Tennis Court SPeeds: where to find

[tonicjuice]

I read in an espn article that Tennis federation measures all atp and wta courts speeds and categorizes them 1 to 5 (1 being slowest and 5 being fastest). Does anyone know how to find this info? For example if i want to find the rating for upcoming ATP dubai champion shiops or the acapulco tournament, where do i check the court speed. Also, each tournament has more than 1 court....are all the courts same speed for a tournament or each court can vary in speed? Anyone know the rules on this? thanks

[Tmuston Beltics]

This is from 2013. Still better than nothing!

http://heavytopspin.com/2013/11/19/the-speed-of-every-2013-surface/

[tonicjuice]

every year they rennovate the surfaces and each time they can choose to keep the speed same, less or more. so 2013 ratings don't stand for this year.

[juanquintero]

I use tennis insight where normally has the court speed but I don't know any free site. Do you want me to check any ATP court speed for you?

[SCI]

Tennis insight for court speed is not dependable.

[tonicjuice]

sci is correct, tennis insight is not accurate. outdated data or simple guesses. there must be a place where we can find this info....perhaps atp or wta websites or the actual tournament website

[tonicjuice]

So what are the court speed rating for 2015

This weeks:

Acupulco
bueno aires
doha
dubai

anyone know?

[rmx]

ye tell us who knows that

[tonicjuice]

SO MANY CAppers are posting picks but without this information? It is impossible to win in tennis long term wthout knowing the court speed because each players talent suits for certain courts.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

So what are the court speed rating for 2015

This weeks:

Acupulco
bueno aires
doha
dubai

Acapulco is a slowish hard court, but usually pretty hot.

Buenos Aires is clay so very dependent on weather.

Dubai is one of the quickest outdoor hard courts, but quite bouncy. Look at the weather though, a lot depends on whether it's sunny or not.



Doha no idea, wta sucks.

[tonicjuice]

if its sunny its faster right?
and the bounce favors serve and volley players/good powerfull servers?

[HeeeHAWWWW]

if its sunny its faster right?
and the bounce favors serve and volley players/good powerfull servers?

Sunny makes the ball fly faster, yes.

A lower bounce is better for net players generally, but if the court is fast enough it doesn't really matter too much (because there's no reaction time for the defender).