The Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center is a multifunctional sports facility in
Longgang District, Shenzhen
Longgang District () is one of the nine districts of Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is located in northeastern Shenzhen. With an area of , Longgang District is one of the largest districts by area in Guangdong province. The population of the district is ...
, China. The sports center consists of mainly an international tennis center and an international cycling velo-drome. The international tennis center is the venue for the
ATP Shenzhen Open and
WTA Shenzhen Open
The Shenzhen Open (also known as the Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship purposes) is a professional women's tennis tournament. It is played on outdoor hard courts of the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Center, which has 32 outdoor and indoor courts ...
.
The Longgang District Works Department remodeled the sports center's basketball, badminton, and tennis facilities from January to March 2011 in preparation for the
2011 Summer Universiade
The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Èr líng yī yī Nián xiàjì shìjiè dàxuéshēng yùndònghuì), the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, p=Dì Èrshíl ...
, for events not hosted at the nearby
Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre
Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre (), also known as Shenzhen Universiade Centre, Longgang Universiade Sports Centre, or Longgang Stadium, is a multi-use sport facilities complex in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Chin ...
. The newly-remodeled basketball arena occupied a plot area of and had a capacity of 1,850. The tennis center occupied a plot area of , and its main court had a capacity of 4,150.
Eleven additional tennis courts were newly constructed for use as practice venues or for semi-finals matches. The basketball and badminton courts were used as practice facilities for Universiade athletes, while the tennis courts were used both as practice facilities and as the venue for the
actual competition.
The center provides no-fee entry for use of the sports facilities.
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Longgang District, Shenzhen
Sports venues in Shenzhen