The document provides information on properly lighting a tennis court, including: 1) Maintaining light levels of 60-75 average foot candles as a minimum for residential courts and 75-100 as sufficient for most applications. 2) Choosing lighting fixtures that minimize glare and maximize light levels and uniformity across the court. 3) Regularly cleaning and maintaining fixtures to maintain good performance and light levels over the life of the lamps.

1. Tennis Court Lighting Accomplishing Your Tennis Court Lighting Goals: One of the most important goals of your new lighting system is the ability to see and follow the ball consistently across the court. Properly designed tennis court lighting fixtures are typically forward throw fixtures which have precision optics or cut off characteristics which maximize light levels and minimize glare from the field of view.