During tennis matches, players need to maintain a high level of focus. Excellent lighting can improve players’ concentration on the field, while poor quality lighting can greatly affect their game performance.

So, for tennis events, especially night games, professional lighting is essential, which is particularly important for players to judge the ball, accurate referees to make decisions, on-site audience observation, and television broadcasting.

Glare is one of the most important factors affecting lighting quality. Once the lighting fixtures on the tennis court have glare hazards, players can only see a strongly stimulating light curtain and cannot see flying tennis balls.

The tennis market is mixed, and many tennis courts currently use metal halide lamps, row lamps, and ordinary high-power lighting fixtures, all of which have varying degrees of glare hazards.

With the increase of tennis events and tennis population, the demand for high standard tennis courts has sharply increased. As more and more sports lighting practitioners realize this, many tennis courts are also replacing old lighting fixtures to improve the lighting quality of the tennis court.

So, what are the main points to pay attention to in tennis venue lighting?

(1) The installation position of tennis court lighting fixtures is generally not allowed to be directly above the court.

(2) The installation position and projection angle of tennis court lighting fixtures should avoid glare to tennis players.

(3) Prevent direct light from tennis court lighting fixtures from affecting tennis players and spectators.

In terms of outdoor tennis courts, multi pole arrangement is a form of arrangement on both sides. The arrangement on both sides is a combination of lighting fixtures and lampposts or building tracks, arranged in clusters or continuous light strips on both sides of the playing field. The prominent advantage of multi pole arrangement is that it saves electricity and has a good comparison between vertical and horizontal illumination. Due to the low light poles, in tennis courts without television broadcasts, the lateral arrangement of lighting devices often adopts a multi pole arrangement,

The standard tennis court lighting usually uses 8 6-8m lampposts evenly distributed along both sides of the court. Because the standard area of the tennis court is relatively large, it is reasonable to add 2 lampposts to the 6 lampposts of the standard Basketball court lighting. If the effect requirements are relatively high and the number of lamp poles is small, it is recommended to use a higher height for the lamp pole height.

If the height of the fence around the outdoor tennis court is generally between 4-6 meters, the height of the surrounding environment (trees or buildings) can be increased or decreased in an appropriate amount.

According to the characteristics of lighting in tennis courts, the lighting quality objectives are as follows: pure color, bright and clear. The light is stable, smooth and free from Stroboscopic effect; There is no glare hazard, and the venue lighting is not dazzling, dazzling, or dazzling.

With the continuous progress of LED lighting technology, the advantages of low-power, high light efficiency, anti glare and other LED lighting fixtures are gradually emerging. Therefore, LED stadium lights are gradually replacing traditional metal halide lights as the mainstream choice for tennis venue lighting.

Design parameters for tennis court lighting

Color temperature:

Reduce the difference between artificial lighting colors and natural daylight colors, requiring 4000K-6500K. If it is a large venue with television broadcasting needs, the design preference is 5700K.

Color index:

To create a pleasant and comfortable atmosphere for athletes and spectators, Ra ≥ 80 is required. For large venues and events, if there is a need for High-definition television broadcasting, the camera filter correction error should be reduced, Ra ≥ 90 is preferred.

Illumination level:

Horizontal illumination: it is required that the surface brightness of the sports field should be comfortable for the eyes.

Vertical illumination: It is necessary to be able to see the vertical plane of the athlete and to clearly see the moving sphere or other moving objects. To have good uniformity, avoid shadows, reduce visual discomfort for athletes and spectators, and reduce camera correction. The key to lighting design is to provide horizontal and vertical illumination, reduce glare index, and achieve a bright but not dazzling lighting effect.

1. For use scenarios in Level 3 professional competitions and below, the horizontal illumination requirement is 300-750Lux.

2. The use scenarios of national competitions and above (with television broadcasting needs) for Level 4 TV broadcasting have high requirements for vertical illumination:

Evmai (vertical illumination in the direction of the main camera) requires 1000-2000Lux;

Evaux (vertical illumination in the direction of the secondary camera) requires 750-1400Lux.

Suppression of glare:

Controlling glare plays a crucial role in the viewing quality of competitions and the safety of sports competitions. Excellent sports lighting products should have the same excellent anti glare ability to protect the safety of athletes and ensure the viewing experience of the audience:

1. The external structure of the lamp is reasonable and has a reasonable shading angle;

2. There is a microstructure on the optical device for uniform light, to avoid excessive light intensity at a certain observation point or direction, which can cause disabling glare;

3. Control the projection angle so that the observer is positioned as close as possible between the weak glare area and the non glare area (>45 degrees).

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