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| 13 || [[Memorial Coliseum (Portland)|Memorial Coliseum]] || 12,000 ||[[Portland, Oregon]]|| {{Flag icon|USA}} [[USA]] || [[2007 Davis Cup]] final || [http://www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=14379]
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| 14 || [[Yad Eliyahu Arena]] || 11,700 || [[Tel Aviv]] || {{flag|Israel}} || [[Davis Cup]] ties<ref>Yad Eliyahu Arena hosted 3 Davis Cup ties played by [[Israel Davis Cup team|Israel]]: [[1989 Davis Cup|1989 World Group First Round]] (vs. [[France Davis Cup team|France]]), [[2009 Davis Cup World Group#Israel vs. Russia|2009 World Group Quarterfinals]] (vs. [[Russia Davis Cup team|Russia]]) and [[2010 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs#Israel vs. Austria|2010 World Group Play-offs]] (vs. [[Austria Davis Cup team|Austria]])</ref> || [http://www.daviscup.com/news/newsarticle.asp?articleid=15871]<br />[http://www.daviscup.com/ties/tie.asp?tie=100014747]
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| 15 || [[Forum di Assago]] || 11,200 ||[[Milan]]|| {{Flag icon|ITA}} [[Italy]] || [[1998 Davis Cup]] final || [http://www.eaaoffice.org/Visitors.aspx?memberID=1065]

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Arthur Ashe Stadium, built in 1997 at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City, is the world's largest tennis-specific stadium.

The following is a list of tennis stadiums. They are ordered by their capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate.

It contains stadia that are either built specifically for tennis, or multipurpose venues that regularly host tennis tournaments. A second list is included for venues that were modified to host a tennis event (usually Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties).

The largest crowd to attend an officially sanctioned (by the International Tennis Federation, Association of Tennis Professionals, or Women's Tennis Association) tennis match was 27,200, when a court was constructed in one end of the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla to host the 2004 Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States.

Centre Court at Wimbledon with the addition of a new roof in 2009 is the largest tennis stadium by capacity with a retractable roof in the world.[citation needed]

Tennis-specific or regular tennis use

Rank Stadium Capacity City Country Tournament hosted Source
1 Arthur Ashe Stadium 23,200 New York City United States USA US Open [1]
2 O2 Arena 20,500 London United Kingdom UK ATP World Tour Finals [2]
3 Belgrade Arena 16,842 Belgrade Serbia Serbia Davis cup [3]
4 Indian Wells Tennis Garden 16,100 Indian Wells, California United States USA BNP Paribas Open [4]
5= Centre Court 15,000 Wimbledon, London United Kingdom UK The Championships, Wimbledon [5]
5= Connecticut Tennis Center 15,000 New Haven, Connecticut United States USA Pilot Pen Tennis [6]
5= Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena 15,000 Shanghai China China ATP World Tour Finals (2005–08),
Shanghai Rolex Masters
[7]
8 Court Philippe Chatrier 14,840 Paris France France French Open [8]
9 Rod Laver Arena 14,820 Melbourne Australia Australia Australian Open [9]
10 Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss 14,510 Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Argentina Davis Cup team [10]
11= West Side Tennis Club 14,000 New York City United States USA US Open (1923–1977),
Forest Hills Tennis Classic
[11]
11= Sportpaleis 14,000 Antwerp Belgium Belgium Proximus Diamond Games [12]
13= Am Rothenbaum 13,300 Hamburg Germany Germany Hamburg Masters [13]
13= Tennis Center at Crandon Park 13,300 Key Biscayne, Florida United States USA Sony Ericsson Open [14]
15= Hallenstadion 13,000 Zürich Switzerland Switzerland Zurich Open [15]
15= The Home Depot Center 13,000 Carson, California United States USA East West Bank Classic [16]
17= Caja Mágica 12,500 Madrid Spain Spain Madrid Masters [17]
17= Rexall Centre 12,500 Toronto Canada Canada Rogers Cup [18]
19= Gerry Weber Stadion 12,300 Halle Germany Germany Gerry Weber Open [19]
19= Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 12,300 Paris France France BNP Paribas Masters [20]
21= SCC Peterburgsky 12,000 St. Petersburg Russia Russia St. Petersburg Open [21]
21= Telefónica Arena Madrid 12,000 Madrid Spain Spain Madrid Masters (2002–2008) [22]
21= IMPACT Arena 12,000 Bangkok Thailand Thailand Thailand Open [23]
21= Netaji Indoor Stadium 12,000 Kolkata India India Sunfeast Open [24]
25 Stade Uniprix 12,000 Montreal Canada Canada Rogers Cup [25]
26 No. 1 Court 11,429 Wimbledon, London United Kingdom UK The Championships, Wimbledon [26]
27= Olympic Stadium 11,400 Moscow Russia Russia Kremlin Cup [27]
28 HP Pavilion at San Jose 11,386 San Jose, California United States USA SAP Open
29= Hisense Arena 10,500 Melbourne Australia Australia Australian Open [28]
29= Ken Rosewall Arena 10,500 Sydney Australia Australia Medibank International,
2000 Olympics
[29]
29= Foro Italico 10,500 Rome Italy Italy Internazionali d'Italia [30]
33= Family Circle Tennis Center 10,200 Charleston, South Carolina United States USA Family Circle Cup [31]
33= Louis Armstrong Stadium 10,200 New York City United States USA US Open [32]
35= Ahoy Rotterdam 10,000 Rotterdam Netherlands Netherlands ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament [33]
35= Olympic Green Tennis Center (Main Court) 10,000 Beijing China China China Open,
2008 Olympics
[34]
35= Estoril Court Central 10,000 Oeiras Portugal Portugal Estoril Open [35]
35= Indianapolis Tennis Center 10,000 Indianapolis, Indiana United States USA Indianapolis Tennis Championships [36]
35= Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center 10,000 Seoul South Korea South Korea 1988 Olympics,
Hansol Korea Open
[37]
35= Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 10,000 Tokyo Japan Japan Toray Pan Pacific Open [38]
35= Estadio Universidad del Mar 10,000 La Serena Chile Chile La Serena Open [39]
41 Court Suzanne Lenglen 9,959 Paris France France French Open [40]
42= Ariake Coliseum 9,000 Tokyo Japan Japan AIG Japan Open [41]
42= Monte Carlo Country Club 9,000 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin France France Monte Carlo Masters [42]
44 Athens Olympic Tennis Centre 8,600 Athens Greece Greece 2004 Olympics [43]
45 Kooyong Stadium 8,500 Melbourne Australia Australia AAMI Kooyong Classic [44]
46 Delray Beach Tennis Center 8,200 Delray Beach, Florida United States USA Delray Beach International Tennis Championships [45]
47= Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club 8,000 Eastbourne United Kingdom UK AEGON International [46]
47= I. Czech Lawn Tennis Club 8,000 Prague Czech Republic Czech Republic ECM Prague Open [47]
46= Burswood Dome 8,000 Perth Australia Australia Hopman Cup [48]
47= The Home Depot Center (tennis) 8,000 Carson, California United States United States LA Women's Tennis Championships [49]
52 Real Club de Tenis Barcelona 7,800 Barcelona Spain Spain Open SabadellAtlántico [50]
53= Enghelab Central Tennis Stadium 7,500 Tehran Iran Iran Davis Cup [51]
53= William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center 7,500 Washington, D.C. United States USA Legg Mason Tennis Classic [52]
53= Wiener Stadthalle 7,500 Vienna Austria Austria BA-CA TennisTrophy [53]
55 Stone Mountain Tennis Center 7,200[1] Atlanta, Georgia United States USA 1996 Olympics [54]
56= Dom Športova 7,000 Zagreb Croatia Croatia PBZ Zagreb Indoors [55]
56= Steffi-Graf-Stadion 7,000 Berlin Germany Germany Qatar Telecom German Open [56]
58 Queen's Club 6,858 London United Kingdom UK Queen's Club Championships [57]
59 Palais des Sports de Gerland 6,500 Lyon France France Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon [58]
60 Sichuan International Tennis Center 6,346 Sichuan China China ATP Champions Tour [59]
61 Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Tennis Club 6,300 Scottsdale, Arizona United States USA ATP Scottsdale Classic (1987–2005) [60]
62 Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club 6,250 Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina Copa Telmex [61]
63 Porsche Arena 6,100 Stuttgart Germany Germany Porsche Tennis Grand Prix [62]
64= Canada Stadium 6,000 Ramat HaSharon Israel Israel Israel Davis Cup team [63]
64= Fairmont Acapulco Princess 6,000 Acapulco Mexico Mexico Abierto Mexicano Telcel [64]
64= Memorial Drive Park 6,000 Adelaide Australia Australia Next Generation Adelaide International [65]
64= St. Jakobshalle 6,000 Basel Switzerland Switzerland Davidoff Swiss Indoors [66]
64= Margaret Court Arena 6,000 Melbourne Australia Australia Australian Open [67]
64= Sibamac Arena 6,000 Bratislava Slovakia Slovakia Slovakia Davis Cup team [68]
64= Roy Emerson Arena 6,000 Gstaad Switzerland Switzerland Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad [69]
64= Grandstand Stadium 6,000 New York City United States USA US Open [70]
64= Tennis stadium Kitzbühel 6,000 Kitzbühel Austria Austria Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbuehel [71]
64= Legia Tennis Centre 6,000 Warsaw Poland Poland Warsaw Open [72]
64= Agora 6,000 Valencia Spain Spain Valencia Open [73]
75= SDAT Tennis Stadium 5,800 Chennai India India Chennai Open [74]
75= Los Angeles Tennis Center 5,800[2] Los Angeles, California United States USA Countrywide Classic,
1984 Olympics
[75]
77 Intersport Arena 5,699 Linz Austria Austria Generali Ladies Linz [76]
78= Complexe Al Amal 5,500 Casablanca Morocco Morocco Grand Prix Hassan II [77]
78= Pat Rafter Arena 5,500 Brisbane Australia Australia Brisbane International [78]
78= Tennis Club Weissenhof 5,500 Stuttgart Germany Germany MercedesCup [79]
81 Racquet Park at Amelia Island Plantation 5,390 Amelia Island, Florida United States USA Bausch & Lomb Championships [80]
82 Racquet Club of Memphis 5,200 Memphis, Tennessee United States USA RMK Championships
Cellular South Cup
[81]
83= Dubai Tennis Stadium 5,000 Dubai United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Dubai Tennis Championships [82]
83= BNR Arenas 5,000 Bucharest Romania Romania BCR Open Romania [83]
83= Kungliga Tennishallen 5,000 Stockholm Sweden Sweden Stockholm Open [84]
83= Sportlokaal Bokkeduinen 5,000 Amersfoort Netherlands Netherlands Dutch Open Amersfoort [85]
83= Utsubo Tennis Center 5,000 Osaka Japan Japan HP Open [86]
[87]
88 Stade Pierre de Coubertin 4,835 Paris France France Open Gaz de France [88]
89 Warszawianka Tennis Centre 4,500 Warsaw Poland Poland Suzuki Warsaw Masters [89]
90 Arènes de Metz 4,303 Metz France France Open de Moselle [90]
91 MTTC Iphitos 4,300 Munich Germany Germany BMW Open [91]
92= OAKA Tennis Centre Show Court #1 4,200 Athens Greece Greece 2004 Olympics
92= OAKA Tennis Centre Show Court #2 4,200 Athens Greece Greece 2004 Olympics
94 Khalifa International Tennis Complex 4,106 Doha Qatar Qatar Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Qatar Total Open
[92]
95= ITC Stella Maris 4,000 Umag Croatia Croatia Croatia Open Umag [93]
95= Newport Casino 4,000[2] Newport, Rhode Island United States USA U.S. National Championships (1881–1914),
Hall of Fame Championships
[94]
95= Olympic Green Tennis Center (No. 1 Court) 4,000 Beijing China China China Open [95]
95= No. 2 Court 4,000 Wimbledon United Kingdom UK The Championships, Wimbledon
95= Victoria Park 3,607 Causeway Bay Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Tennis Classic
Hong Kong Open
[96][97]
99 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex 3,800 Balewadi, Pune India India 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games [98]
100 Roland Garros No. 1 Court 3,518 Paris France France French Open [99]
101= Darling Tennis Center 3,500 Las Vegas, Nevada United States USA Tennis Channel Open [100]
101= Club de Tenis Puente Romano 3,500 Marbella Spain Spain Andalucia Tennis Experience [101]
102 Barcelona Tennis Olímpic 3,450 Barcelona Spain Spain Barcelona KIA,
1992 Olympics
[102]
103 River Oaks Country Club 3,000 Houston, Texas United States USA U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships [103]
104 No. 3 Court 2,990 Wimbledon United Kingdom UK The Championships, Wimbledon
105= Club Campestre El Rancho 2,500 Bogotá Colombia Colombia Copa Colsanitas
105= Nauka-Sport 2,500 Kyiv Ukraine Ukraine Davis Cup [104]
105= Taube Tennis Center 2,500 Stanford, California United States United States Bank of the West Classic [105]
108 PalaNorda 2,250 Bergamo Italy Italy Bergamo Challenger Open it:PalaNorda
109= PEPS 2,000 Quebec City Canada Canada Bell Challenge [106]
109= Olympic Green Tennis Center (No. 2 Court) 2,000 Beijing China China China Open [107]
111 Stadio Beppe Croce 1,920 Genoa Italy Italy Genoa Open Challenger [108]
112 ŠRC Marina 1,600 Portorož Slovenia Slovenia Banka Koper Slovenia Open [109]
113 Werzer Arena 1,600 Pörtschach Austria Austria Hypo Group Tennis International [110]
114= Edgbaston Priory Club 1,500 Birmingham United Kingdom UK AEGON Classic [111]
114= LTAT National Tennis Development Centre 1,500 Bangkok Thailand Thailand PTT Bangkok Open [112]
114= Athens Lawn Tennis Club 1,500 Athens Greece Greece Greek Open
114= Megaron Tennis Complex 1,500 Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Ukraine PEOPLEnet Cup [113]
118 Dwight Davis Memorial Tennis Center 1,100 St. Louis United States USA St. Louis Aces
119= Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club 1,000 Dublin Republic of IrelandIreland Shelbourne Irish Open
119= Sopocki Klub Tenisowy 1,000 Sopot Poland Poland Orange Prokom Open [114]

Periodic or one-time tennis usage

Rank Stadium Capacity City Country Tournament hosted Source
1 King Boudewijn Stadium 50,024 Brussels Belgium Belgium Best of Belgium galamatch [115]
2 Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre 10,600 Brisbane Australia Australia 1999 Davis Cup semifinal [116]
3 Reliant Astrodome 46,000 Houston, Texas United States USA The Battle of the Sexes [117]
4 Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla 27,200 Seville Spain Spain 2004 Davis Cup final [118][119]
5 Belgrade Arena 23,000 Belgrade Serbia Serbia 2007 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs [120]
6 Las Ventas 21,000 Madrid Spain Spain 2008 Davis Cup semifinal [121][122]
7 Sportpaleis 18,500 Antwerp Belgium Belgium Proximus Diamond Games [123]
8 Royal Dublin Society 18,000 Dublin Republic of Ireland Ireland 1983 Davis Cup
9 O2 Arena (Prague) 17,000 Prague Czech Republic Czech Republic 2007 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
10 Palau Sant Jordi 16,500 Barcelona Spain Spain 2000 Davis Cup final 2009 Davis Cup final [124]
11 Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss 14,510 Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina 2006 Davis Cup semifinal [125]
12 Real Sociedad de Tenis de La Magdalena 14,000 Santander Spain Spain 2000 Davis Cup semifinal [126]
13 Memorial Coliseum 12,000 Portland, Oregon United States USA 2007 Davis Cup final [127]
14 Yad Eliyahu Arena 11,700 Tel Aviv  Israel Davis Cup ties[3] [128]
[129]
15 Forum di Assago 11,200 Milan Italy Italy 1998 Davis Cup final [130]
16 Westpac Arena 9,000 Christchurch New Zealand New Zealand Celebrity Tennis Matches

[131]

17 Palma Arena 7,000 Palma de Mallorca Spain Spain Battle of Surfaces [132]
18 Idrottens Hus 2,400 Helsingborg Sweden Sweden arena [133]

Notes

  1. ^ Had a capacity of 12,000 for the Olympics
  2. ^ a b Stadium surrounds three courts
  3. ^ Yad Eliyahu Arena hosted 3 Davis Cup ties played by Israel: 1989 World Group First Round (vs. France), 2009 World Group Quarterfinals (vs. Russia) and 2010 World Group Play-offs (vs. Austria)

See also