天津网球中心

Tianjin Tennis Center stands at 9 Fukan Road in Nankai District, along the Fukan Road section of the middle ring. Construction started in April 2010 and the centre opened on 5 April 2013 as the tennis venue for the 6th East Asian Games. The main hall measures 105 m north to south and 45 m east to west, with 5,400 sqm of floor area and seating for 3,400 spectators; six match courts can operate inside at the same time. Courts are laid with a synthetic surface, walls and ceiling are finished in pale green acoustic mineral wool, and the building includes athlete and referee rooms, a VIP lounge, a press conference room and television broadcast provisions. The centre covers about 70,000 sqm in total. Beyond the main hall there are two indoor training and competition buildings with six courts each, an outdoor match court seating 1,000 and 24 outdoor practice courts, 38 courts altogether, which makes it one of the busiest tennis bases in central Tianjin. In its opening year it hosted the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I play-off, followed by East Asian Games soft tennis, the tennis events of the 13th National Games and a long run of professional and junior tournaments; courts are also let to the public for booking and coaching. The site sits directly on Fukan Road, easily reached from Balitai and Wangdingdi, with several bus routes stopping at the gate and universities and established residential districts around it. The centre is owned by the Tianjin municipal government and operated by the municipal sports bureau.