INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — It’s an annual ritual. Players descend on the California desert and almost universally declare it an ideal location for a major tennis tournament. The sun, the dry air ...

From cliffside clay courts in the Swiss Alps, to the salsa capital in Cali, Colombia, photographer Nick Pachelli highlights the world’s unique courts.

In those short few months, that has netted more than $10,000 for the Vikings’ tennis program. “That money pays for everything from signage to balls, equipment, things like that,” Kingman said.