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A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be used to create a tennis court, each with its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game.
Service box – area bordered by the net, the singles sideline, the service line, and the center line. There are a left and a right service box on each side of the court, separated by the center line. Service line – line located between the net and the baseline, parallel to the net, marking the end of the service boxes. Side T – T-shape ...
Basic line marking machines for turf were available by the late 1800s. [1]: 40 They were originally developed for use on lawn tennis courts.[1]: 40 One of the first such machines, a wheel-to-wheel paint transfer device, was developed by F.H. Ayres and "would be instantly recognizable by users of many of today's machines, which work on the same principle".
Real tennis (also royal tennis or court tennis): An indoor racket sport which was the predecessor of the modern game of (lawn) tennis. The term real is used as a retronym to distinguish the ancient game from the modern game of lawn tennis. Known also as court tennis in the United States or royal tennis in Australia. [113]
The tiebreaker gave tennis a definite "finish line". In what follows, the "final set" means the fifth set for best-of-five matches, and the third set for best-of-three matches. In 1970, the US Open introduced the nine-point tiebreaker rule for all sets that reach 6–6, both in singles and in doubles. The 12-point tiebreaker format was ...
Tennis hardcourt, Curtiss Park, Saline, Michigan A hardcourt (or hard court) is a surface or floor on which a sport is played, most usually in reference to tennis courts.It is typically made of rigid materials such as asphalt or concrete, and covered with acrylic resins to seal the surface and mark the playing lines, while providing some cushioning.
The original multi-colored, no-line tennis court has eleven separate colored areas with no segregating lines. As a functional, no-line tennis court design it was issued a USPTO utility patent #4,045,022 in 1977 to its inventors, Geoffrey Grant, an avid and successful senior tennis competitor, and Robert Nicks, an engineer.
Cyclops is a computer system co-invented by Bill Carlton of Great Britain and Margaret Parnis England of Malta, [1] which is used on the ATP and WTA professional tennis tours as an electronic line judge to help determine whether a serve is in or out.