What's the process of slowing a court down like?

[Viper]

Question mark?

 

[Tammo]

Isn't it somehow related to how much sand is in the court.

 

[r2473]

I think they post signs.

Djokovic and Nadal obviously took this the wrong way:

 

[PONG]

The sand content defines the speed of most grass and hard courts. More sand = slower court. Another factor is how polished the top layer is. If its gritty the court will play slow if its polished it will play fast. Newer courts are also much slower than older courts.

I play in Miami / Delray Beach every year and once they resurface the courts you automatically notice the difference from last years layer which has had much usage. The balls get very fuzy and its nearly impossible to hit through the court after 2-3 games with new balls.

 

[rofl_copter3]

Grass courts are also affected by type of grass used

 

[Bartelby]

The AO courts are extremely gritty.

The sand content defines the speed of most grass and hard courts. More sand = slower court. Another factor is how polished the top layer is. If its gritty the court will play slow if its polished it will play fast. Newer courts are also much slower than older courts.

I play in Miami / Delray Beach every year and once they resurface the courts you automatically notice the difference from last years layer which has had much usage. The balls get very fuzy and its nearly impossible to hit through the court after 2-3 games with new balls.

 

[diggler]

Court pace testing

Tennis Australia is an innovator in the area of surface pace measurement and has devised a scientifically-based method of testing the pace of tennis courts. High speed video footage of balls being projected onto a court are analysed by software developed by Tennis Australia that measures the pace and bounce characteristics of the court. The two variables measured are the coefficient of friction (pace) and the coefficient of restitution (bounce). According to the ITF Surface Pace Rating scale, the Melbourne Park courts are medium to medium-fast paced.

http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/a_z_guide.html

 

[kimbahpnam]

humidity probably plays a factor too

 

[diggler]

And balls.

And temperature.