Beach tennis is played in over 50 countries and by more than half a million people, with its greatest popularity occurring in Italy, Brazil and Spain.

Beach tennis offers a highly aerobic cardio workout with low impact to the knees and joints because it is played on sand.

The sport preserves most of the rules and scoring of traditional tennis, but the ball is not allowed to touch the ground, and other modifications have been made to adapt to movement around the sand court and to the faster pace of the game.

Also in 2015, a team championship tournament was held in Moscow with participants from 28 countries, with adult, junior, male and female teams Beach tennis was formalized in the United States in 2005 by Marc Altheim,[4] who discovered the sport on a trip to Aruba in 2003.

In 2007, BT USA reached television deals with the Tennis Channel and SNY, but the organization is no longer active.

The Beach Tennis Association currently maintains player rankings and operates tournaments in Southern California.