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HOW TO MARK OUT A LAWN TENNIS COURT 



The following are the laws laid down by the Lawn 

 Tennis Association for the year 1907. 



For the single-handed game, the court is 27 feet in width, 

 and 78 feet in length. It is divided across the middle by 

 a net, the ends of which are attached to the tops of two 





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posts, which stand 3 feet outside the court on each side. 

 The height of the net is 3 feet 6 inches at the posts, and 

 3 feet in the centre. At each end of the court, parallel 

 with the net, and at a distance of 39 feet from it, are drawn 

 the Base Lines, the extremities of which are connected 

 by the Side Lines. Half-way between the Side Lines, 

 and parallel with them, is drawn the Half-Court Line, 

 dividing the space on each side of the net into two equal 

 parts, called the Right and Left Courts. On each side of 

 the net, at a distance of 21 feet from it, and parallel with it, 



