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🎾 Court Report

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🗺️ Tournaments Around the World

Each ball shows the current temperature at the venue. The ring is the playing-weather outlook (green good · amber watch · red risk; dashed = indoor, weather doesn’t matter). A red LIVE tag marks a tournament in progress.

⛅ Hourly Forecast & Radar

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Lime-outlined hours are in the day-session window. Bar color = Play Index.

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Precipitation radar (RainViewer)

⏱️ Match-Day Forecast

The forecast for the day session (from about 11:00 AM) through the afternoon, for each of the next 6 days. Lime-outlined days are tournament match days at this venue.

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🎾 Court Conditions

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Estimates from recent rain, temperature, humidity and pressure (Open‑Meteo), not official readings. Tournament officials decide when courts are playable, when roofs close and when heat or lightning policies apply.

⌚ Best Time to Play

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The Play Index (0–100) scores each hour from temperature and heat index, wind and gusts, rain chance and amount, lightning, UV and humidity, with extra weight on rain for clay and grass. It works for any court: search your own town or tap “Near me.”

🗓️ Tournament Calendar

Dates still to be announced

Dates come from the official 2027 ATP and WTA calendars and 2026 tour pages, researched October 2026. “Official dates” matches the published calendars; “Approx. dates” means the week is right but a start or end day can differ by a day or so. Calendars change, so confirm with the tournament before you travel.

📘 How Weather Affects Tennis

Rain, covers, roofs and how fast each surface dries

Play stops as soon as rain wets the lines. Hard courts dry fastest: staff squeegee and blow the water off, and play often resumes in about 20–45 minutes after the rain ends. Clay soaks up water, becomes slick and heavy, and needs rolling and brushing, so delays run hours and tournaments sometimes cancel the day. Grass is slippery when damp and recovers slowly, so grass events lean on covers and roofs (Wimbledon’s Centre and No. 1 courts have roofs). Retractable roofs (Australian Open, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, US Open, Madrid and others) let the show courts play through rain, but outer courts stay exposed. Indoor events aren’t affected by weather at all.

Heat and extreme-heat policies

Hot, humid conditions are the biggest health risk in tennis. Grand Slams use heat measures (the Australian Open’s Extreme Heat Policy, the US Open’s Extreme Weather Policy, Wimbledon’s heat rule) that can allow a 10-minute break between sets, close a roof or suspend play on outer courts. They go by a combined heat index (temperature, humidity, sun and wind), not air temperature alone. We flag a “feels like” of about 95 °F (35 °C) as hot and about 103 °F (39 °C) as extreme. Whether and when a policy applies is the tournament’s decision.

Wind

Wind is the most annoying element for tennis. It disturbs the toss, pushes the ball off line and makes one end play like an uphill climb. Steady wind of 10–15 mph begins to change tactics (more slice and topspin, higher margins) and gusts above about 25 mph make serving hard. Wind swirls inside open stadiums, so the flag on the roof isn’t always the wind you feel on court.

Air density, altitude and how the ball flies

Thin air (high altitude, heat or low pressure) means less drag, so the ball flies faster and bounces higher; dense air (sea level, cold, high pressure) slows it and keeps it low and heavy. Madrid (about 650 m up), Bogotá (about 2,600 m) and Guadalajara (about 1,550 m) play notably quicker than courts at sea level. Our “Ball flight” card calculates air density from live temperature, humidity, pressure and altitude and compares it with standard sea-level air (1.225 kg/m³).

Lightning, cold and sun

Most tournaments suspend play when lightning is within roughly 8–10 miles and wait about 30 minutes after the last strike. Cold air (below about 50 °F / 10 °C) makes the ball dead and the court feel slow; bright low sun can cause glare when serving. UV is highest around midday, so day sessions are the sunburn sessions.

How the Play Index works

The Play Index starts at 100 and subtracts for: “feels like” temperature outside roughly 60–82 °F (more for heat), wind gusts over about 12 mph, rain chance and rain amount (more on clay and grass), humid heat, and high UV. Lightning scores 0. Great is 80+, Good 65+, Fair 45+, Poor 25+, and below that is unplayable. It’s a guide for everyday players and a rough outlook for tournaments, not an official ruling.

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