Wimbledon: All England club to replace all 300 line judges after 147 years with electronic system next year
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Wimbledon will replace all 300 line judges from next year with AI technology; Watch all the ATP and WTA action on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ which is integrated into Sky TV, streaming service NOW and the Sky Sports app
Wimbledon will replace all 300 line judges with artificial intelligence and an electronic system from next year, removing human officials for the first time in the championship's 147-year history.
The system will be the same as the one used at the US Open since 2020, where automated voice calls are played out within a tenth of a second of the ball landing.
As a result of the change, it is expected that Wimbledon's Hawk-Eye challenge system - brought into use in 2007 - where players could review calls made by the line judges will be removed.
