TENNIS
Court pace is deemed slow or fast depending on the surface smoothness
HOW TO GET ITF RECOGNITION
1. Submit an application for One- or Two-Star Recognition* to the ITF and pay the administration fee.
2. Select an ITF-accredited laboratory/ITF-approved surveyor and arrange a test date and test fee payment.
3. Have the court(s) tested and the report(s) sent to the ITF.
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4. Receive an ITF Recognition certificate from the ITF and website listing for the court(s)**. wo-Star Recognition cannot
be awarded without comparison against an ITF-classified surface product. If the surface product is not classified, the product supplier can apply for classification using the results of the CPR test on-site. ** Subject to meeting the relevant specifications.
There are currently more than 200
surface products classified by the ITF. Surfaces are classified into one of five categories: slow, medium-slow, medium, medium-fast and fast, and listed on the ITF website:
www.itftennis.com/techni- cal/equipment/courts/
courtlist.asp
WHO CAN APPLY FOR ITF RECOGNITION? ITF Recognition is targeted at venues where the standard of play is high and the quality of the court is therefore most important. These include the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas and Fed Cup by BNP
An evenness test measures the size of bumps or dips in the tennis court surface, using a straight line edge
Paribas venues as well as national tennis centres. To date, One-Star ITF Recognition has been issued to the centre court at the La Caja Magica (Magic Box) stadium in Madrid (home of the Madrid Masters ten- nis tournament) and two indoor courts at the UK’s Lawn Tennis Association’s Na- tional Tennis Centre in Roehampton. Two-Star ITF Recognition has been awarded to all nine match courts
A working group of facilities experts from major tennis- playing nations have helped to design and develop an international Facilities Guide which represents best practice
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installed by Spade Oak at the Eton Manor site in the Olympic Park, and four courts at the Tennis Park club in Moscow, installed by Concept 90. An application for ITF Recognition
can be submitted by any party associated with the tennis facility, for example the owner, the organiser of a tournament held at that facility, or the supplier or installer of the court. One-Star tests are carried out by an
ITF-approved test organisation, such as a surveying company, or an ITF-accredited laboratory. Two-Star tests are conducted by an ITF-accredited laboratory, which are listed on the ITF website:
www.itftennis.com/technical/research/ recognition/
labs.asp
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