ATP most used tennis court surfaces

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Every player has his own favorite tennis court surfaces. Amateur or professional, everybody has its preference. Nadal plays his best on the clay court, Djokovic on the hard surface and Boris Becker made from Wimbledon grass court his living room.

I was always thinking about the ATP tournament calendar and their preference for different type of court surfaces. So we looked on this season calendar and did a small research.

Summary of tennis court surfaces

ATP Tournaments 2016

66

100%

Indoor

14

21%

Outdoor

52

79%

ATP Tournaments 2016

66

100%

Hard

37

56%

Hard Indoor

14

21%

Hard Outdoor

23

35%

Clay*

22

33%

Gras*

7

11%

*Clay and Grass tournaments are played just Outdoor

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The year always starts on hard courts in Australia and New Zealand, then combined Clay and Hard season in Europe and the USA continues till Rolland Garros at the end of May.

June is reserved for grass tournaments in Europe and after Wimbledon the tour move to the USA for hard courts season.

After US Open players travel to Asia and Europe to finish the season on hard again, however in Europe they play indoor due to weather.

ATP Tournament Calendar for 2016

You can find all details about tournament calendar not just for the year 2016 here or feel free to look below in our table.


StartEndCityCountrySurfaceOutdoor or Indoor
04.01.201610.01.2016DohaQatarHardOutdoor
  ChennaiIndiaHardOutdoor
  BrisbaneAustraliaHardOutdoor
11.01.201617.01.2016AucklandNew ZealandHardOutdoor
  SydneyAustraliaHardOutdoor
18.01.201631.01.2016MelbourneAustraliaHardOutdoor
01.02.201607.02.2016SofiaBulgariaHardIndoor
  QuitoEcuadorClayOutdoor
  MontpellierFranceHardIndoor
08.02.201614.02.2016Buenos AiresArgentinaClayOutdoor
  RotterdamNetherlandsHardIndoor
  MemphisUSAHardIndoor
15.02.201621.02.2016Rio de JaneiroBrazilClayOutdoor
  MarseilleFranceHardIndoor
  Delray BeachUSAHardOutdoor
22.02.201627.02.2016AcapulcoMexicoHardOutdoor
  DubaiUAEHardOutdoor
  Sao PauloBrazilClayOutdoor
10.03.201620.03.2016Indian WellsUSAHardOutdoor
23.03.201603.04.2016MiamiUSAHardOutdoor
04.04.201610.04.2016MarrakechMoroccoClayOutdoor
  HoustonUSAClayOutdoor
10.04.201617.04.2016Monte CarloMonacoClayOutdoor
18.04.201624.04.2016BarcelonaSpainClayOutdoor
  BucharestRomaniaClayOutdoor
25.04.201601.05.2016MunichGermanyClayOutdoor
  EstorilPortugalClayOutdoor
  IstanbulTurkeyClayOutdoor
01.05.201608.05.2016MadridSpainClayOutdoor
08.05.201615.05.2016RomeItalyClayOutdoor
15.05.201621.05.2016GenevaSwitzerlandClayOutdoor
  NiceFranceClayOutdoor
22.05.201605.06.2016Roland GarrosFranceClayOutdoor
06.06.201613.06.2016StuttgartGermanyGrassOutdoor
  HertogenbochNetherlandsGrassOutdoor
13.06.201619.06.2016HalleGermanyGrassOutdoor
  LondonGreat BritainGrassOutdoor
19.06.201625.06.2016NottinghamGreat BritainGrassOutdoor
27.06.201610.07.2016WimbledonGreat BritainGrassOutdoor
11.07.201617.07.2016HamburgGermanyClayOutdoor
  NewportUSAGrassOutdoor
  BastadSwedenClayOutdoor
18.07.201624.07.2016WashingtonUSAHardOutdoor
  GstaadSwitzerlandClayOutdoor
  KitzbuhelAustriaClayOutdoor
  UmagCroatiaClayOutdoor
25.07.201631.07.2016TorontoCanadaHardOutdoor
01.08.201607.08.2016AtlantaUSAHardOutdoor
08.08.201613.08.2016Los CabosMexicoHardOutdoor
14.08.201621.08.2016CincinnatiUSAHardOutdoor
21.08.201627.08.2016Winston-SalemUSAHardOutdoor
29.08.201611.09.2016US OPENUSAHardOutdoor
19.09.201625.09.2016MetzFranceHardIndoor
  St. PetersburgRussiaHardIndoor
26.09.201602.10.2016ChengduChinaHardOutdoor
  ShenzhenChinaHardOutdoor
03.10.201609.10.2016BeijingChinaHardOutdoor
  TokyoJapanHardOutdoor
09.10.201616.10.2016ShanghaiChinaHardOutdoor
17.10.201623.10.2016StockholmSwedenHardIndoor
  AntwerpBelgiumHardIndoor
  MoscowRussiaHardIndoor
24.10.201630.10.2016BaselSwitzerlandHardIndoor
  ViennaAustriaHardIndoor
31.10.201606.11.2016ParisFranceHardIndoor
13.11.201620.11.2016LondonGreat BritainHardIndoor
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Simon is the leading editor of TennisProGuru.com from 2015. He is an avid tennis player from age of 5, however, he never reached the pro level. Still, he likes playing tennis on different courts, with different rackets, and against different opponents. In his free time, you can find him watching all possible tennis matches he can find on the web or tv. Challenger or Grand Slam? It does not matter, just tennis matters.

He currently plays with:
Racket: Wilson Shift 99 V1
Strings: Babolat RPM Blast
Grip: Head Xtreme Soft
Shoes: Asics Gel Dedicate 7 (for hard outdoor and indoor courts) & Asics Gel-Game 5 Clay (for clay courts),
Balls: Dunlop Fort All Courts and Head Championship
Bag: Axiom Backpack

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