{"id":347342,"date":"2025-12-15T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/347342\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:31:08","slug":"new-heat-rule-effective-from-2026-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/347342\/","title":{"rendered":"New Heat Rule effective from 2026 | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        ATP Tour<br \/>\n    New Heat Rule effective from 2026<\/p>\n<p>Learn key provisions of the new rule<\/p>\n<p>December 15, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/atp-net-march-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Peter Staples\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n<p>        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p>The ATP Board has approved the introduction of a new heat rule that will come into effect from the\u00a02026 season, aligning the ATP\u2019s approach with that of the WTA and strengthening protections for players competing in extreme conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The new regulation is based on the\u00a0Heat Stress Index (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature \u2013 WBGT)\u00a0and introduces clear thresholds for cooling measures and suspension of play in\u00a0best-of-three singles matches.<\/p>\n<p>Key Provisions<\/p>\n<p>10-Minute Cooling Break<br \/>Cooling measures will be implemented when the\u00a0WBGT reaches 30.1\u00b0C or higher\u00a0during the\u00a0first two sets\u00a0of best-of-three singles matches.\u00a0When activated, a\u00a010-minute cooling break after the second set\u00a0may be requested by either player and will apply to both players in singles.<\/p>\n<p>During the break, players may utilize cooling measures, hydrate, change clothing, shower and receive coaching, under the supervision of ATP medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>Suspension of Play<br \/>Play will be\u00a0suspended when the WBGT exceeds 32.2\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p>Player Health and Safety<br \/>The new heat rule provides a structured, medically supported approach to managing extreme heat, with the objective of safeguarding\u00a0player health, while also improving conditions for\u00a0spectators, officials, ball persons, and tournament staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATP Tour New Heat Rule effective from 2026 Learn key provisions of the new rule December 15, 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-347342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}