Supreme Court
For seventeen years, Supreme Court has been the touring professional's indoor surface. It was exclusively created with the input of tour managers to produce a very specific, defined tennis game that could be altered to achieve a speed and type of play tailored to the professionals using the court. Supreme is made of a unique type of reinforced vinyl that can be formulated to any desired surface. Its truly cushioned backing can be foamed with closed cell, open cell or combined and made with or without air.

With years of experience, technological advances, and extensive lab tests, Supreme Allweather Surfaces, Inc., the manufacturers of Supreme Court, have created a predictable performance tennis court surface. This unique predictability results from combinations of four variables when designing a specific Supreme Court surface. Taken one at a time, or collectively, a surface can be custom designed to meet specific objectives, whether professional, club or retirement community level of play. An understanding of these four primary variables will provide an appreciation of their effects on the game.

Traditionally in hard courts, only surface friction is used to effect ball speed and/or alter its trajectory and provide for desired footing. At the expense of maintenance in clay courts, surface movement and foot slide produce comfortably slower play. Being made of vinyl, Supreme has several other variations that can be employed during manufacturing to achieve the desired results. Specifically, Supreme is stretchable, so that ball or shoe contact will lift the surface ahead and allow desired give and travel.

Altering the elongation (stretch) and amount of free air (cushion) under the surface of Supreme affects the surface contact time prior to ball restitution (bounce). Two primary things happen during this micro second of additional time. First, the stretch allows for more surface to come in contact with the ball and accentuates the effects of the surface friction. Second, the stretch in the direction of ball travel allows the surface to slightly mound up in front of the ball. Controlling these primary factors allows for a predictable bounce.

These same alterations allow for the surface to give in the direction of foot travel prior to the foot coming to a dead stop (a slight movement similar to the slide on a clay court). This slight delay in abrupt stopping is used to minimize the energy absorption of lower body components. A true benefit of a stretchable fully cushioned surface.

Using these variables in combination with an acceptable coefficient of friction reduces the need to sacrifice biomechanical kindness by simply increasing friction. Benefits are three-fold: balls last longer.. .shoes last longer...legs last longer.

All surfaces are manufactured in the Supreme Allweather Surfaces' factory and are shipped in twelve foot wide rolls. They can be easily installed indoors and out, as a new surface, resurfacing over existing courts, and laid on difficult sub-bases; such as old cracked surfaces, courts with water problems, and rooftops. The entire court surface is installed in a matter of days and can be put into immediate use.

Outdoor Supreme
After years of successful use for indoor tennis, Supreme now has a proven system for outdoor application. Two years of field tests have proven Outdoor Supreme. This surface utilizes a similar vinyl technology for the basic surface construction. After laying the vinyl surface, the seams are sealed and a uniform color coating is applied. This process is so unique that there is a patent pending.

The surface creates its own playing platform, and, as such, easily bridges problem bases and substantial cracks. This is an ultimate cure for bases that are difficult to keep in repair because of natural ground or building movement. As a rooftop or parking garage court, visualize Outdoor Supreme as a heavy, impervious tarpaulin that runs end to end and side to side over any type of deck.

In addition to the ease of use and comfort of Supreme's indoor or outdoor use, remember, what is actually being played on is the same tennis court surface that has been the quality standard of the touring professionals for seventeen years.