The ATP Tour has confirmed it will introduce a formal extreme heat policy from 2026, responding to mounting concerns from players who endured punishing conditions at several tournaments this year.
The decision aligns men's professional tennis with the WTA Tour, which has long operated under a heat management policy, as well as other elite sports such as Formula One, where protective measures are already in place to safeguard competitors.
Concerns intensified in October when Denmark's Holger Rune criticised conditions at the Shanghai Masters, where temperatures exceeded 30 degrees Celsius and humidity climbed above 80 per cent.
