{"id":6163,"date":"2026-10-24T12:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T12:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/tennis-court-turf-quantities\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:14:31","slug":"tennis-court-turf-quantities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/de\/tennis-court-turf-quantities\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennisplatzrasen: Ein Platz oder ein Block aus acht Pl\u00e4tzen"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nh2 { font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0 18px; }\nh3 { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.35; margin: 26px 0 12px; }\np { line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nul { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc; }\nol { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 22px; }\nli { margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.6; }\ntable { display: table !important; width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nth { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #1a5c2e; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }\ntd { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align: top; }\nfigcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; }\n.callout { border-left: 4px solid #1a5c2e; background: #f0f7f2; border-radius: 4px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 0 0 28px; }\n.callout p { margin-bottom: 0; }\n.callout-warning { border-left-color: #c8a11a; background: #fdf8e7; }\n<\/style>\n<p><!-- meta_title: Tennis Court Turf: One Court or a Block of Eight --><br \/>\n<!-- meta_description: One tennis court is 260.76 m\u00b2 inside the lines and 592.84 m\u00b2 with club run-off. Block areas, roll counts, seams and sand tonnage, step by step. --><\/p>\n<p>One tennis court is 260.76 m\u00b2 of playing surface, 592.84 m\u00b2 of turf at the club run-off tier, and 8 rolls of 4 m. A block of four is 1,970.47 m\u00b2 and 20 rolls. A block of eight is 3,789.27 m\u00b2 and 40 rolls. The three areas are not one area multiplied out.<\/p>\n<p>The difference is the gap between the courts: adjacent tennis courts share one strip of run-off, 3.66 m at minimum, instead of two full side buffers. We cut tennis court turf at 2, 4 and 5 m wide by 25 m long. Every figure here can be re-run against a real roll and a drawing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"answer\">One Court, Four Courts, Eight Courts: Start With the Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>260.76 m\u00b2 is the playing surface inside the lines \u2014 23.77 by 10.97 m, measured to the outside of the lines, paint included. 592.84 m\u00b2 adds the club run-off tier: 5.48 m behind each baseline, 3.05 m at each side. The carpet then runs 34.73 by 17.07 m. 668.87 m\u00b2 is the international tier, 36.57 by 18.29 m.<\/p>\n<p>The rolls come from the same rectangle. The club court lays out as 5 strips on 4 m rolls. Each strip is a full 25 m piece plus a 9.73 m tail, and the tails nest two per roll \u2014 8 rolls, 800 m\u00b2 ordered.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One court: 592.84 m\u00b2 of turf, 8 rolls of 4 m.<\/li>\n<li>Four courts in a 2\u00d72 block: 1,970.47 m\u00b2 and 20 rolls \u2014 the shared gaps do the saving.<\/li>\n<li>Eight courts in a 4\u00d72 block: 3,789.27 m\u00b2 and 40 rolls, 473.7 m\u00b2 per court, 79.9% of a standalone one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot1.webp\" alt=\"Overhead view of five tennis courts side by side with white boundary lines\" class=\"wp-image-6159\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot1.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot1-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Five courts in one block; the gaps are part of the order.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"rulebook\">What the ITF Fixes, and What It Leaves to You<\/h2>\n<p>The rulebook fixes less than buyers assume, and every tennis court turf count inherits it. <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itftennis.com\/media\/7221\/2026-rules-of-tennis-english.pdf\">The ITF Rules of Tennis<\/a> lock the rectangle at 23.77 m by 10.97 m for doubles and 8.23 m for singles. Lines run 2.5 to 5 cm, the baseline up to 10 cm.<\/p>\n<p>All court measurements run to the outside of the lines, so 260.76 m\u00b2 already contains the paint. A take-off that adds line area back in double-counts it \u2014 the most common error in this chain. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/badminton-court-dimensions\/\">Badminton court dimensions<\/a> follow the same convention: the quoted figure is the figure you buy.<\/p>\n<h3>The rectangle and the lines<\/h3>\n<p>Rule 1 also fixes the furniture: net posts 0.914 m outside the doubles sideline, service lines 6.40 m from the net. None of it adds a purchasable square metre.<\/p>\n<h3>What the rulebook does not say<\/h3>\n<p>Run-off appears only as an &#8220;as a guide&#8221; recommendation, and the book says nothing about seams, pile height or roll width. Buying by the standard therefore stops at the line; everything past it is a tier choice.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"run-off\">Two Run-Off Tiers, Plus the Stadium Case<\/h2>\n<p>Run-off is paving width, not spare ground: the guidance reads &#8220;from each baseline to fence&#8221;. The club and recreational tier sets 5.48 m behind each baseline and 3.05 m at each side \u2014 34.73 by 17.07 m, or 592.84 m\u00b2. <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.tennis.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/TA-National-Tennis-Facility-Planning-and-Development-Guide.pdf\">Tennis Australia&#8217;s facility planning guide<\/a> states both values and adds the phrase that makes them purchasable: the run-off runs to the fence.<\/p>\n<p>The international tier sets 6.40 m behind each baseline and 3.66 m at each side \u2014 36.57 by 18.29 m, or 668.87 m\u00b2. The stadium tier reaches 8.23 m and 4.57 m, 40.23 by 20.11 m and 809.03 m\u00b2. It appears once, here only.<\/p>\n<p>Run-off adds 332.08 m\u00b2 per court at club level and 408.11 m\u00b2 at the international tier. Stepping up one tier costs 76.03 m\u00b2 per court, and the next step 140.16 m\u00b2 more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout-note\">\n<p><strong>5.48 or 5.49?<\/strong> The ITF prints 5.48 m for the club run-off and Sport England prints 5.49 m. One centimetre is 0.34 m\u00b2 on a single court and about 2.7 m\u00b2 across an eight-court block. This page holds 5.48 m throughout.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-red-clay-style-tennis-court-hedge.jpg\" alt=\"Red and green artificial grass tennis court bordered by a hedge fence\" class=\"wp-image-2717\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-red-clay-style-tennis-court-hedge.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-red-clay-style-tennis-court-hedge-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-red-clay-style-tennis-court-hedge-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-red-clay-style-tennis-court-hedge-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-red-clay-style-tennis-court-hedge-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>The green surface runs past the red court to the hedge line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"blocks\">Shared Run-Off: Why a Block of Four Wins<\/h2>\n<p>Adjacent courts do not need two sets of side run-off. <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/comparative-sizes-outdoor.pdf\">Sport England&#8217;s comparative court sizes<\/a> state it verbatim: a shared run-off between adjacent courts is 3.66 m minimum or 4.27 m preferred. The published two-court example prints 34.75 \u00d7 31.77 m; this page computes 2 \u00d7 10.97 + 2 \u00d7 3.05 + 3.66 = 31.70 m from the buffers instead. The 0.07 m is rounding in the printed table; 31.70 holds throughout.<\/p>\n<p>The block arithmetic is one formula per direction. Length equals courts \u00d7 23.77 + 2 \u00d7 5.48 + (courts \u2212 1) \u00d7 3.66, and the width follows the same shape across the rows. The official example covers side-by-side blocks only; the end-to-end use of the same gap is an extension, marked as derived.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Courts \/ layout<\/th>\n<th>Club block<\/th>\n<th>Club area<\/th>\n<th>ITF block<\/th>\n<th>ITF area<\/th>\n<th>Per court (club)<\/th>\n<th>Saved vs separate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>34.73 \u00d7 17.07 m<\/td>\n<td>592.84 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>36.57 \u00d7 18.29 m<\/td>\n<td>668.87 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>592.8 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2 (1\u00d72)<\/td>\n<td>34.73 \u00d7 31.70 m<\/td>\n<td>1,100.94 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>36.57 \u00d7 33.53 m<\/td>\n<td>1,226.19 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>550.5 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>84.74 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4 (2\u00d72)<\/td>\n<td>62.16 \u00d7 31.70 m<\/td>\n<td>1,970.47 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>64.61 \u00d7 33.53 m<\/td>\n<td>2,166.37 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>492.6 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>400.89 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 (3\u00d72)<\/td>\n<td>62.16 \u00d7 46.33 m<\/td>\n<td>2,879.87 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>64.61 \u00d7 48.77 m<\/td>\n<td>3,151.03 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>480.0 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>677.17 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8 (4\u00d72)<\/td>\n<td>62.16 \u00d7 60.96 m<\/td>\n<td>3,789.27 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>64.61 \u00d7 64.01 m<\/td>\n<td>4,135.69 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>473.7 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<td>953.45 m\u00b2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot3.webp\" alt=\"Aerial view of two rows of tennis courts with surfaced ground between them\" class=\"wp-image-6160\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot3.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot3-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot3-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot3-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot3-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>A 16-court block: the shared gaps are where the saving lives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The savings column is the point. Two club courts save 84.74 m\u00b2: one gap replaces two 3.05 m side buffers, 2.44 m of width across 34.73 m. The same gap saves 111.54 m\u00b2 at the international tier. Four courts save 400.89 m\u00b2, sharing in both directions. Eight courts save 953.45 m\u00b2, and per-court turf falls to 473.7 m\u00b2, 79.9% of a standalone court.<\/p>\n<p>The familiar shortcut, one court multiplied by the number of courts, over-buys 400.89 m\u00b2 at four and 953.45 m\u00b2 at eight.<\/p>\n<h3>What a shared gap cannot carry<\/h3>\n<p>The sharing clause carries one condition: no fence or other obstruction between the courts. Floodlight poles set in the gap still need 3.66 m clear. A block therefore saves carpet only; fencing, lighting bases and drainage stay per-court. The 79.9% is a turf figure, not a project figure.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rolls\">Roll Width, Strip Direction and the 25 Metre Limit<\/h2>\n<p>No tennis frame fits one 25 m roll. Every strip is a full 25 m piece plus a tail: 9.73 m on a club court (34.73 m long), 11.57 m on an international one. Blocks run longer still \u2014 62.16 m and 64.61 m \u2014 with tails of 12.16 m and 14.61 m. Width decides the strip count: the club court is 17.07 m wide, which is 4 strips of 5 m, 5 of 4 m or 9 of 2 m.<\/p>\n<p>Nesting is one division: tails per roll equal 25 divided by the tail length, rounded down. A 9.73 m tail nests two per roll, and so do 11.57 m and 12.16 m tails; a 14.61 m tail nests one. The club court on 4 m rolls is therefore 5 full rolls plus 3 tail rolls. The same division decides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/netball-court-turf-quantity\/\">how many rolls a netball court needs<\/a>, tail arithmetic and all.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One club court: 8 rolls of 4 m, 800 m\u00b2 ordered \u2014 34.9% over the 592.84 m\u00b2 it covers.<\/li>\n<li>Four courts, 2\u00d72: 20 rolls, 2,000 m\u00b2 \u2014 1.5% over 1,970.47 m\u00b2. The 62.16 m block reads 2 \u00d7 25 + 12.16, and two 12.16 m tails fit inside one roll.<\/li>\n<li>Eight courts, 4\u00d72: 40 rolls, 4,000 m\u00b2 \u2014 5.6% over 3,789.27 m\u00b2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Block length flips the order. The international four-court block reads 2 \u00d7 25 + 14.61, and its tail no longer nests: 14.61 \u00d7 2 = 29.22 m, past the limit. Every strip therefore takes two full rolls plus a single tail piece. Nine strips at three pieces come to 27 rolls and 2,700 m\u00b2 \u2014 24.6% over the 2,166.37 m\u00b2 the block covers. A 2.45 m difference in block length turns the cheapest width into the dearest order.<\/p>\n<p>Direction matters before width does. On a two-court block, 5 m rolls take 11 laid across the width and 10 along the length. The 6.70 m tails nest three per roll that way, against two. A tennis court turf order is a stack of strips first and an area second.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout-tip\">\n<p><strong>Turn the layout before you change the width.<\/strong> On a single court, 5 m rolls carry 26.5% of surplus and 4 m rolls 34.9%. On a four-court block the same swap runs the other way, from 14.2% down to 1.5%. Width has no general winner, only a fit with the block.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cta-box\" style=\"background-color:#1a2b3c;border-radius:6px;padding:30px;margin:35px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;\">Does Your Block Length Fit a 25 Metre Roll?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff;\">Our line cuts roll width and length to the block schedule, so a 14.61 m tail never buys a whole roll. It runs 2, 4 and 5 m formats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/customization\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#1a5c2e;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">Send Your Block Drawing for a Roll Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"seams\">Where the Seams Land Matters More Than How Many<\/h2>\n<p>No published rule fixes seam positions on a tennis court; the 25 m grid does. The only official clause is visual: the court should show a uniform appearance with no gaps between joins. Counting them is strip arithmetic \u2014 longitudinal seams are strips minus one, transverse seams are strips times pieces minus one. The same counting runs through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/cricket-outfield-turf-roll-count\/\">cricket outfield roll counts<\/a>, where a curved boundary replaces the rectangle.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One club court on 4 m rolls: 9 seams \u2014 4 longitudinal and 5 transverse.<\/li>\n<li>Four courts in a 2\u00d72 block: 23 \u2014 7 longitudinal and 16 transverse, two cuts per strip across 8 strips.<\/li>\n<li>Eight courts in a 4\u00d72 block: 47 \u2014 15 longitudinal and 32 transverse; the same block on 2 m rolls reaches 92.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Position is a layout decision, not a compliance one. The plain 25 m cut puts the transverse seam 4.25 m before the far baseline, 19.52 m in. That band is where the first ball after service lands. Cutting 5.48 + 23.77 + 5.48 instead moves both transverse seams onto the 10 cm baseline carpet, for the same 8 rolls.<\/p>\n<p>The three-piece plan costs five more seams, 9 becoming 14. Decide where seams are allowed before counting them. No clause forbids a seam in the service boxes, but a layout that avoids them avoids the busiest landing zones.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"spec\">Short Pile, Sand Rate and the Tonnage Behind It<\/h2>\n<p>Tennis runs on short carpet. <a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lta.org.uk\/siteassets\/about-lta\/file\/court-surfaces-guidance.pdf\">The LTA&#8217;s porous court surfaces guidance<\/a> puts tennis yarn at medium or short pile, 15 mm down to 10 mm.<\/p>\n<p>Court speed becomes a function of yarn density, pile length and sand fill together. No single official height exists. The tier table in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/tennis-court-artificial-grass-specifications\/\">tennis court turf specifications<\/a> carries the options; this section carries the two buying numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Sand turns the area into tonnage. The published tiers put the medium pile at 15 kg\/m\u00b2 and the short pile at 8\u201310 kg\/m\u00b2. The 15 kg\/m\u00b2 rate is the tennis value; other sports run lighter. At 15 kg\/m\u00b2 the club court carries 8.89 t, the four-court block 29.56 t and the eight-court block 56.84 t.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pile height: 10\u201315 mm, medium or short.<\/li>\n<li>Sand rate: 15 kg\/m\u00b2 medium, 8\u201310 kg\/m\u00b2 short.<\/li>\n<li>Tonnage at 15 kg\/m\u00b2: 8.89 t, 29.56 t and 56.84 t across one, four and eight courts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot4.webp\" alt=\"Close-up of white line fibres on short-pile artificial turf\" class=\"wp-image-6161\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot4.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot4-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot4-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot4-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot4-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Short pile with sand between the fibres.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"waste\">Waste Follows the Layout, Not a Percentage<\/h2>\n<p>No official waste rate exists for tennis court turf. A turf calculator defaults to 8%, with 3% minimal and 20% for complex sites; an installation guide says 5\u201310% extra. The rates that matter here are the ones the layouts above already carry, each derived from a 25 m roll plan.<\/p>\n<p>The strip plans carry their own margin. A single court orders 800 m\u00b2 against 592.84 m\u00b2 of carpet, +34.9%. The four-court block orders 2,000 m\u00b2 against 1,970.47 m\u00b2, +1.5%, and the eight-court block 4,000 m\u00b2 against 3,789.27 m\u00b2, +5.6%. Each percentage divides the order by the turf footprint, never by the line-enclosed area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout-warning\">\n<p><strong>A rate on a nested plan buys the same offcut twice.<\/strong> Adding 8% to the four-court order suggests 2,128.11 m\u00b2 against the 2,000 m\u00b2 the rolls already contain, and 3% suggests 2,029.58 m\u00b2. That is a 98.52 m\u00b2 spread (rounding aside) between two defaults, and 128.11 m\u00b2 of it is double-counted against the plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The decision rule is geometric: three percent fits a clean rectangle with no cut-ins. Eight percent fits cut-ins, returns and layouts past ten seams. Twenty percent fits non-rectangular sites with obstacles. Compute the strips and tails first, then decide whether any rate is needed at all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-img-slot=\"slot5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot5.webp\" alt=\"The layered edge of a rolled artificial turf strip\" class=\"wp-image-6162\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot5.webp 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot5-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot5-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot5-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tennis-court-turf-quantities-slot5-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Each roll is one strip of the block plan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"drawing\">What to Put on the Drawing Before You Ask<\/h2>\n<p>A tennis court turf drawing returns a roll schedule when it carries seven lines, and returns assumptions when it carries only an area. Every line below traces back to a number above.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Court outline, 23.77 \u00d7 10.97 m, noting that dimensions run to the outside of the lines.<\/li>\n<li>The chosen run-off tier: 5.48\/3.05 m club, 6.40\/3.66 m international, or 8.23\/4.57 m stadium.<\/li>\n<li>Court count and arrangement \u2014 1\u00d72, 2\u00d72, 3\u00d72 or 4\u00d72 \u2014 with the shared gap width, 3.66 or 4.27 m.<\/li>\n<li>Overall block dimensions, 62.16 \u00d7 31.70 m rather than an area; roll counts only come from length and width.<\/li>\n<li>Roll width and laying direction, plus where seams are allowed; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/tennis-turf\/\">tennis turf systems<\/a> page separates standard widths from cut-to-order lengths.<\/li>\n<li>Sand rate tier, 15 or 8\u201310 kg\/m\u00b2, and the total tonnage.<\/li>\n<li>Delivery port and project location, which are trade terms rather than technical inputs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Area cannot produce a roll count; length and width can.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relyirgate:C1 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"faq\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much artificial grass does a tennis court need?<\/h3>\n<p>One court is 260.76 m\u00b2 inside the lines, 592.84 m\u00b2 of turf with club run-off and 668.87 m\u00b2 at the international tier. The first figure is never the order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How many rolls of turf does a tennis court need?<\/h3>\n<p>On 4 m rolls: 8 rolls for one club court, 20 for a 2\u00d72 block, 40 for a 4\u00d72 block. The count comes from strip and tail arithmetic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Do adjoining tennis courts share their run-off?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. The shared gap is 3.66 m minimum or 4.27 m preferred, and a 2\u00d72 block of four saves 400.89 m\u00b2 against four separate footprints.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">What run-off does an ITF tennis court need?<\/h3>\n<p>6.40 m behind each baseline and 3.66 m at each side, against 5.48 m and 3.05 m for club play. Both are recommendations, not mandates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much sand does a tennis court take?<\/h3>\n<p>At the medium-pile rate of 15 kg\/m\u00b2, one club court carries 8.89 t of sand and a four-court block 29.56 t. The short-pile tier runs 8\u201310 kg\/m\u00b2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Where should the seams go on a tennis court?<\/h3>\n<p>No rule fixes seam positions. Where the layout allows, move transverse seams onto the 10 cm baseline carpet; the plain 25 m cut otherwise lands one 4.25 m inside the backcourt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"Article\",\"headline\":\"Tennis Court Turf: One Court or a Block of Eight\",\"description\":\"One tennis court is 260.76 m\u00b2 inside the lines and 592.84 m\u00b2 with club run-off. 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Ein Block aus vier Pl\u00e4tzen ben\u00f6tigt 1.970,47 m\u00b2 und 20 Rollen. Ein Block aus acht Pl\u00e4tzen ben\u00f6tigt 3.789,27 m\u00b2 und 40 Rollen. Die drei Fl\u00e4chen sind nicht einfach das Einmalige, sondern jeweils separat berechnet. Der Unterschied \u2026 <a title=\"Tennisplatzrasen: Ein Platz oder ein Block aus acht Pl\u00e4tzen\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/de\/tennis-court-turf-quantities\/\" aria-label=\"Mehr Informationen \u00fcber Tennisplatz-Rasen: Ein Platz oder ein Block aus acht\">Weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"Tennis Court Turf: Buy One Court or a Bulk of Eight","rank_math_description":"One tennis court is 260.76 m\u00b2 inside the lines and 592.84 m\u00b2 with club run-off. 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