Wimbledon refuse major schedule change to historic tournament even though every other Grand Slam has made the switch WIMBLEDON will not follow the other three tennis Grand Slams and begin its Championships on a Sunday.
On a separate, more controversial note, there will be no line judges at Wimbledon for the first time in 147 years as the All England Club adopts electronic line calling this summer.
The US Open announced this week it will follow the Australian Open and French Open and shift to a weekend start, for the first time in the Open era, meaning 15 days of consecutive action.
A fraction travel internationally with the circuit but the vast majority of those are part-time line judges based in the UK, earning up to £180 per day to work at the prestigious tournament and their chance to play their part at Wimbledon.
“If Wimbledon had said, ‘Oh no, we’re actually going to keep line judges’, I think that would have looked very bizarre for one event.
