Abstract: The simulated grass pile fabric of this invention is of the woven or warp knit type and is characterized by having a dense pile surface defining a playing surface on which a playing ball will roll substantially equally free in all directions and will bounce substantially equally true in all directions, and the pile surface is formed of textured multifilament pile yarns of a yarn size greater than 4500 denier interlaced with a base of synthetic warp and filling yarns, wherein the warp yarns are of a yarn size in the range of about 1300 to 2200 denier and the filling yarns are fibrillated monofilament yarns of a yarn size in the range of about 2200 to 4400 denier.