Grass courts: Fast and low In the past 25 years or so, tennis has grown more homogenized. Gone are the days of serve-and-volley maestros such as Boris Becker, Martina Navratilova and Pete Sampras ...

Tennis court conditions are complicated: they will feel faster or slower for different players and playstyles, and atmospheric conditions and balls can make the same court play very differently.

Former world number one Feliciano Lopez has highlighted an ‘issue’ that has been faced in professional tennis. Tennis remains ...

Tennis players are exposed to high-heat environments during matches. Different tennis court surfaces can have different thermal environments, necessitating suitable countermeasures. In a new study ...

Last fall McConnell's Don Hubbard, tennis court superintendent, Jaime Ocampo, foreman, and Dan Treiber, owner of Tennis Services of Iowa, were asked to assist Melbourne's W.M. Loud in resurfacing ...

More information: Hiroki Yamaguchi et al, Using wet-bulb globe temperature meters to examine the effect of heat on various tennis court surfaces, Scientific Reports (2024).

Studies show that leg and foot injuries are prevalent among amateur tennis players. Ankle sprains, Achilles tendon issues and plantar fasciitis (pain in the bottom of the foot) are among the most ...