For a covering of soil courts mixes from clay, sand, дроблёного a brick or a stone, quite often, with addition of a rubber and plastic crumb are used. Usual colour of soil courts — red-brown or dark green.

Soil courts are considered as the slowest, with high отскоком a ball. Accordingly, and rate of game on them the slowest, with long draws. Tennis players use sliding at movement on court and at the moment of performance of blows.

On soil courts the Open championship of France is spent. The most successful players on such courts traditionally are tennis players from Spain, France and the South America.