Is it more perfect than humans? 100 percent yes.” Open using Hawk-Eye Live,” said Carlos Silva, chief executive of World TeamTennis. Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens. The system also will be used at the Western & Southern Open, the combined WTA and ATP event transplanted from the Cincinnati suburbs that is scheduled for the week before the U.S.
Now comes the next phase as Hawk-Eye goes from serving as quality control and a broadcast tool to being the first and final word. In 2018, it became the first Grand Slam event to make that available on all its courts. Open was the first Grand Slam event to use electronic line calling for its challenge system in 2006. The United States Tennis Association plans to deploy it on all but its two biggest show courts at the United States Open, scheduled for Aug. “For us, actually having a human voice still call ‘out’ rather than using a beep or some other sound was an important part of making sure the feel of the sport didn’t change,” said James Japhet, the managing director of Hawk-Eye North America.īut there is no doubt that Hawk-Eye Live represents major change and later this month it is set to make its Grand Slam tournament debut. As in GPS systems, different voices (and languages) can be used and during World TeamTennis, both male voices and female voices were used during matches. When a line call is particularly close, the system automatically uses a recorded voice that projects more urgency. With Hawk-Eye Live, the electronic system makes all the calls, even if there are some familiar touches like the recorded voices that shout “out,” “fault” or “foot fault.” World TeamTennis was using Hawk-Eye Live, an automated system that not only eliminates line judges but also eliminates the now-familiar challenge setup in which players can ask for human calls to be reviewed by an electronic system. The Empire had a 21-20 victory and the celebration - no model of social distancing with group hugs galore - could begin in earnest. The replay showed Vandeweghe’s shot had landed on the back half of the baseline.