Contest : Who is going to post the picture of the most amazing/exotic tennis court ?! - Page 12

borg number one · 05-04-2010, 05:53 AM

This one is not "exotic", but for me this is still the most amazing tennis court there is, especially given its history.

vive le beau jeu ! · 05-18-2010, 12:13 AM

Marcos and Robin sur la Cote d'Azur, playing on the "Promenade des Anglais" at Nice !

origmarm · 05-18-2010, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

i didn't find a view of the court... but they claim this is the highest lawn tennis court in the world, at 3500 m in Leh, in Ladakh (Himalaya) !

I have played here!!! Or at least I believe I have in that I played at a very similar looking place in Leh in 1998. I also had the joy of playing cricket against the town of Leh in their "stadium". I was out for 4

.

My favourite memory of Leh is visiting the Dalai Lama's summer palace which is near there. There is a gompa nearby with a 40ft+ solid gold budha that the gompa is built around.

Orig

vive le beau jeu ! · 05-18-2010, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by origmarm

I have played here!!! Or at least I believe I have in that I played at a very similar looking place in Leh in 1998. I also had the joy of playing cricket against the town of Leh in their "stadium". I was out for 4

.

My favourite memory of Leh is visiting the Dalai Lama's summer palace which is near there. There is a gompa nearby with a 40ft+ solid gold budha that the gompa is built around.

Orig

that sounds great !

did you visit ladakh as a tourist ?
(or as a cricket player, maybe ?...)

origmarm · 05-19-2010, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by vive le beau jeu !

that sounds great !

did you visit ladakh as a tourist ?
(or as a cricket player, maybe ?...)

As a tourist. I went to India for 4 months back then and road a motorbike (An Enfield 500cc "Bullet", they build them under licence in India now, alongside Austin Ambassadors) from Delhi to Leh via various places. The Himank Road in particular was just crazy! That and "tyre exchange" when you blow through your 4 tyres (you carry two spares) in a day...

I played there (or somewhere very similar) with a guy called Lotus who used to run a trekking company up there. Nice chap, was the first time he'd played tennis! I also think I can take the credit for introducing some monks near the Pakistan border in the mountains to frisbee!

.

The cricket was due to part of a county cricket team visiting the area. I met them over beers at some point and got made into the tail ender to bat. Was great but it had been 10yrs since I'd played cricket so the results were predictable

LeeD · 05-27-2010, 10:03 AM

I've played the Maui Sprecklesville next to beach courts.
I've played the Oahu sunken grass courts at Kahala behind the two gold lions in the front.
I've hit at the KingBeach (LakeTahoe) new courts.
I've hit at MammothMt's courts....and NorthStar's.
But you guys gotta hit some at the AliceMarble (? name) courts at Greenwich and Hyde in SanFrancisco. You see the whole view of SF Bay, Marin's Belvedere, and Alcatraz, along with AngelIsland in the background, the same one almost on Rice a Rony commercials, and TonyBennetts "halfway to the stars" cable car run.

mm916157 · 05-27-2010, 12:44 PM

my gf took me there (alice marble) last fall. Had the driver from The Ritz-Carlton take us the

It was either the amazing view or that new soft hard court material, but my gf beat me

SuperDuy · 05-27-2010, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeD

I've played the Maui Sprecklesville next to beach courts.
I've played the Oahu sunken grass courts at Kahala behind the two gold lions in the front.
I've hit at the KingBeach (LakeTahoe) new courts.
I've hit at MammothMt's courts....and NorthStar's.
But you guys gotta hit some at the AliceMarble (? name) courts at Greenwich and Hyde in SanFrancisco. You see the whole view of SF Bay, Marin's Belvedere, and Alcatraz, along with AngelIsland in the background, the same one almost on Rice a Rony commercials, and TonyBennetts "halfway to the stars" cable car run.

Cool Dom! Are the maui ones the one by the country club of maui?
King Beach ones look cool.
Alice Marble, are those the ones raised above the streets to the west and east streets raided maybe 15 feet?
Never been to mamoth mtn and northstar

GRANITECHIEF · 06-20-2010, 01:20 PM

North shore Kauai is a fun place to play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328uDTKyi-0

West Coast Ace · 06-20-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GRANITECHIEF

North shore Kauai is a fun place to play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328uDTKyi-0

Looked like you were sheltered from the winds there.

Pretty good action. Does the guy in the yellow hat ever miss a 1st serve. Slice FHs - old school!

GRANITECHIEF · 07-13-2010, 09:25 AM

Reconstructed facilities at Princeville. Windscreens were the wrong color (too light) and new ones were pending. Chickens and golf carts going by can be distracting!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYJutjASpFg

07-26-2010, 03:33 PM

vive le beau jeu ! · 10-22-2010, 02:42 PM

"Yas Race Track in Abu Dhabi" (UAE)

from: http://www.facebook.com/Federer

vive le beau jeu ! · 01-02-2011, 08:13 AM

roger in doha (2011)

origmarm · 01-05-2011, 06:50 AM

^^^ They've completed a lot more buildings since I was last there! The Hyatt buildings in particular look almost done (!). I worked for a little while on a contract in the building just left of the Sheraton (the Pyramid one on the far right) in the top picture. QTEL tower.

James Bond · 01-29-2011, 03:01 AM

San Clemente Palace Resort - Venice, Italy

Located at +45° 24' 36.75", +12° 20' 4.60"

vive le beau jeu ! · 02-06-2011, 11:06 PM

^ nice one !

bellucci & almagro playing in the streets of the historic center of salvador da bahia (pelourinho), before the costa do sauipe tournament.

dbusiness · 02-07-2011, 03:58 AM

We built this for the daughter of SC Johnson Wax. It has a separate little
building with refridge and all right next to the court.

Side note: She is trying to buy every house on her street so she can put the gate at the end and have a 5 acre lot on the water.

pennc94 · 02-07-2011, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dbusiness

We built this for the daughter of SC Johnson Wax. It has a separate little
building with refridge and all right next to the court.

Side note: She is trying to buy every house on her street so she can put the gate at the end and have a 5 acre lot on the water.

No lights? What a cheapskate!

dbusiness · 02-07-2011, 11:58 AM

When you are #182 on the Forbes 400 list and don't have to work another day
in your life then why do you need lights?

05-04-2010, 05:53 AM	#221
borg number one Legend Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 5,043	This one is not "exotic", but for me this is still the most amazing tennis court there is, especially given its history. __________________ Borg never pointed to himself. He never even seemed to care if anyone read the advertisements. — Tom Callahan Last edited by borg number one : 10-22-2010 at 03:00 PM.

05-18-2010, 12:13 AM	#222
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