Tao Tennis Center
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Francis Field Dirt Courts |
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| place | Olympian Way St. Louis , Missouri
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 38 '57.3 " N , 90 ° 18' 48.4" W |
| owner | Washington University |
| operator | Washington University |
| Renovations | 2006 |
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The Tao Tennis Center (formerly Francis Field Dirt Courts ) is a tennis facility on the Washington University campus in St. Louis , Missouri .
As part of the Summer Olympic Games in 1904 took place on the system before Francis High School , the tennis competitions held. In summer 2006 the Tao Tennis Center was renovated and equipped with a new floor. This is based on the colors of the university with green and red. The facility also received new lighting, fences, windshields, nets, stands and a second tool shed.
The facility owes its current name to William KY Tao. He was involved in the renovation of the university's entire sports complex in 1985.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ George R. Matthews: America's First Olympics: The St. Louis Games of 1904 . University of Missouri Press, Columbia (Missouri) 2005, ISBN 978-0-8262-1588-8 , pp. 158 (English).
Competition venues for the 1904 Summer Olympics
