Tennis
AI match analysis for tennis: aces, double faults, winners, errors, break points, net play and Hawk-Eye challenges, each logged with a timestamp.
AI-Powered Capabilities
- ✓Serves (aces, double faults)
- ✓Winners by shot type
- ✓Forced & unforced errors
- ✓Break points
- ✓Net play
- ✓Hawk-Eye challenges
- ✓Long rallies
- ✓Set & match points
Use Cases
- →Professional match analysis
- →Player training optimization
- →Opponent scouting reports
- →Broadcast commentary support
- →Junior player development
Basic Rules & Standards
- 1Server must stand behind baseline
- 2Points won when opponent cannot return ball to court
- 3Deuce at 40-40, must win by 2
- 4Serve is good if lands in service box
- 5Double fault loses point
- 6No-let if server touch net (modern rules)
- 7Tiebreak at 6-6 in set
What PitchView AI detects in a tennis match
- Serves — aces, double faults and service winners (touched but not returned).
- Winners — clean winners by shot: forehand, backhand, volley, smash or drop shot.
- Errors — unforced errors (into the net or out on an easy ball) and forced errors caused by pressure.
- Break points — created, saved or converted.
- Net play — the approach shot and how the following volley played out.
- Challenges — Hawk-Eye reviews and their result.
Every relevant shot is recorded as forehand or backhand, rallies longer than ten shots are marked long rally, and set points and match points are flagged, so the biggest moments of a match are easy to find.
How it works
- 1
Add your footage
upload a video file (up to 500 MB: MP4, AVI, MOV, MKV or WebM), paste a direct video URL or a YouTube link. For YouTube you can choose the download quality; the recommended one is pre-selected.
- 2
Choose the sport
pick it from the list, or let PitchView auto-detect it from a YouTube link. You confirm the sport before the analysis starts, and can pick the two teams from your Teams list so events are attributed to them.
- 3
Standard, parallel or live
standard analysis processes the whole video in one pass, ideal for highlights and short clips. Parallel analysis splits long footage into short overlapping segments and analyses several at once, with events appearing as each segment finishes. Stream analysis works on a match while it's being broadcast live.
- 4
Review and export
events appear on an interactive timeline; click any one to jump to that moment. Mark events as correct, wrong or duplicate, edit them, add your own, re-run the analysis with a custom prompt, and export the results.
What the output looks like
Illustrative example of the output format — not from a real match.
| Time | Event | Player | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03:15 | Serve | Player A | Ace out wide on the deuce side |
| 14:40 | Error | Player B | Unforced BH error into the net on a short ball |
| 27:08 | Break Point | Player A | Break point converted with a FH down the line |
| 41:52 | Net Play | Player B | Approach to the FH side, BH volley winner |
| 58:33 | Winner | Player A | Set point: long rally ended with an inside-out FH winner |
Getting the best results
- A camera behind and above the baseline — the classic broadcast angle — shows both players and the whole court.
- Keep the full court in frame so shots near the lines can be read.
- Long matches: use parallel analysis for faster results on full-length footage.
- Pick both players from your Teams list so every point is attributed correctly.
Who uses it
Coaches reviewing patterns with players, juniors and college players studying their break-point performance, scouts preparing for an opponent, and academies tracking improvement across a season.
Frequently asked questions
Does it tell forehands from backhands?
Yes. Winners and errors are recorded as forehand or backhand.
Does it track break points?
Yes — created, saved and converted.
Does it log Hawk-Eye challenges?
Yes, including the result of the review.
Does it measure serve speed or ball placement?
No. PitchView detects and timestamps match events; it doesn't measure ball speed, spin or exact placement.
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