platform tennis
noun
: a variation of paddle tennis that is played on a platform enclosed by a wire fence
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Murphy said the couple also is considering constructing several amenities on the property, including possibly a toboggan run and platform tennis. 
Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2022 To the west of where BrewDog is, platform tennis courts are going in. Marc Bona, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021 Paddle or platform tennis, as it is called, is played on raised courts with heaters underneath so the sport can be played in the winter. Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2019 The park district currently has four platform tennis courts at Keystone Park, 430 Keystone Ave. Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2019 With interest in its platform tennis offerings increasing, the River Forest Park District has received permission to keep its lights at its courts on a half-hour later each day. Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2019 The couple met in 2017, when mutual friends invited Ms. Lamb to watch Mr. FitzSimons play in a platform tennis tournament in Larchmont. New York Times, 10 June 2018 For two years during my teens, my partner and I were ranked number one in the country in platform tennis. S. Kirk Walsh, Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018 Among the 90-plus athletes Isenbarger had to get past were 2017 Linear Bocce World Champion Bond Sandoe III; Butler University tennis coach and former standout player Parker Ross; and George S. Higgins, ranked 49th in the country in platform tennis. Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2018 See More
Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2022 To the west of where BrewDog is, platform tennis courts are going in. Marc Bona, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2021 Paddle or platform tennis, as it is called, is played on raised courts with heaters underneath so the sport can be played in the winter. Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2019 The park district currently has four platform tennis courts at Keystone Park, 430 Keystone Ave. Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2019 With interest in its platform tennis offerings increasing, the River Forest Park District has received permission to keep its lights at its courts on a half-hour later each day. Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2019 The couple met in 2017, when mutual friends invited Ms. Lamb to watch Mr. FitzSimons play in a platform tennis tournament in Larchmont. New York Times, 10 June 2018 For two years during my teens, my partner and I were ranked number one in the country in platform tennis. S. Kirk Walsh, Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018 Among the 90-plus athletes Isenbarger had to get past were 2017 Linear Bocce World Champion Bond Sandoe III; Butler University tennis coach and former standout player Parker Ross; and George S. Higgins, ranked 49th in the country in platform tennis. Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined above