SYNTHETIC SPORTS SURFACES • MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS • TRUSTED SINCE 1999
Tennis Court Maintenance
Great-looking, well-performing, long-lasting tennis courts are the result of regular maintenance.
Sports Clean has repaired, maintained, and provided equipment for synthetic grass and acrylic tennis courts since 1999.
Synthetic Grass Tennis Courts
Synthetic grass (fake grass, Astro Turf) courts are beautiful surfaces and, if well maintained, can last decades. Generally speaking, the pile is supported by washed and kiln-dried sand that should be kept clean and free-moving to allow good player-surface interaction and ball bounce.
Assuming maintenance is kept up, Sports Clean recommends two professional services per year for most courts — a Major Service and a Minor Service.
In addition to these major and minor services, Sports Clean specialises in complete synthetic tennis court maintenance rejuvenations should that be necessary.
Our Services
Major Service — A Full Tennis Court Service
This service is completed during dry conditions and involves specialist machinery that brushes out the spoil trapped in the top layer of sand, tops up the sand to the appropriate level, completes any seam repairs, services the net winder, and provides a report on any concerns.
Failure to remove this dirt and dust will result, over time, in the court becoming hard, slippery, and tough on players.
Club Tennis Court Service
This service is suitable for sites with multiple courts that have good access, are well cared for by the facility owners, and receive a lot of play.
Sports Clean deploys a specialist ride-on machine for this service and focuses particularly on the key challenges of these courts, which are usually around the edges and baselines.
Minor Service — A Protection Service
Wet conditions promote the growth of moss and algae on tennis courts, which is worse if the court is heavily shaded. A protection service kills this growth and aids in slowing its regrowth throughout the winter period.
Synthetic Grass Tennis Rejuvenation Service
Should a tennis court get out of its maintenance routine, it may require rejuvenation. Tennis court maintenance at this level is carried out either via washing or deeper ‘brush’ penetration into the hard surface, dependent on court needs. Sports Clean specialises in court rejuvenations and has carried out many hundreds over the last three decades.
Synthetic Grass Court Repairs
Sports Clean has the capacity to complete minor and major repairs. The most common requests we receive are:
- Baseline inserts — these can add three to four years to the life of a synthetic grass tennis court
- Seam repairs, lifting lines and tears, cockatoo attacks
- Base depressions and tree roots under the surface
- Leaning net posts
Acrylic Tennis Courts
Acrylic (also known as hard surface, painted, or rebound ace) tennis courts are practical and hard-wearing; however, they quickly get dirty and then slippery without maintenance.
Sports Clean offers the following tennis court maintenance services for acrylic courts:
Acrylic Major Service — Pressure Wash
This is a fairly aggressive service and should be completed as infrequently as possible and by professionals to limit the damage to the acrylic layer.
Acrylic Minor Service — Gentler Wet Brush
A regular, gentler approach to maintaining acrylic courts is always preferable. Completed more frequently, it removes the dust and debris that settles on the court prior to it baking onto the surface. It is much kinder on the surface.
Tennis Court Equipment
We supply, install, and in some cases repair a wide range of tennis equipment, including:
- Custom privacy screens
- Tennis posts and winders
- Tennis nets
- Tennis net centre straps and weights/plugs
- Tools and materials — see webshop
