Talk:Tennis court

Merging sub articles

Any objections to merging the three stubs, Grass court and Clay court and Hardcourt here? I'm happy to fix up links (they seem to be all around the place) and stuff like that. --Qirex 22:38, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

It doesn't seem relevant to merge Hardcourt into here, but the others are candidates. If you are going to do it, I'd put the merge templates on for a while first. Noisy | Talk 00:05, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I'll work on the two "candidate" articles and try to make them their own. Tarret 19:30, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Turf_management

I have started a relatively small page on types of sports surfaces which are used these days and the skills needed to look after them. It is in a very early stage and i am particularly looking for help on tennis courts. The section on tennis courts i think might have vered a little too much towards the construction/types of court as opposed to caring for the courts.Also unsure about quoting the £s as taken from the LTA web site...is this ok in wiki law? Any help would be appreciated IndianSunset 16:04, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Clay court image

The section on clay courts should have a better image. The one that's up now hardly even shows a tennis court, instead opting to show a nice field with trees. Perhaps a bird's-eye image of the more typical red clay court would be better. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 17:39, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Clay Courts

In the article it states

Clay courts are considered "slow", because the balls bounce relatively slowly with less forward motion, making it more difficult for a player to hit an unreturnable shot. Points are usually longer as there are fewer winners.

But since its slow wouldn't it be more easy to hit unreturnable shots? Thus making points longer? Explain? I'm changing it for now.

Yes, you are right. The line should have probably read "less difficult".

I like your opinion, but the ball might bounce in a different direction than expected. It makes it easier for more winners and aces.¬¬¬¬ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acer81996 (talk • contribs) 07:01, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Terminology needs a labeled graphic

The long list of parts of the court would be improved by the addition of a labeled image showing where the alley, service line, base line, etc. are on the court. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.110.42.139 (talk) 17:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Found one here: http://www.lancelottennis.com/lancemoreinfo/tenniscourtlayout1.gif will that do? Mjquin id (talk) 17:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Rename

Shouldn't this be "court (tennis)" with this name as a link?Mjquin id (talk) 04:20, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Fastest Surface?

The article states that "Grass courts are the fastest type of court in common use court (AstroTurf is faster but is primarily only used for personal courts)" and then, "Hard courts (usually made of asphalt) are definitely the fastest type of tennis court, where fast hard-hitting players have a slight advantage." Could someone with more tennis knowledge than me clear up the contradiction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.11.8.105 (talk) 15:11, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I've added a contradiction message box, which will hopefully speed up the correction. I always thought it was grass, as it has less grip, so takes less speed off the ball due to friction? --Tom dl (talk) 11:27, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Clay courts more traditional? Hmmmmm

The article says "Although clay courts are more traditional..." But the Tennis article tells us that the game began as Lawn Tennis. That surely makes grass courts more traditional. HiLo48 (talk) 22:11, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Since that claim was uncited, and has been for some time, I have now removed it. HiLo48 (talk) 02:10, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

en tout cas

In Australia, particularly in the state of Victoria, and before the advent of various synthetic surfaces, a very common alternative to grass courts were en tout cas courts. They were a porous, red, very finely crushed rock kind of surface. (I don't know the exact source, maybe volcanic.) They required large amounts of water to manage, and recent drought and water restrictions seem to have led to the replacement of a lot of them with synthetic courts.

The don't get a mention in the article. Are they a subset of clay courts? HiLo48 (talk) 02:15, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

court dimensions

The diagram is not clear. The dimensions include the widths of the lines. As shown they appear to exclude the lines. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.22.94.215 (talk) 10:11, 16 January 2011 (UTC)