Tennis Courts Contractors in Roswell, Georgia

Tennis is the largest hard-surface build most homeowners will ever commission, and the one where base engineering matters most. The playing rectangle is 36' x 78', but a usable court needs the run-back.

**Common footprints:** minimum 50' x 100' - recommended 60' x 120' with full run-back. Modular sport tile court kits are pre-sized at 50'4" x 110'4" and a regulation 60'4" x 120'4".

Every hard-surface court we quote in Georgia is built in the same five stages. What changes between a $18k pickleball court and a $60k tennis court is the size of the footprint, the depth of the base, and the surface system on top.

1. Layout, grading and drainage The contractor lasers the footprint, confirms setbacks and access for equipment, strips organics, and cuts the pad to grade. Georgia clay holds water, so the pad is built with a 1% planar slope in one direction — never a crown — and edge drains or a French drain are added where the yard sheds toward the court.

2. Structural base 4"–6" of graded aggregate base compacted in lifts to 95% density. This is the single most important cost line on the job: a court that cracks almost always failed in the base, not in the coating.

3. Slab or asphalt pad Post-tensioned or fiber-reinforced concrete (typically 4"–5") or 2"–3" of plant-mix asphalt. Concrete is the Georgia default for backyard courts because it tolerates our freeze/thaw and heavy rain cycles and can carry a modular tile surface later without rework.

4. Surface system Either an acrylic system — primer/sealer, acrylic resurfacer, two textured color coats, then textured white line paint — or a modular interlocking sport tile court kit laid over the cured pad. Acrylic gives the classic tour look; sport tile gives instant drainage, zero recoating, and a DIY-friendly install.

5. Lines, equipment and perimeter Game lines to governing-body spec, then posts, nets, hoops or backstops set in sleeves or footings, followed by fencing, netting, windscreens, lighting and landscape restoration.

**Space:** confirm the full pad plus a safety run-out on all sides. For a modular sport tile court kit, the pad must extend at least 2" past the finished kit dimension on every side so the tiles can expand and contract seasonally.

**Slope:** up to about a 3' fall across the pad can be absorbed with grading; beyond that you are into retaining walls or engineered fill, which is where budgets move.

**Base condition:** sport tile can only go over a solid, level surface — new or existing concrete or asphalt. It cannot be installed directly on gravel, compacted stone, or bare ground.

**Existing courts:** a cracked or faded slab is usually the cheapest court you will ever own. Crack fill plus an acrylic resurface, or a sport tile kit laid straight over the old surface, both avoid new concrete entirely.

**Access:** a 9'-wide path for a skid steer and concrete truck reach. Pumping concrete over a house adds cost.

**Permits and HOA:** most Georgia municipalities treat a backyard court as an impervious-surface addition. Expect setback review, impervious-coverage limits, and HOA architectural approval before build.

**Acrylic color system.** Tour-standard build: primer/sealer, acrylic resurfacer, two to four textured color coats, textured white lines. Championship color sets (US Open blue/green, Miami Open blues) are available in the same system.

**Cushioned acrylic system.** Rubber force-reduction mat plus polyurethane adhesive under the color coats. Slower, softer, and the spec most private courts choose today.

**Modular sport tile court kit.** A full interlocking sport tile court over the cured slab, with molded lines and perimeter ramps. The strongest option when an existing court is too cracked to recoat but structurally sound - you skip demolition entirely.

**Resurfacing an existing court.** Crack fill with polyurethane crack filler, fiberglass mesh over working cracks, deep patch for birdbaths, then resurfacer and color coats. Typically 15-25% of new-court cost.

- Cushioned surface system - 10' perimeter fencing with gates, or a wind-barrier enclosure - Four-pole LED lighting package - Pro windscreens, court numbers, divider netting - Hit-back practice wall or ball machine outlet - Pickleball or basketball overlay lines - Shade cabana, courtside benches, water station - Court cover, roller and maintenance package