Table 3

Match characteristics during 20 min of effective match-play tennis (2×10 min) in COOL and HOT conditions

MatchMatchEffective playing time (min)Match
CharacteristicCondition0–1010–20Total/mean
Number of points playedCOOL91.0±23.094.7±17.0185.7±38.7
HOT83.7±10.682.8±11.0166.5±10.5
Number of games playedCOOL14.2±3.514.3±3.528.4±6.9
HOT12.0±2.312.4±1.424.4±1.9
Aces (% of points)COOL2.2±2.73.1±3.12.7±2.5
HOT1.6±1.72.2±2.11.9±1.6
Double faults (% of points)COOL2.6±1.82.1±1.22.4±1.3
HOT2.8±2.41.8±1.82.3±1.5
  • No significant differences were observed, p>0.05.