Pickleball is a fast-growing, social paddle sport that blends elements of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong, played on a badminton-sized court with a lowered net. Using solid paddles and a perforated plastic ball, it is accessible for all ages and skill levels, often played in doubles.
A standard pickleball court measures 6.10 meters (20 feet) in width and 13.41 meters (44 feet) in length for both singles and doubles play. The total playing area is 81.75 square meters. The non-volley zone ("kitchen") extends 2.13 meters from the net on both sides.
Key Metric Dimensions:
Total Court Size: 6.10 m x 13.41 m
Net Height: 0.86 m (34 inches) at the center, 0.91 m (36 inches) at the sidelines
Kitchen (Non-Volley Zone): 2.13 m from the net on both sides
Service Area: 3.05 m x 4.57 m (approx.)
Recommended Total Space: 9.14 m x 18.29 m (30 ft x 60 ft) to allow for out-of-bounds space
The court size is identical to a standard doubles badminton court.
Standard Pickleball Court Dimensions
What's the difference between a pickleball court and a tennis court?
Tennis courts are a lot bigger than pickleball courts and have different markings.
Tennis courts are 36ft wide (including doubles lines) and 78ft (23.77m) long, whereas pickleball courts are 20ft (6.10m) wide and 44ft (13.41m) long, meaning tennis courts are 80% wider and 77% longer!
| Pickleball Court | Tennis Court | |
| Court Length | 44ft (13.41m) | 78ft (23.771m) |
| Court Width (Singles) | 20ft (6.10m) | 27ft (8.23m) |
| Court Width (Doubles) | 20ft (6.10m) | 36ft (10.971m) |
| Net Height (Centre) | 34 inches (86.36cm/2.83ft) | 36 inches (91.44cm/3ft) |
| Net Height (Sideline) | 36 inches (91.44cm/3ft) | 42 inches (1.07cm/3.5ft) |
| No Volley Zone | 7ft from the net | None |
| Service Area Width | 10ft (3.05m) | 13.5ft (4.11m) |
| Service Area Length | 15ft (4.57m) from the baseline | 21ft (6.4m) from the net |
| Total Surface Area (SIngles） | 880ft² | 2106ft² |
| Total Surface Area (Double) | 880ft² | 2808ft² |
*Pickleball courts are the same size for singles and doubles games. Tennis courts are wider for doubles matches compared to singles.
Although the EN12193 standard does not specify lighting design requirements for pickleball courts, since pickleball court is similar to tennis courts, we can adopt a method similar to that used in tennis court lighting design.
Below is the basic lighting design requirements for a pickleball court under RP-6-22
| Area of play | Ehor @0.91m | Max CV | Uniformity Ration |
| Class II | 750lx | 0.13 | 1.7:1 Max:Min |
| Class III | 500lx | 0.17 | 2:1 Max:Min |
| Class IV | 300lx | 0.21 | 2.5:1 Max:Min |
Since the pickleball court is similar with tennis courts, Overall, tennis court lighting design principles can be used as a reference.
Pole placement for a single pickleball court with 2 poles as below :
Pole placement for a single pickleball court with 4 poles as below :
Pole placement for two pickleball courts with 4 poles as below :
Pickleball courts are typically arranged in multi-court configurations. This is a lighting design example from Musco lighting for a pickleball court complex.
Although the EN12193 standard does not specify lighting design requirements for pickleball courts, since pickleball court is similar to tennis courts, we can adopt a method similar to that used in tennis court lighting design.
Double Pickleball courts with 4 poles 300lx
