Pickleball Court Dimensions Chart
USA Pickleball, the sport's official governing body, publishes exact court and equipment dimensions, and building or marking a court even slightly off these numbers changes how the game plays, particularly around the non-volley zone. This chart lists the official measurements for court size, net height, and surrounding clearance.
Court dimensions
Overall court: 20 feet wide by 44 feet long, identical for both singles and doubles play, unlike tennis where singles and doubles use different court widths.
Non-volley zone (the kitchen): extends 7 feet back from the net on each side, spanning the full width of the court, a total of 14 feet from baseline-facing edge to baseline-facing edge measuring from one non-volley line to the other.
Service courts: each side of the court is divided into two service courts by a center line, with each service court measuring 10 feet wide by 15 feet deep (from the non-volley line to the baseline).
Line width: all court lines should be 2 inches wide and a color that clearly contrasts with the playing surface, which counts as part of the court's playing dimensions per official rules.
Net specifications
Net height at the sidelines: 36 inches.
Net height at the center: 34 inches, lower than the sidelines to create a slight sag that mirrors tennis net conventions.
Net posts: placed 22 feet apart, positioned 1 foot outside the sidelines on each side, and should be no more than 3 inches in diameter.
Recommended surrounding clearance
Minimum playing surface (court plus immediate surrounding space): USA Pickleball recommends at least 30 feet by 60 feet total for a single court, giving players run-off room behind the baselines and beside the sidelines for safe play.
Tournament-level clearance: competitive and tournament play often calls for more generous clearance, sometimes 34 feet by 64 feet or larger, to accommodate more aggressive play and spectator space along the perimeter.
Overhead clearance: a minimum of 18-21 feet of unobstructed overhead space is recommended for indoor courts, since lobbed and high-arcing shots need real vertical room to be playable.