hard court

16:16 Sep 12, 2012 

On parle de la victoire de Andy Murray a L'US Open.. l'US Open depuis 1978 se joue à Flushing Meadows sur des courts en dur..

12:53 Sep 12, 2012 

Thanks for those clarifications.

However, I have to say that in TV coverage I have seen, i have heard both Wimbledon and Roland Garros referred to as 'hard courts'; I have never personally heard the term 'clay court' used by TV commentators and the like, though it may of course be a tehnically more precise term appropriate in a more formal document.

12:25 Sep 12, 2012 

These dictionary entries may help to explain the confusion here:
American Heritage Dictionary
hard court - n. A tennis court with a hard surface, such as asphalt, rather than grass. Courts with a clay surface are usually considered hard courts outside of the United States.
http://www.answers.com/topic/hardcourt
hard court - DEF – For the United States: A cement, asphalt or similar paving for a tennis court. For Australia and European countries: A clay court.
http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?la...
It is thus even possible to find this:
tennis sur terre battue nm. hard-court tennis
http://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/tennis sur terr...
However, Flushing Meadows is a US hard court and I don't think anyone who follows tennis in the UK would refer to Roland Garros as anything other than a clay court.
See also the official Roland Garros site:
L'US Open
Le Decoturf (un revêtement dur) succède à la terre battue.
http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/grandslam/index.html
US Open
Decoturf hard courts also replaced the clay.
http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/about/grandslam/index.html

21:14 Sep 11, 2012 

What about that? :)

Hard courts are made of uniform rigid material, offering greater consistency of bounce than other outdoor surfaces. Hard courts can vary in speed, although they are faster than clay but not as fast as grass courts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_court#Hard_courts

21:03 Sep 11, 2012 

'terre battue' corresponds exactly to what we call 'hard court' in English, which isn't 'hard' at all, but is sort of cinders or fine gravel; it is only 'hard' as distinct from 'lawn tennis', played on grass.

20:56 Sep 11, 2012 

La terre battue est différente d'une surface en dur (hard court).

20:20 Sep 11, 2012 

L'US Open se joue sur gazon jusqu'en 1974 puis sur terre battue verte (Har-tru) de 1975 à 1977 et sur dur (Decoturf) depuis 1978.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfaces_de_jeu_au_tennis

19:38 Sep 11, 2012 

"Tennis hardcourts are made of concrete and can vary in color. In tennis, clay is considered a separate type of surface from hardcourt."