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How much does a tennis ball weigh?
58 g2.05 oz
A tennis ball weighs about 58 g (2.05 oz).
Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it. Source for this figure: ITF Approval of Tennis Balls 2025.
How heavy is that?
- A tennis ball weighs about as much as 58 paperclips.
- A tennis ball weighs about as much as 2,300 grains of rice.
- It takes about 17 tennis balls to balance a liter of water.
- It takes about 1,100 tennis balls to balance a person.
About the same weight
More sports balls and gear
- Ping pong ball 2.7 g
- Shuttlecock 5.12 g
- Golf ball 45.9 g
- Baseball 145 g
- Pool ball 163 g
- Hockey puck 163 g
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