In tennis, what's difference between grass court and clay? is there any type of court surface?

Question

In tennis, what's difference between grass court and clay? is there any type of court surface?

Answer 1

Grass is much faster, with a lower bounce, than clay.  Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces including wood, concrete, asphalt, but I believe composite surfaces that give a speed somewhere between grass and clay are the most common.  Grass is avoided because it rewards the serve and volley game to the exclusion of all other styles;  clay is disliked by the tour big wigs because it favors the pure retrievers that like to camp out on the baseline and bore people to death.

Answer 2

Grass is the faster surface and the ball bounces allot lower so players have to be able to think and react quickly. Clay however is very slow and the ball bounces higher so it favors players who will take their time and play with well-thought out game plans. Players who can play well on grass and hard curfaces have always historically not been very good on clay. The funny thing is that the ones who are good on clay aren't very good on grass and the harder courts.But this year these two are pulling a switcheroo and now grass will become slower and clay will become much faster.  I think the French and Wimbeldon will be very interesting this year with the surface changes.

Answer 3

Grass and Carpet are fast surfaces and favor players that hit the ball hard and low.

Clay (both green and red) favor strong players with stamina, although some clean hitters have done well at the French (see Yannick Noah).

Some other surfaces are dirt, hard court, rebound ace, wood (like a basketball court) and even sand thrown over put put golf style grass.