Will there be line judges at Wimbledon 2025?
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No, line judges will not be used at Wimbledon this summer.
Instead, the grass-court tournament will rely solely on electronic line calling, ending its 147-year use of line judges.
A familiar sight around the edges of the courts for decades, the men and women who shout "out" and "fault" will be replaced by technology.
This technology will be in place for qualifying and the main draw.
Electronic line calling uses cameras, computers and sensors to track a ball and is used by tennis umpires to judge whether a ball is in or out.
This season the men's tour - the ATP - has adopted the technology across all of its events, while the WTA - the women's tour - has also been using it at many of its events.
The ATP said the move to electronic line calling was to "optimise accuracy and consistency across tournaments, match courts and surfaces".
A combined men's and women's event offers an easy opportunity for the technology to be used across the two tournaments.
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Who are the voices making the calls?
There will be a range of voices used for electronic line calling at Wimbledon this year.
The voices will be from those who work behind the scenes at the Championship, including tour guides at the grounds and museum.
"We will use different voices on different courts so there is no confusion across courts that are close together," said Eloise Tyson - head of communications at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon have also said they are not looking to make individuals the face of electronic line calling.
What about other tournaments?
The courts at Queen's Club have already implemented the use of electronic line calling.
The Australian Open and US Open adopted electronic line calling in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament that still uses line judges and players are not allowed to use electronic replays to challenge human decision.
The French Open say they want to maintain traditions synonymous with the 134-year-old tournament and are unwilling to lose human control.
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