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Media verified Verified Outcome TRL 9

Generative AI for Tennis Commentary

domain Client: The world's oldest tennis tournament handshake Provider: IBM (watsonx) schedule Deploy: Q3 2023 (Live)
86 Impact
Enterprise Ready
Evidence Score: 5/10
Strength: High

Executive Summary

ANALYST: COI RESEARCH

With hundreds of matches occurring simultaneously on outside courts, providing human commentary for every stream was impossible. The organizer utilized generative AI to convert match data (ball tracking, scores) into natural language commentary in real-time, offering audio coverage for matches that previously had none.

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"An excellent low-risk deployment of Generative AI. It fills a content gap (outside courts) rather than replacing premium human talent on show courts. It enhances the digital product for niche fans without incurring the cost of hiring hundreds of commentators."

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warning The Challenge

The tournament hosts hundreds of matches. Broadcasters only staff the main show courts with human commentators. Fans watching streams of lower-ranked players on the app experienced a silent, data-only experience, reducing engagement.

psychology The Solution

The system ingests real-time match data (shot type, speed, score). A Foundation Model (LLM) tuned on the language of tennis generates narrative text. A text-to-speech engine then voices this commentary, synced to the video stream.

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Integrations
Wimbledon App, Hawkeye Data
Deployment Model
SaaS
Data Classification
Public Match Data
Estimated TCO / ROI
Medium
POC Summary (2022-06-01 to 2023-06-01)

"Tested on highlight reels before live rollout."

shield Risk Register & Mitigation

Risk Factor Severity Mitigation Strategy
Hallucination Medium Strict grounding in data feeds; no speculation allowed.
Unnatural Cadence Low Continuous tuning of TTS prosody.

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Audited value realization curve

Coverage of 100% of tournament matches Verified Outcome
Primary KPIGeneration of commentary within seconds of point end
Audit CycleDiverse vocabulary usage to avoid repetition

policy Compliance & Gov

  • Standards: Broadcast Standards
  • Maturity (TRL): 9
  • Evidence Score: 5/10
  • Data Class: Public Match Data

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Verified Case Study
PDF • Version 1
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Technical Audit
PDF • Audited
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How we verified these outcomes for The world's oldest tennis tournament without exposing sensitive IP or identities.

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1. Raw Evidence

Audit ID: #PRIV-802
Evidence: Direct SQL Logs
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2. Verified Asset

Outcome: Verified
Ref ID: #COI-802

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