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What Is
Beach Tennis?
From the brilliant minds of two Italians on vacation, beach tennis is a coastal mishmash of tennis, sand volleyball and badminton. Combining aspects from each sport, beach tennis is played on a sand court with either two or four players. For a full run-through of the rules and how to play click here.
Since its inception in the early 1970s, beach tennis has grown to be played by more than half a million people in over 50 countries. The first international beach tennis tournament was held in Italy in 1996, and the sport has been rapidly growing in popularity ever since. For more information on ITF Beach Tennis click here.
The only things you truly need to play this sport is a racket, balls, a net and enough space in the sand to play. However, if you’d like to dominate your opponents in style you should check out our shop for the latest in beach tennis apparel.
For more information on the best rackets and balls of 2024 click here.
Beach Tennis 101
The what’s what of one of the fastest growing sports in the world!
- Beach Tennis uses specialized rackets and depressurized tennis balls.
- The net is 1.8 meters / 5 ft 10 in.
- Same court dimensions as a sand volleyball court (16m x 8m / 52’6” x 26’3”).
- Recognized as an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Sport in 2010.
- The Beach Tennis Association (BTA) is the leading American organization and hosts an annual tournament schedule.
- Played in 50 countries worldwide with over 1 million players.
- Was a featured sport in the inaugural World Beach Games held in Qatar in 2019.
- Beach Tennis is bidding to soon become a Summer Olympic sport.
- For a full run-through of the basics watch the video below by professional beach tennis player Taylor Witt.
How to Play
Beach Tennis
Your first step to becoming a Beach Baller!
- Objective: score more points than the other team.
- Scoring is like tennis, but without deuce. The points go as follows: 1 point = 15 , 2 points = 30 , 3 points = 40 , 4 points = game won.
- For a full match the victor must win 2 sets. The player must win 6 games to win a set. So all in all, a player must win 4 points to win a game, 6 games to win a set, and 2 sets to win a match.
- Players cannot touch the net. If a player does so they forfeit the point.
- The player who is serving is required to stay behind the baseline while serving.
- During play, players continue to hit the ball to the opposing court until one side is unable to return the shot. The point is lost if the ball either touches ground within your side of the court, you hit the ball into the net, or you hit the ball outside of your opponent’s court.
- The ball is not allowed to bounce and there is no setting the ball to your teammate as you would in volleyball.
- If you’d like the game explained by ITF Beach Tennis professionals watch the video below.