KYCKnow your court

A panoramic glass-and-mesh court.

A doubles padel court is a 20 × 10 m rectangle, enclosed on every side. The back walls and the first stretch of each side are glass; the rest is metal mesh. The walls are part of the game.

• GlassThe back walls and the first panels of each side are glass. After one bounce on your side, the ball can come off the glass and still be yours to play.
• FrameA steel frame holds the glass and the metal mesh. In a rally the ball may touch the mesh after a bounce; on the serve, it is a fault.
• StructureMesh panels close the court above and beside the glass, so the ball stays in play. The net splits it into two halves of 10 × 10 m.