Lexus Junior National Championships bring ELC to Nottingham

Every match court at the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre will use PlayReplay’s real-time Electronic Line Calling system during the Lexus Junior National Championships. The national junior tennis tournament runs from 14 to 23 August in Nottingham, placing technology previously associated with elite competition directly into matches involving young players.

Junior players, coaches, officials and parents are the groups most directly affected by the change. The LTA announcement does not list an admission price or booking route, and it gives no daily start time.

Ten days of junior competition in Nottingham

The Lexus Junior National Championships are scheduled across ten days at the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre. The LTA has confirmed the venue and tournament dates but has not published a street address, transport guidance or accessibility information in the supplied announcement.

The competition is national in scope, but Nottingham is also serving as the setting for a wider technology trial. Instead of restricting the equipment to a selected court, the LTA plans to deploy it across every court being used for matches.

Electronic line calls reach every match court

Electronic Line Calling, commonly shortened to ELC, provides line decisions in real time. PlayReplay also offers coaching tools and player analytics, although the LTA announcement confirms only the deployment of its line-calling system at the championships.

That distinction defines the practical change for this tournament: competitors will encounter the ELC setup regardless of which match court they are assigned. The LTA says the objective is to improve the competition environment for players and the wider group of officials, coaches and parents involved in junior tennis.

Oliver Scadgell, the LTA’s managing director of tennis development, described the introduction as an effort to deliver higher-quality competition experiences throughout the player pathway. PlayReplay chief executive Hans Lundstam said the partnership represents the inaugural introduction of ELC to junior tennis in Britain.

A London pilot preceded the Nottingham rollout

The championship deployment follows a pilot at the LTA’s National Tennis Centre in London. It also comes after PlayReplay received World Tennis certification; according to the LTA, it is the only World Tennis Silver-certified system covering indoor, outdoor and real-time ELC.

PlayReplay has previously worked with the USTA, Tennis Canada, the German Tennis Federation and the Swedish Tennis Federation. The USTA also announced a five-year arrangement for the system to cover hard-court World Tennis Tour events in the United States.

The Nottingham tournament is therefore part of a broader move from testing to regular court installation. Fixed PlayReplay systems are also due to be installed on every indoor court at both the National Tennis Centre and the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Confirmed details and gaps before a visit

The firm details are the 14-23 August dates, the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre venue and the use of ELC across all match courts. No start times, public admission arrangements, prices or booking instructions are included in the announcement.

The source also provides no transport, accessibility or visitor-entry guidance. What is confirmed is that junior players, coaches, officials and parents will experience the new court technology throughout the national tournament, with the Nottingham centre also receiving permanent indoor installations.

Source: LTA Tennis News