Padel court dimensions,
every measurement on one page

A padel court is a walled rectangle, 20 m long and 10 m wide, split by a net and closed in by glass and metal mesh. The walls are part of the game: a ball that bounces on the floor and then hits the glass is still live. Every number here comes from the FIP Rules of Padel, the rulebook the LTA follows in Britain.

Walls: glass, mesh and the 4 m rule

The back walls are 4 m (13.1 ft) high: 3 m of solid rebound wall, almost always toughened glass in the UK, with 1 m of steel mesh on top. The side walls are stepped. The glass is 3 m high for the first 2 m from each back wall, 2 m high for the next 2 m, and the central 12 m of each side is mesh only. Mesh fills in above the glass, so the enclosure stands 4 m high at the corners and 3 m everywhere else.

The glass is 10 mm or 12 mm toughened glass, and the LTA court data sheet asks for 12 mm as the UK minimum. The FIP also allows brick or concrete in one uniform colour.

That 4 m back wall is also the best camera position. If you film a match for AI video analysis, rest the phone on top of the back glass: from there it sees the whole 20 m in depth, which the analysis needs to judge a lob.

The floor

The FIP permits cement (in practice porous concrete), synthetic resin and artificial grass. Almost every UK court uses sand-dressed artificial turf. The floor is one colour, green, blue or terracotta, with 5 cm lines in white or black.

Padel court dimensions vs tennis and squash

A tennis court is 23.77 m by 8.23 m for singles (78 ft by 27 ft) and 10.97 m (36 ft) wide for doubles, with a higher net at 0.914 m. A padel court's 200 m² floor is smaller than a tennis doubles court's 261 m² and needs no run-off: the wall is the boundary. A squash court is 9.75 m by 6.4 m (32 ft by 21 ft), about a third of the padel floor. In squash the ball may hit the wall before it bounces; under the padel rules it must bounce on the floor first, and the mesh is out.

Singles, indoor and covered courts

A singles court is 20 m by 6 m (65.6 ft by 19.7 ft) with the same walls. The current FIP rulebook covers only doubles. Indoor and covered courts keep the same floor, but the FIP requires 6 m (19.7 ft) of clear height above the whole court, 8 m (26.2 ft) recommended for new facilities, with no lights or beams below that line. A covered court is an outdoor court under a canopy.

How many padel courts are there in the UK?

The LTA counted 1,553 padel courts across 559 venues in Great Britain at the end of 2025, up from 870 courts at the end of 2024 and 69 in 2020. The same report counts 860,000 players, more than double the year before.

How much does a padel court cost to build?

The LTA construction guidance gives a UK range of £60,000 to £270,000 and an indicative £71,000 for one floodlit outdoor court: about £36,000 for the court with lights and £35,000 for the ring beam, base, ducting and drainage. Two courts come to about £148,000 and four to about £268,000. A canopy adds around £75,000 per court. Planning, parking and changing rooms are extra, and the LTA notes that 3 m and 4 m glass and mesh walls need planning permission.

How to find and book a padel court

The LTA court finder lists every registered venue in Britain with a link to its booking page. Read how to play padel and the serve rules before your first booking, then look for an Americano night, the easiest way to meet players at your level. If you host one, the Americano organiser in Padel AI runs the draw and the scoring.