New-look Wimbledon Prepares For Life Without Line Judges

Line judges have been part of the furniture at Wimbledon for nearly 150 years (Credit: AFP)

Wimbledon is guaranteed to be picture-perfect when it gets under way next week but the courts will never look the same again after the demise of line judges.

For the first time in the tournament's storied 148-year history, the men and women stationed at the back of the courts, calling "out" and "fault", will be missing.