The world's highest tennis court sits atop a skyscraper in Dubai

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The world's highest tennis court sits atop a skyscraper in Dubai

Perched 692 feet above the Arabian Gulf, the helipad of the Burj Al Arab hotel was famously transformed into a grass tennis court for a high-stakes exhibition match.

Located at the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel, this circular platform briefly became the highest tennis court in history during a 2005 promotional event. Tennis legends Roger Federer and Andre Agassi played a friendly match on the emerald-green surface, which lacks any perimeter fencing.

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