Venue:Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Court

Location:Olympic Green

Type:New

Use during Olympic Games:Tennis

Use during Paralympic Games:Wheelchair Tennis

Floor area (sq m):26,514

Permanent seats:17,400

Temporary seats:None

Groundbreaking date:March 23, 2007

Planned completion date:October 1, 2007

(BEIJING, October 5) -- The flower-shaped Olympic Green Tennis Center is meticulously designed for natural ventilation to ensure the quality of the competitions for athletes and spectators.

The center's three main courts are dodecagonal with each of the 12 sides as a stands. The gray cement walls around each of the 12 sections form 12 stands which look like 12 petals of a lotus flower in the Olympic Forest Park.

With 10 competition courts, the venue covers a surface area of 16.68 hectares and has a building area of 26,514 square meters. The venue has a capacity of 17,400 seats, including 10,000 seats in the main court; 4,000 seats in the No. 1 cour; 2,000 seats in the No. 2 court; and 1,400 seats in the seven preliminary competition courts at the No. 2 platform. Next year, the Olympic tennis and Paralympic wheelchair tennis competitions will be held at the Center.