Tennis Court Construction Blog

Does someone have experience with installing a concrete tennis court? I would like to know my ballpark price, i figure it can not be that much it is just pouring concrete.
area is already graded, it would cost 60k if the court were made out of platinum, however i want a concrete court. last answer is ridiculous

$60,000 might be pretty high end for a hard court, but it isn’t out of the realm of posibility when you add in maintenance and options/upgrades. Call a court construction company for a quote, but you should be ready to budget for $25,000 to $45,000.

Any type. I’m just curious because I might want to get some built when I’m older because I’m getting inheritance.
My tennis coach says $20,000. Is that right?
Like 1 tennis court I mean.
P A, I have more inheritance than just $20,000. I already went over my plan to build tennis courts with my Grandparents. They’re ok with it.
Thanks for your concern though!
I also understand that it is hard to sell a house with a tennis court in the back yard, and that I should just live in a neighborhood with tennis courts.

yes thats about right for a hard court, but the price coud be a little higher or lower depending on where you go. a clay court would be cheaper around 15,000 but they cost much more to maintain. the type of hard court you choose (asphalt, concrete, reboundace, etc) also affects the price

Several years ago I purchased a condo unit with shared facilities…outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts in a 3 building complex. A year ago the city dug-up the road in front of our tennis courts due to a pipe burst. The tennis courts got dug up also and then some stones were thrown on the area to cover up the dug-up part of the tennis court. No new paving was undertaken. Upon investigation …it appears the tennis courts are registered to the building who went bankrupt at the time I purchased my unit …that was 10 years ago . The tennis courts upon a title search being done indicate that the BUILDER owns the tennis courts. I cannot find the Builder’s existence to-day. How do we change over the ownership of the tennis courts to the condo complex ownership??? We cannot find the Builder therefore do we own it automatically???? What legal procedures do we need to undertake now???
I wan tmy tennis court paved and looking presentable .

The answer to this question will likely depend on where your condo is located, and may vary widely depending on location. You should seek the advice of a lawyer in your area.

Generally speaking, the community’s CC&Rs will specify how the common areas are to be titled after the builder is done working on the property. Title will generally transfer to the community association automatically, which is usually triggered by a specific event (like the last unit is sold).

If the necessary title transfers were not made, the association may need to seek redress through the courts to quite title. This is a complex issue, which should be accomplished through competant legal counsel in your area.

On the other hand, if you just want to see that the tennis courts are repaired, the actual ownership may not matter, the association can simply pay to have the repairs made. In the event that the builder, or someone else, is the real owner, the most you may hope for in pursuing the owner to do the repairs would be a transfer of title to the association, which would make the association responsible for the repairs anyway.

In some cases, the city could be responsible for the repairs, but you will have to seek local counsel to address that issue.

Good luck!

should i have one of each? clay, grass and hard?? or just 3 hardcourts?

Clay like me! We are thinking about getting a HC & GC. I thought you already had a hardcourt?

If you choose clay then be prepaired to get dirty!

… where would you build it? Why did you choose that place?

What are the playing conditions? Would you still consider it playable?

Finally, which two players (male or female) would you like to play the first exhibition match to try out your court? Why?

Hmm, on a volcano, and I would like to see Serena Williams and John Mcenroe. By the way, the volcano is ACTIVE

For one, how big are they?

And two, How much is a tennis court?

thanks,

~ ActorBoy

it depends on a lot of things, first the preperation, if your yard isnt completely flat, you will have to excavate and level it. 2nd, clay courts are much cheaper to put in, but when you add in mantainence, upkeep, water, etc its as much or more in the long run plus time. to put in a very basic hard court your looking at between 10 and 20 thousand dollars.

Why didn’t they build a centre court with a moveable roof in the first place? It’s not a huge stadium is it… it’s pretty tiny compared to a football stadium.

And why can’t they just rig up some makeshift roofs all over the other outer courts?

As I see it… you’d only have to install a few posts around the courts… with the posts on one side slightly lower than other side to allow water to drain… and then rivet in some tough thick tranparent plastic. Job done for around £10,000 ?

its a lot more work then you think. Its a very difficult shape to dome which is why they had to take it almost completely off. They decided against a new one which could have been done in no time because of tradition. So were stuck with it for 2 more years!

I don,t have a tennis court but i do have an expanse of concrete. How can i build a backboard to
practise on?

i actually have one in my driveway. my dad build it for me

he attached two thin pieces of wood side by side and has wood running across the back to support them. At first, he made the base (The bottom of the board is two feet off the ground) out of PVC (?) pipe, but it wasn’t very stable, so he rebuilt it with wood.
I know my instructions are vague. I didn’t make it. But, you should be able to make it with spare amounts of wood and creativity. You shouldn’t have to spend that much money.

Just a few tips.

I think the smaller the better. Mine is only about 4-5 feet wide and not too high. If it is smaller, you’ll have to chase the balls more because you will miss more often, but you will improve your accuracy.

And remember, it is loud. You will annoy your neighbors if you do it too often, so save it for when nobody is home (if you’re a kid, summer vacation is perfect).

I am wanting to have a new tennis court but i would like to know which ones are the cheapest and eaiset to maintain.

Cheapest and easiest to maintain do not go good together! If you get the cheapest, you are gonna get cracks in it. But the easiest to maintain would be a more expensive one, that won’t crack as easily. If you get the cheapest, you are gonna have to redo the court so many times that it will end up being the most expensive!

im wondering if there is a way to build a drainage system for a grass court without having to put a layer of stone under my entire yard?
is it possible to have a series of french drains that all connect?
basically it would be much much easier and cheaper if i didnt have to dig up my whole yard to put gravel down and then put the dirt back on it, so im wondering if there is a way where all i have to do is level my yard and dig a few trenches?
was thinking of having a pipe every 20 feet or so running across the court connecting to the main drain that would run beside the court. i know i need to surround them with rock and have it slope down, do i have to have all the pipes surrounded by some sort of screen? and do the holes go in the sides it the pipes? how do i keep dirt from mixing with the rock, i was reading about surrounding the rock by sand or something?

any input would be helpful, thanks

French drains would probably work – most modern golf course greens are drained basically with french drains. Make sure you have appropriate spacing, slope, and drain tile size for the area you’re draining. Also make sure you use perforated drain tile (i’m sure you knew this but I’ve dug up a few french drains that had solid tile). The only concern would be repairing the surface after installation is complete. Once you put in the gravel top off the trench with 3-4 inches of sand (if your court is sand based try to use the same type of sand) and then either seed it or sod it with washed sod or sand based sod. You wouldn’t want use sod with dirt because you rill reduce the efficacy of your drain. Obviously, prep work is crucial at this stage to ensure that are no imperfections along the trench lines. You can wrap the tile with a geotextile to prevent soil, sand and/or gravel particles from getting into the tile and clogging the drain.