• Live Electronic Line Calling will replace officials in 2025
• Technology already in use at Australian and US Opens

Wimbledon will break with tradition and replace line judges with electronic line calling from next year’s championships, the All England Club confirmed on Wednesday. The sight of immaculately-dressed line judges standing or crouching at the side and back of the grass courts has been a feature at the Grand Slam for 147 years.

In will come Live Electronic Line Calling, the technology already widely used in the sport, including at the Australian Open and US Open, and the All England Club has now made the decision to follow suit.