Ao Heat Rule

10 hours agothe ao extreme heat policy is based on a five-level heat stress scale (hss) that is used to assess if conditions are safe and whether matches should continue, with a rating of 5.0. The australian open extreme heat protocol (ao-ehp) was developed to provide fair and consistent playing conditions for all players while also ensuring those conditions minimise the risk of heat. After the extreme heat policy was invoked in consecutive years in 2006 and 2007, the policy was again changed starting in 2008 to allow matches in progress to be halted at the conclusion of the set.

17 hours agoat what point do the conditions become unplayable and put players' health at risk at the australian open? 13 hours agowith temperatures expected to soar on day 7 at the 2026 australian open, a leading athlete welfare and injury prevention expert has spoken to tennis365 about the impact of heat in tennis. 1 day agothe atp only introduced a heat rule for 2026 after pressure from players following stifling heat and humidity at events like the shanghai masters last year.

Jan 18, 2025the australian open introduced a new heat policy in 2019 after years of negative headlines. Jan 19, 2025bbc sport explains how the australian open heat stress scale works, and when play is called off because of extreme conditions. The tournament removed its wet-bulb globe temperature measure and introduced a new and simpler to understand heat stress scale called the ao heat stress scale (ao hss), to determine whether.

Sep 23, 2022the australian open heat stress scale (ao-hss) utilises a combination of two heat stress risk: