How to Use clay court in a Sentence

clay court

noun

• Djokovic is one of two players to beat him on the clay court.
  — Jimmy Hascup, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2020
• The matches will be played on an outdoor clay court in Zadar.
  — Brian Mahoney, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
• Rafael Nadal and clay court tennis are a match made in greatness heaven.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 June 2018
• All 14 clay courts and four hard courts have been resurfaced by ProWorld.
  — Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Halep excels at this type of play, more frequently seen on clay courts than grass, and soon enough was on her way.
  — Howard Fendrich, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2019
• The clay courts were resurfaced, the lights were upgraded, and new nets were installed.
  — David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
• For people who find grass too rarefied, there are six clay courts and two cushioned hardtop courts.
  — Thomas Swick, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2025
• That attitude is ideal for the clay court season.
  — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
• Ben Shelton’s drive to be formidable on a clay court has hit a sticky patch.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 23 May 2026
• Because Rafa is, of course, the best player ever to play tennis on clay courts.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 19 May 2018
• These best-selling tennis balls are best for hard courts, but can also be used on indoor courts, as well as clay courts.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024
• But there were no tumbles or stumbles on Monday on the most important clay court in the world.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2021
• The Roger Pro 2 Clay tennis shoes by On are made for great play on clay courts.
  — Molly Harris, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2025
• She’s based in Spain and her coach, Spaniard Pere Riba, knows his way around a clay court.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
• Over the weekend, guests played tennis on the resort’s immaculate green clay courts.
  — Julia Echikson, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020
• Olympic tennis will take place on the clay courts of Roland Garros, home of the French Open.
  — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 24 July 2024
• Rublev first threw his racket to the clay court at the end of the first set and was subsequently given a warning by the umpire.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
• The 28-year-old British star has quietly put in practice hours and matches to lift her clay court game.
  — Vanja Lakic, SI.com, 5 June 2019
• Fish suggested a clay court would be easier to maintain and more helpful to Cousins’ game.
  — Ben Goessling, Star Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020
• As tennis moves to clay courts for the next few months, one of the sport’s greatest on the surface will be abscent for the first time in two decades.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
• That final was played outside, in a rainstorm, on a clay court that probably would have been better served that day as a slip-and-slide.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Hawk-Eye still isn’t used to check calls in clay court matches, with umpires instead coming down to check the ball marks themselves.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
• There were more than 50 of the top college tennis coaches and scouts surveying the young talent on the clay courts.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 2 July 2019
• The racket could be seen bending as Medvedev repeatedly whacked it on the clay court, as the crowd cheered with every strike.
  — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
• There are simply too many rankings points up for grabs on clay courts for someone with designs on reaching the top of the game to concede anything.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Tennibot can collect up to 80 balls, works on hard and clay courts and operates off a battery that can last up to five hours.
  — William Thornton, AL.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• That doesn’t really work on slippery clay courts like the ones across Europe, especially in the late spring heat.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026
• At the French Open and other clay court tournaments, the ball leaves a mark that umpires often inspect.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 July 2023
• Seems to raise all sorts of interesting questions, including the use of Hawk-Eye on clay courts.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• As more than a thousand tennis clubs popped up across the country, all with clay courts, Spanish players learnt to adapt to the slower pace of play.
  — Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 15 July 2024