Tips and Guides

The tennis world is awash with competing ratings and ranking systems to attempt to evaluate the standard of every player – from beginner to touring pro.

In my days as a tennis coach, one of the questions I’d often get asked was whether it was okay to wear ordinary trainers or sneakers on court. The answer was a resounding ‘No!’.

While most rules of the game have remained fairly consistent over the years, one aspect of tennis that seems forever under scrutiny is the tiebreak.

String tension is the single most important factor affecting the playability of your tennis racket.

When selecting a new tennis racket it’s important to make sure you choose the right size grip for your hand.

Keeping score of a tennis match can be a little confusing to anyone unfamiliar with the sport. One point counts for 15? Scoring none at all means you get ‘love’? And why’s everyone so obsessed with ‘juice’?

Of all the purchasing decisions you’ll make on your tennis journey,  selecting a racket is the biggest… and also the trickiest.

The fastest tennis surface is grass. As a rule. But like most rules there are always exceptions…

The International Tennis Federation, the governing body of world tennis,  states that a full size doubles court must consist of a rectangle 78ft long and 36ft wide. A total area of 2,808 sq ft.

That’s 23.77 by 10.97 metres. Or 260.76 sq metres.

But there’s a little more to it than that…

The fastest tennis serve ever recorded was hit by Australia’s Sam Groth in the second round of the Busan Open in 2012. Groth’s shot was clocked at a massive 263 km/h or 163.4 mph.