66 feet (20.11 m.) x 132 feet (40.23 m.)"

The Rules of Tennis (ITF website) also has guidance

"As a guide for international competitions, the recommended minimum distance between the baselines and the backstops should be 21 feet (6.40 m) and between the sidelines and the sidestops the recommended minimum distance should be 12 feet (3.66 m). " (Same as ATP)

"As a guide for recreational and Club play, the recommended minimum distance between the baselines and the backstops should be 18 feet (5.48 m) and between the sidelines and the sidestops the recommended minimum distance should be 10 feet (3.05 m). "

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the addict wrote:

I was curious, so I looked this up in the ATP and ITF rulebooks

The size of the overall court will also depend on what use it will be put to.

As a guide the ATP has a minimum size for courts for tour events.
"Courts shall not be less than 60 feet (18.29 m.) wide and 120 feet (36.58 m.) long.
Center courts should be 66 feet (20.11 m.) x 132 feet (40.23 m.)"

The Rules of Tennis (ITF website) also has guidance

"As a guide for international competitions, the recommended minimum distance between the baselines and the backstops should be 21 feet (6.40 m) and between the sidelines and the sidestops the recommended minimum distance should be 12 feet (3.66 m). " (Same as ATP)

"As a guide for recreational and Club play, the recommended minimum distance between the baselines and the backstops should be 18 feet (5.48 m) and between the sidelines and the sidestops the recommended minimum distance should be 10 feet (3.05 m). "


I had spotted those dimensions somewhere too, but didn't know if they were 'recommended', 'standard' or 'minimum' etc.

The use of the courts will be mostly for recreational use and perhaps training camps (mostly youngsters), but there is no ambition to hold tournaments of any standing.  The area they have identified to install courts is 84m by 66m.  I was trying to see if it was possible to get 10 courts into that space, in two banks of five.

With a walkway between of 2m width, that would leave individual court spaces of 32m by 16.8m.  The figures above suggest that might not quite work.

Thanks for the feedback and research.



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stevemcqueen wrote:

Whilst I am no expert in the construction and dimensions of tennis courts, I don't think your pals are not asking  the questions that will  help them get the most from their endeavour. If these courts are part of a performance academy, every court would  have to have plenty of space around it. Maybe a "centre court" should be even bigger and perhaps have some seating or space for temporary seating for when there is a big club match. 

An important metric for its succcess is: How busy is it?  This is tricky, it is not possible to please everyone. If it is a hard surface, kids (even adults) will play basketball there. I'd suggest an area devoted to basket ball, and give them decent quality hoops. Mostly they like to play around a single basket ball goal, so several hoops in the space of a standard tennis court is easy.  If they correct  basket ball lines they would be delighted!  

Not everybody plays doubles, and doubles does take loads of extra space. The teaching courts have no reason to have tram lines. Perhaps these teaching courts could have lines for mini tennis too.  Maybe other sports such as volleyball and even footie could be catered for with multiple sets lines for diffferent sports on some of the courts. Personally, I dislike playing tennis on surfaces with lines on that are not tennis lines. But not everyone is as fussy and pedantic as I am! 

A centre court that could be configured for concerts and plays would be cool!   Whatever happens, this is development is going to cost loads and loads of cash. Your pals need to get buy in from as many organisations as possible. And don't forget the clubhouse and bar!

 


 

They are taking over the lease of a multi use residential venue and trying to upgrade the facilities.  There are already courts for various other sports and they are hoping to add the additional facilities over the next few years.  Still very much in the planning stage, but the site of the bar is already identified and being prepared wink



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Looks like you need 90m by 72m to squeeze 10 courts in.......

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the addict wrote:

Looks like you need 90m by 72m to squeeze 10 courts in.......


Time to knock a few trees down and get the diggers in then smile



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