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Rebound Ace is a cushioned tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 hardcourt
Tennis court

A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match....
 comprising layers of polyurethane
Polyurethane

A polyurethane, commonly abbreviated PU, is any polymer consisting of a chain of organic chemistry units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed by reacting a monomer containing at least two isocyanate functional groups with another monomer containing at least two alcohol groups in the presence of a catalyst....
 rubber
Rubber

Natural rubber is an elastomer?an Elasticity_ hydrocarbon polymer?that was originally derived from a milky colloidal suspension, or latex , found in the sap of some plants....
, fiberglass
Fiberglass

Fiberglass, , is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer or glass-reinforced plastic , is called "fiberglass" in popular usage....
, and other materials on top of an asphalt
Asphalt

Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscosity liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum....
 or reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete is concrete in which steel reinforcement bars or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle....
 base. It is manufactured by Rebound Ace Sports Pty Ltd, based in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
.

g other things, the friction
Friction

File:Friction alt.svgFriction is the force resisting the relative lateral motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, or material elements in contact....
 of the surface of Rebound Ace can be varied by increasing or decreasing the amount of sand in the top layer thereby customising the ball bounce and general speed of the court. Rebound Ace is sometimes compared with DecoTurf
DecoTurf

DecoTurf is a tennis Tennis_court#hard_courts comprising layers of Polymethyl methacrylate, rubber, silica, and other materials on top of an asphalt or concrete base....
, which is used at the US Open
U.S. Open (tennis)

The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....
, however Rebound Ace is built with more cushioning.

1988 until May 30 2007, Rebound Ace was the official surface of the Australian Open
Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
, when it was replaced by Plexicushion
Plexicushion

Plexicushion is a tennis surface system made by Plexipave, a company based in Massachusetts, USA....
.

It was subject to some controversy in recent years when some tennis players argued that it got very sticky with high temperatures, increasing the chances of injuries.






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Rebound Ace is a cushioned tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 hardcourt
Tennis court

A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match....
 comprising layers of polyurethane
Polyurethane

A polyurethane, commonly abbreviated PU, is any polymer consisting of a chain of organic chemistry units joined by carbamate links. Polyurethane polymers are formed by reacting a monomer containing at least two isocyanate functional groups with another monomer containing at least two alcohol groups in the presence of a catalyst....
 rubber
Rubber

Natural rubber is an elastomer?an Elasticity_ hydrocarbon polymer?that was originally derived from a milky colloidal suspension, or latex , found in the sap of some plants....
, fiberglass
Fiberglass

Fiberglass, , is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer or glass-reinforced plastic , is called "fiberglass" in popular usage....
, and other materials on top of an asphalt
Asphalt

Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscosity liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum....
 or reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete is concrete in which steel reinforcement bars or fibers have been incorporated to strengthen a material that would otherwise be brittle....
 base. It is manufactured by Rebound Ace Sports Pty Ltd, based in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
.

Properties

Among other things, the friction
Friction

File:Friction alt.svgFriction is the force resisting the relative lateral motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, or material elements in contact....
 of the surface of Rebound Ace can be varied by increasing or decreasing the amount of sand in the top layer thereby customising the ball bounce and general speed of the court. Rebound Ace is sometimes compared with DecoTurf
DecoTurf

DecoTurf is a tennis Tennis_court#hard_courts comprising layers of Polymethyl methacrylate, rubber, silica, and other materials on top of an asphalt or concrete base....
, which is used at the US Open
U.S. Open (tennis)

The US Open tennis tournament is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first contested in 1881. The tournament is chronologically the fourth and final Grand Slam tennis tournament each year....
, however Rebound Ace is built with more cushioning.

Australian Open

From 1988 until May 30 2007, Rebound Ace was the official surface of the Australian Open
Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
, when it was replaced by Plexicushion
Plexicushion

Plexicushion is a tennis surface system made by Plexipave, a company based in Massachusetts, USA....
.

It was subject to some controversy in recent years when some tennis players argued that it got very sticky with high temperatures, increasing the chances of injuries. However, evidence points to it being no worse than other hard courts. A recent quote by Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee is a retired Australian tennis player and prominent sports administrator....
 indicates that investigations found nothing, commenting that injuries are "inevitable on any hard court" and that:

Rebound Ace was also used at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, at Homebush Bay in the Sydney Olympic Park
Sydney Olympic Park

File:Australia stadium aka ANZ stadium.jpgSydney Olympic Park is a 640-hectare site located in the suburb of Homebush Bay, New South Wales in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
,

Other product uses

Although Rebound Ace is most well known for its use in tennis courts, also branded under the name Rebound Ace are a wide range of hardcourt
Tennis court

A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both Types of tennis match....
 and cushioned sports systems, such as used at Seaworld
SeaWorld

SeaWorld is a chain of marine mammal parks in the United States. The parks feature Captive orca, sea lion, and dolphin shows and zoological displays featuring various other marine animals....
 in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
. Rebound Ace HSA Club is a tennis hardcourt surface that differs from Rebound Ace, in that it has less cushioning, and also has been shown to retain less heat.

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