WHY SO BLUE?
If you saw Tuesday’s The Surface of Champions infographic, it probably got you wondering more about the change in DecoTurf® court color at the US Open. If you didn’t you can catch up here. To answer this curiosity we present you with a video and article featuring one of our VP’s, John Graham. The first is specific to the US Open. The second discusses tennis court color trends as a whole, focusing on installations such as the US Open, the Australian Open, and Olympic venues.
“The typical pro court is now blue,” says John Graham, managing director of Andover, Mass.-based DecoTurf®. “We’ve seen a huge swing — now we have standard light and dark blues, Olympic blue, Australian Open blue. The China Open is two shades of blue, and that’s considered maybe a fifth Grand Slam.”
Click here to continue reading Athletic Business’s article, Different Color Combinations Enliven Tennis Courts