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

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  1. vive le beau jeu !

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    austro, Mar 7, 2006
    you gotta start with one to get this going!
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Mar 7, 2006
    you are definitely right :)

    so i'll start with one i think everybody knows... but still pleasant :
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    (in 2005)

    http://www.burj-al-arab.com/tennis/
     
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    (i afforded to "quote myself" !)
     
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    brucie, Mar 8, 2006
    Played in snow the other day but no pictures.
     
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    austro, Mar 8, 2006
    These are pretty hard to beat!
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Mar 8, 2006
    ...and some of them need very courageous ballboys !!! ;)


    i would like to see the snow court (with snowmen playing ?!)...
    the MCCC (monte carlo country club) courts are also really beautiful, between the sea and the mountains !
    [​IMG]
    (even better in reality !)

    ...and nobody has a picture of a tennis court on the edge of a cliff ? on the top of a volcano ?...
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Mar 9, 2006
    you clever guy !!! :cool:
     
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    heycal, Mar 16, 2006
    Man, the quality of the courts pictured in this thread has gone way down hill... Remember the good old days of the early posts when the courts truly were exotic and cool?
     
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    Put up or shut up!
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Mar 19, 2006
    so please remember that to us... by posting your exotic'n'cool courts ! ;)
     
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    matchpoints, Apr 9, 2006
    Since it's a contest, what's the prize? and who are the judges?
     
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    This is Umag, Croatia.

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    vive le beau jeu !, Apr 10, 2006
    the prize ?...
    emm... you'll win all our respect ;)
    (and the whole forum is the judge !)

    Nb: great courts at Umag :D
     
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    Underground courts? That's pretty cool. :D

    I like DorianCito's backyard court. It's definetly the most exotic. :cool:
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Apr 25, 2006
    i think i found it !
    i guess you meant this one, right ?
     
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    I'm sure you guys have seen this, but here it is:

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    OMFG, I checked out the place because of my upcoming honeymoon and it costs $15,000 per week. That's a really cool court, but i bet i could find another carribean court that isn't quite as pricey.
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Apr 26, 2006
    my future home !!!
    (once i am rich ;) )
    [​IMG]
    waow... well done, this court is really great... and it's in grass !
    i dream to play there...
    the price is pretty impressive indeed... it's better to rent it with 14 people ! :rolleyes:
    http://www.villacabofino.com/rates2.html
     
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    raftermania, Apr 26, 2006
    guys how did you get past security and my attack dogs? I strictly informed security to keep paparrazi types off my property - someone is going to get fired.
     
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    I think the prize would be higher, if the court was locked inside a cage, or something.
    It must be awful to pick up all the balls down there on the beach :p
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, Apr 27, 2006
    sorry to say it to you so rudely but your attack dogs got easily corrupted with a yummy string of sausages !!! :D
    [​IMG]
    ... even more considering it's infested of sharks !!! :rolleyes:
    maybe this could give some clues for answering the thread "Tennis players that got lost?"
    http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=97030
     
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    Andres, Apr 27, 2006
    That's a nice theory ;) Maybe I should steal it from you!

    (Ala Stephen Hawkings) :mrgreen:
     
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    these ones are nice too...
    [​IMG](british virgin islands)
    [​IMG](fidji islands)
     
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    Lol I'm standing on it. The green DUHHHH. I was getting the SURROUNDINGS :)
     
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    Yes it is and i will be playing there in about 3 months.
     
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    lucky guy :p ... you're going there for holidays ?... honey moon ?! ;)
     
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    Yes, going there for Honeymoon. Although now fiance is also thinking of Fiji. That wouldn't be too bad either :)
     
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    Here is a definite frontrunner for most exotic court.

    http://www.namalefiji.com/launch.html#

    Launch the site then go to Activities/Recreation on shore and hit Explore #2.

    Wow!!!! That's where i'm going for sure now. Check out the other pics as well.
     
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    I must have won the contest cuz everybody else gave up~~!!!
     
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    LOL!

    Anyway, I must say I'd prefer the Fiji court if it's still in the same shape as the picture shows it. Did your fiance decide between Fiji and Bora Bora yet?
     
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    Well, sir, it's not because everybody gave up, but because we just don't wanna ruin your honeymoon. If somebody else won the contest you would be like: "Honey, I was so close to winning that TW contest!" throughout the whole honeymoon, and your wife would be annoyed. Just Kidding ;)
     
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    Or i would be like, "Oh honey, why did we come to this wretched Fiji place with the grass court, when _______ posted a link to a much better court. We should've gone there!!!"

    Fiji it is. I'll be sure to post some pictures of the beautiful Fijian wome...ummmm tennis courts.
     
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    hehe...good one! In any case, we all hope you enjoy a beautiful honeymoon :D
     
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    ..who's winning...?
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, May 12, 2006
    so here is granitechief's latest discovery... ;)
    [​IMG]

    eheh... :D
    by the way, does she at least play tennis ?!

    ummm if they are on the tennis courts... it's within the rules for winning the contest !

    (maybe we should make a poll !)
     
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    its not about you. its about the court.
     
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    vive le beau jeu !, May 12, 2006
    i'm sure the double bagel at the sunset on a grass court in the fidji islands is going to be so much romantic... ;)

    i wish you a good honeymoon ! :D
     
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    I disagree, it's about ME and then it's about the court. We have to prioritize here diegaa, you know that. ;)

    I was just trying to show everyone the surroundings, I mean that's really what makes it exotic, we all know what hardcourt and white lines look like, I hope.
     
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