Tennis is another most popular game which is mostly played in European countries. It is also called Racket sports and it is played individually against single player only or against two players of other teams. Here in this article we will tell you about the tennis sport history, Rules, posts, and dimension’s of tennis.

Dimensions of Tennis Court

The tennis court will be rectangular in shape.

Length of tennis court for singles competitions: 23.77 Meter (78 fit)

Width of tennis court for singles competitions: 8.23 Meter (27 fit)

Length of tennis court for doubles competitions: 23.77 Meter (78 fit)

Width of tennis court for double competitions: 10.97 Meter (37 fit)

The lines that are the width of the tennis court are called the Base Lines.

The lines that are the Length of the tennis court are called the Side Line.

Center Line: The center line divides the court into two equal parts, but the center line will be 914 meters (3 feet) outside on both sides of the sidelines.

Service Line: The space between the service line and the sidelines on either side of the net will be divided into two parts by the e-center service line called the Right Service Court and the Left Service Court.

Center Mark: The Imaginary Continuation line, which is exactly in line with the center line, will divide 10 centimeters (4 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide. This line is called the “center mark”.

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Posts:

Height of posts / poles: 1.7 Meter (3 fit 6 inch)

Maximum diameter of posts: 7.5cm (3 inch)

Location of posts on both sides of sidelines: 0.91 Meter (3 fit)

Posts are also called single sticks.

Net in Tennis sport

The posts outside the sidelines will be fastened with a strong cord or iron wire and will be centimeters (one and a half inches) at least 5 cm (2 inches) above the top edge of the net and more. A double strip of white cotton of 356 cm (one and a half inches wide) will be applied.

Width of the Lines:

Minimum width of all court lines: 2.5cm (one inch)

Maximum width of all court lines: 5cm (Two inch)

The Main line width of the court: 10cm (4 inch)

All the lines of the court will be clear and prominent and its color will be the same. All the lines are on the outside edge.

Foot Fault in Tennis Sport

Servant during service: Walking or running does not change one’s position. It would not be a violation of the law for a serviceman to make a slight movement of the foot without causing any change in his initial standing position. The area between the sideline and the fictitious extension of the center mark behind the line in the player and somewhere in the foot will be considered a service foul.

Delivery of Service: While serving, the serving player will play the game one after the other from behind the right and left court. If the service is done in the wrong half of the court and the error is not detected, then the result of the game of the current service and the duration of the wrong service will be restored. The standing position will be corrected as soon as the error is detected.

The service ball passes over the net and sells the land in the first diagonally opposite service court or the lines showing the boundaries of the servo court before the recipient returns it.

Service Fouls: During the service if the serviceman is in the line above the foot, the fault service is in or out of service. If the attendant misses the ball in an attempt to serve. The serviced hall should touch the permanent fixture of the court before patching the ground.

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After the second service error (if it is the first error), the service provider will serve again from behind the half court from which the first wrong service was performed. However, if the mistake was due to serving from the wrong half of the court. Second Court by Fault Fault.

When to Serve: When the receiver did not agree to receiving the ball then server can’t throw the ball to the receiver. If the receiver want to try the tennis ball back then it will be considered as a ready. If the receiver allow to accept the service then he did not have ability to show any mistake.

Order of Service: After the first team, the receiver will become the server and the service will become the receiver and thus the rest of the game will continue to rotate. If a player serves without a turn, the player who originally had to serve will serve as soon as the error is discovered, but the points that have been made before the error is detected will be counted. If the game ends before the error is detected, the service configuration will not change.