Tennis

NAME OF SPORTS ORGANIZATION: United States Tennis Association, (USTA), 1974.

RECOMMENDED AREA: Ground space is 7200 square feet minimum.

SIZE AND DIMENSION:  Playing court is 36' x 78' plus at least 12' clearance on both sides or between courts in battery and 21' clearance on each end.

ORIENTATION: Orientation of long axis is to be north-south.

SURFACE AND DRAINAGE: Surface may be conrete, or bituminous material with specialized protective colorcoarting, or  sand-clay.  

Drainage may be from end to end, side to side, or corner to corner diagonally, at a minimum slope of 1" in 10' for pavement and level for sand-clay with underdrainage.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Fencing - Recommended 10' high chain link fence on all sides.

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