What’s New at Har-Tru
5 Players to Watch at the Boar's Head Women's Open: Presented by Har-Tru
Lucie Hradecka – Czech Republic:To my knowledge, Lucie is the only Grand Slam winner in the tournament this year, and she has won 3 of them. Alright, those were in doubles but that is still no sma...
HyQ – The Future of Subsurface Irrigation is Here
Did you know that 3 of every 4 courts that are built today are constructed with sub-surface irrigation? In the 1990’s, the concept of HydroCourt transformed the clay court industry. It was adapted...
VUE Tennis – A Specialized Light for a Specialized Sport
Just over one year ago, Har-Tru partnered with NLS Lighting to introduce VUE Tennis to the tennis industry. One thing we cannot emphasize enough is that VUE Tennis has been designed specifically f...
ClayTech 10 Years In - Finding a Sense of Place
Being a part of Har-Tru creates a rather deep, even profound, sense of place in tennis. Best as we can determine, the first patented, trademarked, and widely-circulated brand in tennis courts was ...
USTA National Campus HydroCourts - 1 Year In
At their National Campus, which opened in January of 2017, the USTA chose to install 32 of Har-Tru’s HydroCourts. One year later we were wondering how much the courts were used and how they perfor...
Winter Challenges for Clay Courts
Playing on clay during the winter months is a real joy for thousands of tennis players. In south Florida, winters are mild enough to keep the clay in play while air structures and permanent buildin...
Har-Tru vs. HydroCourt for an Indoor Surface?
Indoor facilities offer a year-round opportunity to cater to a tennis population that likes the soft sliding surface characteristics of a clay court. The demand for play keeps some of these facili...
The Benefits of Playing on Clay
To succeed in tennis, players must be able to create and adapt, to attack and defend, to lose an agonizingly long point and still be ready for the next one. These attributes are best learned on clay.
It’s US Open Time!! Did You Know?
The US National Championship, subsequently the US Open, was one of the earliest, national competitions in the US, predated only by horse racing and baseball. While other sports, such as Cricket, F...