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**Zpxbawtz** · 04-08-2008, 07:50 PM

I agree. it is NOT a minority surface. It's by far the most common surface in tennis clubs in Europe and South America. If you start playing tennis here, you start on clay. (and as for hobby player like me- we keep playing on clay only, safe winter practise indoors.) I just think cutting back the clay events played is an inbuilt disadvantage for all players growing up in Europe and South America.

Minority surface at the highest levels of a game only!!! Even most challengers are on clay - it's probably cheaper that way...

Growing up on clay is not a disadvantage (vast majority of top 100 players started on that surface) unless you forget to move on to "better things" (that refers to many Italians, Spaniards and Argentineans)...

04-08-2008, 07:50 PM	#21
Zpxbawtz Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 660 Senior Member	I agree. it is NOT a minority surface. It's by far the most common surface in tennis clubs in Europe and South America. If you start playing tennis here, you start on clay. (and as for hobby player like me- we keep playing on clay only, safe winter practise indoors.) I just think cutting back the clay events played is an inbuilt disadvantage for all players growing up in Europe and South America. Minority surface at the highest levels of a game only!!! Even most challengers are on clay - it's probably cheaper that way... Growing up on clay is not a disadvantage (vast majority of top 100 players started on that surface) unless you forget to move on to "better things" (that refers to many Italians, Spaniards and Argentineans)...
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