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Playing characteristics
of tennis court surfaces
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Ball
- surface | Player
- surface | |||||||
|
Surfaces
|
Speed
of Court | Height
of Bounce | Trueness
of Bounce | Spin | Sliding/Firm
Footing |
Traction
(Slip or
Non-slip) | Resilience
(Hardness) | |
Top
Spin | Slice | |||||||
| Grass | Fast | Low | Variable | Little | Yes | Firm
Footing + partial slide | Slip | Soft |
| Shale | Medium | Medium | Variable | Yes | Yes | Sliding | Slip | Medium
to Soft |
| Modified Macadam | Medium
Slow | Medium
High | Almost
Uniform | Yes | Little | Firm
Footing | Mainly
Non Slip | Hard |
| Artificial Grass | Fast | Medium
to Low | Almost
Uniform | Little | Yes | Firm
Footing | Mainly
Non Slip | Medium
to Soft |
| Impervious Acrylic | Medium | Medium | Uniform | Yes | Yes | Firm
Footing | Non
Slip | Medium
to Super High |
| Clay | Slow | Medium | Almost
Uniform | Yes | Yes | Sliding | Non
Slip | Medium
to Soft |
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