--- title: Inside IBM's hidden 'Court 19' at Wimbledon | daily.dev description: IBM has been Wimbledon's technology partner for 36 years, and this year extended the deal to 2030. Beneath the 18th grass court sits IBM's 'Court 19' hub,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/inside-ibm-s-hidden-court-19-at-wimbledon-brzjpvz9t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Inside IBM's hidden 'Court 19' at Wimbledon | daily.dev og:description: IBM has been Wimbledon's technology partner for 36 years, and this year extended the deal to 2030. Beneath the 18th grass court sits IBM's 'Court 19' hub,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/inside-ibm-s-hidden-court-19-at-wimbledon-brzjpvz9t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BrZJpVz9t.png og:image:alt: Inside IBM's hidden 'Court 19' at Wimbledon og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Inside IBM's hidden 'Court 19' at Wimbledon **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary IBM has been Wimbledon's technology partner for 36 years, and this year extended the deal to 2030. Beneath the 18th grass court sits IBM's 'Court 19' hub, processing 2.7 million data points per tournament to power fan-facing app features. For IBM, Wimbledon serves as a public proving ground for enterprise AI — demonstrating live, high-pressure deployments to convince cautious executives. The partnership also showcases productivity gains: an internal tool called Bob migrated 15,000 digital assets in 47 minutes with one engineer instead of five over months. Challenges remain, including the rocky debut of Sony's Hawk-Eye automated line-calling in 2025, which missed calls and drew player criticism. A 2025 Capgemini study found 70% of fans want real-time data, but over half worry too much tech erodes the live sport experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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