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16 • ITF Global Tennis Report 2021 TOTAL NUMBER OF TENNIS COURTS The number of tennis courts in existence around the world, both indoor and outdoor. From the 41 contribu ng Na onal Associa ons: • There are 578,681 tennis courts iden fied, an increase of 28.2% for these na ons since 2018. • 90% of these courts are in 17 na ons. See Fig 9 See Appendix B for the cumula ve total distribu ons for total tennis courts. • 93.3% of these tennis courts are in three regions: North America, Europe and Asia. See Fig 10 See Appendix C for the breakdown of total tennis courts, by region. RATIO OF TOTAL TENNIS COURTS TO POPULATION Using each na on's total tennis court numbers, we calculated the total number of tennis courts rela ve to a na on's popula on (using popula on data from United Na ons World Popula on Prospects 2019). Results are reported per 1,000 popula on. From the 41 contribu ng Na onal Associa ons: • There are 8,815 people and 151 players for every tennis court iden fied (185 players in 2018). • The Oceania region has the highest propor on of tennis courts rela ve to its popula on (0.65 courts per 1,000 people, or 1,530 people per court). See Fig 11 and 12 The global landscape for access to tennis con nued