# Law 2: Permanent Fixtures (ITF Rules of Tennis)

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What the Rules count as the court's permanent fixtures: the backstops and sidestops, spectators and their stands, everything around and above the court, and officials and ball persons in their places; how the net is treated in singles with singles sticks, and what may be attached to a net post.

## 2.21 Permanent Fixtures

The fixtures around and above the court, the people who count as fixtures, the doubles net in a singles match, and attachments on the net posts.

### Test 1: What counts as a permanent fixture

- The surroundings of the court, from the backstops and sidestops to the seating and anything overhead, count as permanent fixtures; the net itself does not. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2)
- The Rules list the spectators alongside the stands and seats they sit in. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2)
- Chair, line and net umpires and ball persons are fixtures when they are in their recognised positions. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2)
- With singles sticks in place, the net posts and the net beyond the sticks become fixtures, not net posts or net. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2)
- Attachments are allowed when their size and placement are reasonable and they are approved Player Analysis Technology. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2, Case 1)
- The guide limits are 50 cm wide, 40 cm deep and 122 cm tall. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2, Case 1)
- It may reach at most 20 cm above the post, 20 cm out from the plane of the net and 10 cm inside the post. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2, Case 1)
- 10 cm, 20 cm, 40 cm, 50 cm and 122 cm. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2, Case 1)
- Approval comes first, then a reasonable size, then the guide limits for where it sits. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2, Case 1)
- The backstop, the stand and the umpire in the chair are permanent fixtures; the net is not one. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2)

Sources: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 2 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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