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Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing

National Tennis Center, Beijing
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Full name The centre court of the Olympic Green Tennis Center
Location Beijing, China
Owner Beijing Shiao Forest Park Development & Management Limited
Operator Beijing Shiao Forest Park Development & Management Limited
Capacity 32 400 seats
(12 Match Courts & 6 Practice Courts)
15,000
(National Tennis Stadium / Diamond Court)
10,000
(Lotus Court / Center Court)
4,000
(Moon Court / Court 1)
2,000
(Brad Drewett Court/ Court 2)
200
(Court 2-8/ Court 3-9)
(Previous courts name are currently used)
Surface Hard, outdoors
Construction
Broke ground 2003
Opened 2007
Expanded 2011
Construction cost USD ? million
Tenants
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics (2008)
China Open (2009-)

Coordinates: 40°01′08.88″N 116°22′24.44″E / 40.0191333°N 116.3734556°E / 40.0191333; 116.3734556 The National Tennis Center (simplified Chinese: 国家网球中心; traditional Chinese: 國家網球中心; pinyin: Guójiā Wǎngqiú Zhōngxīn), is a tennis centre located in the Olympic Green. It opened on 1 October 2007. [1] It hosted the tennis preliminaries and finals of singles and doubles for men and women at the Beijing 2008 Olympics as well as the Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitions.

The Center is located in Beijing, just 1.7 mi (2.7 km) from the Beijing National Stadium (a.k.a. The Birds Nest Stadium).

The tennis centre covers an area of 41.22 acres (166,800 m2) with a floor space of 285,394 sq ft (26,514.0 m2). The centre currently has 12 competition hard courts and 35 training courts, including 20 hard courts, 10 indoor hard courts, 2 artificial grass courts, 2 indoor clay courts, and a mini hard court.


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