An intelligently planned tennis court always enhances the charm and value by providing a compatible look to your house. But when we speak about the professional tennis courts and its construction, then it must comply the ITF rules and regulations. There are some basic factors you must consider before installing a tennis court. Here is the slide that will let you know the different types of tennis court surface construction and the factors to consider in details. Take a look.

1. Tennis Surface Construction Basics

2. An intelligently planned tennis court always enhances
the charm and value by providing a compatible look to
your house.

3. But when we speak about the professional tennis courts
and its construction, then it must comply the ITF rules and
regulations.

4. There are different layers in tennis court construction
:- Formation
:- Foundation
:- Regulating base
:- Wearing Surface...

5. What are the factors you should look before
constructing your tennis court?

6. :- Drainage
:- Access
:- Trees
:- Dimension of place

7. The improperly planned drainage system can cause soil
movement beneath the court.
:- Drainage

8. The soil movement can cause damage like cracks to
the surface.

9. So always consider a location for court construction that
should be free of any drainage issue.

10. Many courts are used for multi sports when they are
constructed to be used for one sport. This thing can damage
your court surface before its lifespan.
:- Access

11. So if you are going to use the court in different way then
make sure to mention the idea at the time of construction.

12. Tree shades always affect the drying time of court surface if
it gets wet. It also causes debris build up from dry leaves.
:- Trees

13. If the tennis court area is surrounded by trees then make
sure to construct 4” of root wall that can prevent the
intervention of roots to the surface.

14. Soil plays a vital role in place selection and the movement of
soil can damage a good court construction.
:- Dimension of place

15. Always select the soil with minimum capacity of movement
as that can retain the needed moisture of the court.

16. Some facts :-
:- It's not wise to build a very deep court surface as that
can damage the drainage system.

17. The stones of construction should be a mix of 14 – 28 mm
that usually allow a proper moisture control and easy
drainage of water beneath the court.

18. The construction of foundation layer and the
length always depends on soil quality and
climate change.

19. The construction of these court layers always varies from
one surface to other.

20. Different types of tennis surface construction :-
- Acrylic
- Artificial grass and clay
- Carpet
- Clay
- Grass

21. This surface is made of concrete and asphalt where use of
geotextile enhances the stability.
- Acrylic

22. The surface provides option for cushion system and it uses
concrete to reduce cracking.

23. The construction of this type of surface always needs
geotextile membrane and proper drainage system.
- Artificial grass and clay

24. Artificial grass or clay construction always needs a strong
base of concrete or asphalt.

25. It requires limestone or granite construction with a
40mm compact depth of asphalt.
- Carpet

26. The surface construction sometimes can be done in a flat
asphalt or concrete surface.

27. Clay court construction needs geotextile foundation with
crushed aggregates.
- Clay

28. For above ground irrigation, the clay courts need to be
constructed with a slope between 0.25 and 0.35 %.

29. The construction of this court always depends on the soil,
drainage system, the used and maintained area etc.
- Grass

30. But the court needs constant mowing and regular
maintenance for long term use.

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