In tennis which court is fastest in order?

Question

and wats the preference ORDER of federer and nadal (of course clay first for nadal)

Answer 1

Grass is fastest, then soft indoor, hard indoor and last clay!

The slower the court, the more it suits hard hitters and it becomes dodgy because the bounce is very unusual as well.

Answer 2

In pro tennis, from fast to slow you have: Grass, Indoor Carpet, Hard, Clay.

Federer is dynamite on grass but plays great on hard courts and indoors as well. I would say he is equally good on all those surfaces, with clay as his weakest surface.

For Nadal, I would say clay (by a long shot), grass, then hard and indoors. He is unusual in that he is better on grass than hard, but he is most susceptible to losses on hard courts.

Answer 3

What is all this talk about Wimbledon's grass being slower? Is it really slower, is it due to change in players' styles (less serve-and-volley) and racquets over the years? I think everyone agrees though that grass is the fastest and clay is the slowest. I like clay because it evens the playing field.

Answer 4

grass-fastest (feds best)- grass on very hard packed soil (kinda like golf course)- pts are usually very quick and fast

hard-concrete/asphalt- fast.. but not as fast as grass. speed depends on kind of surface. some are a little more spongy and soft (which means it is a synthetic surface)

indoor- usually made of a rubber material.. or a little bit of a carpet material- speed depends on kind of material/thickness/texture

clay-slowest (nadals best)-made of crushed stone/brick/shale- red clay is slower than green clay-clay courts take some advantage away for big servers and hitters

Answer 5

The grass is usually the fastest but with the recent changes in Wimbledon i keep hearing how much the Court has slowed.