Nick Pachelli

Every one of the world's half a million tennis courts is, at its most basic, an identical blank canvas: a 78-foot by 36-foot rectangle, divided by a 3-foot-high net in its centre, and marked with eleven straight lines. But add in the elements of surface, space, wind, acoustics, crowds, shadows, humidity, and even air density, and every tennis court is...

Spend the year on the most breathtaking tennis courts around the world. Incredible Courts: Discover a different tennis court from around the world each month and celebrate the global power of tennis from the Maldives to Spain to South Korea. Expert Author: Nick Pachelli is a competitive tennis player and journalist who has covered tennis for The New York Times,...