How Many Square Feet Is A Tennis Court?
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A regulation tennis court is 78 feet long by 27 feet wide for singles matches or 84 feet long for doubles matches. The area inside the baseline and service line is called the court. The area inside the baseline and service line is called the court.
Introduction
A tennis court is a rectangle that is 78 feet long and 27 feet wide. This means that a tennis court has 2,106 square feet of space.
The Size of a Tennis Court
A tennis court is 78 feet long by 27 feet wide, and the service line is 21 feet from the net. The service line is the line that the player must stand behind when serving the ball. The net is 3.5 feet high at the center and 3 feet high at the sides. A tennis court is thus divided into two equal service courts. The area of each service court is 1,362 square feet. This is not including the alleys, which are the areas on either side of the court between the baseline and the service line. The court is thus 46 feet wide, including the alleys.
International Tennis Federation
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) defines the official dimensions of a tennis court. It is a rectangle that is 28.65m long and 10.97m wide for singles matches, or 23.77m long and 8.23m wide for doubles matches. The service line is 4.57m from the back boundary for singles matches, or 3.66m from the back boundary for doubles matches. These dimensions apply to all ITF sanctioned events, which include the Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup, and Fed Cup.
United States Tennis Association
In the United States, a tennis court is 96 feet (29.26 m) long by 27 feet (8.23 m) wide for singles matches and 78 feet (23.77 m) wide for doubles matches. The service line is 21 feet (6.40 m) from the net. The alley is 39 feet (11.89 m) from the net to the sidelines, which are called the doubles alleys, and 36 ft (10.97m) wide for singles playing on a full-size court..
Conclusion
Based on the average dimensions of a tennis court, we can calculate that a tennis court is approximately 2,880 square feet. This means that four tennis courts would occupy a space of 11,520 square feet, or just over one-quarter of an acre.
