Wimbledon will evict line judges from its tennis matches after 147 years—and turn to AI instead

A line judge calls out during the Men's Singles Quarter Final (Credit: Julian Finney—Getty Images)

No British summer is complete without scores of tennis fans funneling into Wimbledon venues. 

The scene has remained largely unchanged since 1877, with two players on a grass court separated by a net, ball boys or girls and judges sprinkled around, and line judges carefully watching and waiting to call “out”