Acapulco was originally the fourth stop on the Golden Swing, until the tournament made its own switch from clay to hard courts in 2014 for similar reasons. “The decision was something that we ...

That’s a tough summer.” The U.S. Open was held on grass until 1975 and then clay before finally settling on hard court in 1978. Only Jimmy Connors has won it on all three surfaces.

Clay-court tennis is dialogue between players, the ball, the court and the weather. In springtime Paris, the conversation is like no other.

The French Open is one of the most iconic tennis tournaments in history with its red clay courts, boisterous crowds and plenty of celebrities. Here’s everything you need to know about Roland Garros.

Hard courts generally do not cause as many falls as either of the others. "For a clay-court player, the adjustment's not that hard," 1989 French Open champion Michael Chang said.

Maybe not as much as you might think. With all the recent success of the harder hitters, the so-called clay-court specialist seems to be a vanishing breed. Back in the day, Martina Navratilova was ...

People prepare the clay tennis court Wednesday, March, 19, 2025, at Oakmont Tennis Club in Allentown. Founded in 1919, the tennis club has the only clay tennis courts in Eastern Pennsylvania.

With the French Open underway in Paris, fans may notice that the world’s greatest players are matching off on clay courts — common throughout Europe yet mostly a perk of private clubs in the ...

In Sept. 1995, a Bettendorf resident ordered 44 tons of crushed green stone to his home off Crow Creek Road. The final product: a green clay, or Har-Tru, tennis court ...

Take half the court," he said. It's clear Weed has served a lot of aces with the free, public clay courts, but he and others are working to build more places to play in diverse spaces around the city.