TENNIS
CASE STUDY TENNIS PARK, MOSCOW
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our double, indoor courts at the Tennis Park in Moscow, Russia, in- stalled by Concept 90, have been
awarded Two-Star ITF Recognition. Concept 90 is an active member of
the International Tennis foundation (ITF) and the Russian Tennis Federa- tion (RTF). Investing into continuous tennis surface research and develop- ment, the company has developed court surfaces that offer players a good standard of play with a mini- mum chance of injury. These indoor and outdoor surfaces
are suitable for tournament, train- ing and recreational use and include acrylic RuKort, PVC RuKort, artificial turf RuKortGrass and red artificial turf RuKortXClay, which is an imitation of clay court and RuKortTenisit. The surface installed at the Ten-
nis Park in Moscow is RukortTour, a hard, acrylic surface on 55mm rubber matting. It is ITF certified and used for tennis tournaments across Russia, Croatia and Kazakhstan. The company designed, built and
installed a 138m x 37.5m air hall en- compassing 10 courts (four double and six single). The air structure took 25 days to build and the tennis sur- facing 15 days. Part of this process involved adjusting the dimensions and marking some of the standard- sized courts to allow for children’s
Above: The Tennis Park offers children’s tennis lessons and tournaments. Right: The court testing process took a team of ITF technicians two days to complete
competitions within the facility, in accor- dance with ITF Tennis 10s rules. Upon completion, the four double court
surfaces received ITF Two-Star Recognition after a testing process that took two days. This process involved a team of ITF techni- cians who visually checked that the court surfaces were uniform, free of gaps and cracks and that there was no deviation of evenness, slope and planarity. Tests were also conducted at key spots across the courts and ball pace was measured. The Tennis Park markets these courts
for use by children, young adults and dis- abled players. As well as hosting tennis coaching sessions and fun activities, the facility operator also organises regular
tennis tournaments for young play- ers. These include the All Russia Tennis Tournament, which involves 120 play- ers aged between nine and 12 years old and a monthly Tennis 10s tourna- ment for six- to seven-year-olds. An Amateur tennis tournament and the Russia Cup is also hosted at the facility. Using its links with the Russian Tennis
Federation, the Tennis Park is currently planning a children’s tennis camp at Tennis Centre Makarska in Croatia.
The ITF charges a US$500 (£391) admin-
istration fee to add a facility (any number of courts at the same location) that meets the relevant specifications to the official ITF Recognition list. The cost of testing is determined by the laboratory and is available on application.
FACILITIES GUIDE AND DIRECTORY The ITF has established a working group of facilities experts from major tennis- playing nations to design and develop an international Facilities Guide, which represents ‘best practice’ from around the world. It’s a simple reference for
The position of the court markings and net are checked to ensure that they are within tolerance
those wanting to build a tennis court and offers information about layout design and choosing and maintaining surfaces:
www.itftennis.com/technical/facilities The Suppliers’ Directory allows users
to search for tennis facility products and services and identify ITF-Recognised sup- pliers:
http://tds.itftennis.com For more information, please email
technical@itftennis.com or visit the ITF website:
www.itftennis.com l
* US$30bn (£18.9bn) is a ballpark figure produced from an estimate of 750,000 courts worldwide at an average cost of US$40,000 (£25,000) per court. The num- ber of courts is based on a survey of the ITF member nations in 2004/2005.
Jamie Capel-Davies is science and technical manager at the ITF
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