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Claypaky illuminates Nitto ATP Tennis Finals and Davis Cup

Since the Next Gen Finals in 2017, the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Tour has gradually included more show-like elements in its tournaments, right up to the Nitto ATP Finals this November 2021, held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin.

The initial requirements included the entire 23 x 45 metre court to be covered with even lighting of at least 2200 lux all over, and light had to be ensured on the centre of the court from the ground up to at least twelve metres above it.

To achieve this, lighting designers Marco Piva and Marco De Nardi used more than 300 Claypaky fixtures - 120 Arolla Profile HP moving heads, plus substantial amounts of Arolla Profile HPs, B-Eye K20s, Midi-Bs, Mythos 2s and Axcor Profile 600s. The Arolla’s framing system allowed Piva and De Nardi to pick out the lines that mark out the court. This effect was used when the players were not on the court, before the match and during breaks in play, to create a three-dimensional effect.

A total of 132 Midi-Bs, 46 B-Eye K-20s and 46 Mythos 2s were used on the audience. During play, the audience was bathed in a fixed blue light, which is the ATP’s colour. When the players changed ends, the blue changed to electric blue and the lights moved: the effect on the audience simulated something similar to waves of light. To do this, the LDs used B-Eye and Midi-B units as the colour base, and Mythos gobos to create synchronized movements over the entire stadium.

The most dynamic moments were when the players entered the court, and during the prize ceremony. Piva and De Nardi picked out the players’ seats and the logos on the nets with white light using Axcor Profile 600s. They used the moving heads both as key lights to illuminate the matches and as show lights on the audience and the court itself.

All the Claypaky fixtures were left hanging and were used to illuminate Italy’s Davis Cup matches, which also took place at the Pala Alpitour from 25 November. The lighting concept was very similar to the one used for the ATP Finals, with one important difference: the colour the audience was bathed in was green, not blue, as the organizers requested. Rental company Audiolux, based in Zelo Buon Persico near Lodi, provided all the lights at the Pala Alpitour for the Nitto ATP Finals and the Davis Cup.

(Photos: Claypaky)

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