why are tennis courts different materials?

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Pro basketball always on wood. Pro football (US) mostly on grass. Why do tennis surfaces vary so much?

Or is it just green clay sometimes?

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Tennis is a sport with a lot of heritage and the old way is playing on meticulously maintained clay courts. However, that’s not always practical so concrete or rubberized courts are used.

Also, in terms of football, most, if not all, NFL leagues play on astroturf. And in basketball you have courts that the flooring sits immediately on top of a concrete foundation and you have “raised” courts that are suspended above the concrete, giving them different levels of bounce.

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