Tennis - The Court

The length of an entire tennis court is 78 ft. Luckily it is separated by a net through the middle, so you only have to cover your half! The width of a singles court is 27 ft and a doubles court is 36 ft. 21ft either side of the net are the service boxes.

The net should be 3 ft high at the centre.

What is in and out?

The rules of tennis are pretty simple. Basically in doubles a shot must bounce anywhere inside of the outer court boundaries to be considered as 'good'. The only difference in singles play is that the tramlines down the side of the court are deemed 'out'.

The only exception to this is on the serve - which must be cross-court and into the opponents service box. For more information about serving, please click here.

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