Clear playing envelope
No column inside the baseline-to-fence run-off. Cantilever and portal frames put the posts behind the fence line, where they are also easier to found, inspect and replace.
Sports & recreation · Court roofs
A tennis roof
that opens on demand.
Retractable fabric roofs and fixed membranes for tennis and padel courts, designed around the court envelope, the fence line and the way the club actually schedules play.
- Columns kept outside the run-off
- Open or closed in minutes, by motor
- Flat-packed, labelled by assembly group
01 What the roof has to solve
The roof is easy.
The court is the hard part.
A canopy over a tennis court usually fails for one of four reasons: a column lands in the run-off, the drip line falls across a baseline, the open roof behaves like a sail, or the gutter cannot handle a monsoon afternoon. All four are settled on the layout drawing, before any steel is cut.
Water leaves the court
Valleys and gutters run to one side, with downpipes outside the playing area. The drip line is checked against the baseline, the umpire chair, the players' benches and the walkway to the clubhouse.
Wind, open and closed
A retractable roof parks in a defined position and is tied down there. The structure is designed for a stated open condition and a stated closed condition — ask for both cases in writing, with the wind speed that applies to each.
Light, not only shade
Translucent PVC or PVDF keeps the court playable at 16:00 without switching the floodlights on. Where the club plays at night, the lighting positions and beam angles are fixed before the membrane geometry is finalised.
02 Configuration
Three ways
to cover a court.
A full retractable roof over the playing area, a fixed membrane over circulation and spectator zones, or a retractable roof over part of the courts with the rest left open. Most clubs cover one court first and add bays later, so the frame is detailed for a future extension from the first drawing.
- Single court, a bank of courts, or a phased layout
- The roof parks over a fixed section, never over the fence
- Side walls, wind screens and lighting on request
- Court reference
- 23.77 × 10.97 m doubles court, plus run-off to your federation standard
- Roof forms
- Motorised retractable fabric roof, fixed tensile membrane, or a hybrid of both
- Frame
- Powder-coated steel or 6063-T5 aluminium
- Membrane
- PVDF tensile membrane or translucent PVC roof sheet
- Operation
- Sectional motorised roof with control panel; manual override discussed at design stage
- Design basis
- Wind and snow loads confirmed for the destination before drawings are issued
- Packing
- Flat-packed export cartons, labelled by assembly group, with packing list
03 Photographs
Courts under cover.
Reference installations across this range. Sizes, colours and membranes vary by project — send a photo of your site and we will say which of these is closest.
04 How it works
From your drawing
to the container.
Every project follows the same four steps. Nothing is cut until the drawing is approved and the deposit is received.
- 01
Send the court layout
Court dimensions, fence positions, photos of the site, and any federation run-off requirement.
- 02
Drawing and calculation
Layout drawing with column positions, roof parking position and drainage, plus the calculation for the agreed specification.
- 03
Fixed quotation
Scope, membrane, frame finish, mechanism, packing and delivery terms in writing — priced against the drawing, not a catalogue.
- 04
Production and packing
Frame cut, coated and trial-assembled; membrane welded; everything labelled by assembly group and packed against a loading plan.
05 Questions
Before you
send a drawing.
Something not covered here? Send the question on WhatsApp — we answer in English. All questions
Can a roof be added to a court that already has a fence?
Yes, and it is the usual case. Fence posts are rarely designed to carry a roof, so the structure gets its own foundations behind the fence line. The drawing shows which fence panels are removed and refitted, and which posts are replaced.
Does the roof have to be closed in bad weather?
That depends on the design case, and the answer belongs in writing. We issue the open and closed wind conditions with the drawing so the club can write a simple operating rule for the staff, instead of guessing.
Can we cover one court now and extend later?
Yes, if the extension is allowed for at the first stage: frame ends, foundations and drainage sized for the final layout. Adding a second bay later to a frame that was never detailed for it is the expensive version.
How is a court roof priced?
Per square metre of covered area, adjusted for span, membrane type, number of moving bays and the destination. Prices are quoted per project because two 20 × 40 m courts can differ by a factor of two.
What do you need in order to quote?
A plan with court dimensions and fence positions, the number of courts, photos of the site, the country and city, and the wind or snow requirement your engineer or authority applies.
Send a photo and a dimension. Get a drawing, then a price.
No catalogue numbers, no online checkout. Tell us the site, the span and the destination, and the quotation is built against the layout you approve.
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