January 30th, 2009 by admin

Published statistics prove that the world’s leading tennis players are no match compared to Hawk-Eye as judges in contentious line calls at the Australian Open.

During Thursday’s play male players had made 286 challenges at Melbourne Park. Of those, only 89 – or 31.12 per cent – were successful. Hawk-Eye said the players were wrong 197 times.

It is a similar case when we look at the female stats. A total of 171 challenges have been made so far, with just 47 – or 27.49 per cent – successful.

Several top players including notably Federer are known to detest the system. Federer ranks second on the list of the most unsuccessful male players using the system. His 19 challenges have returned only five overrules in his favour.

andy Murray got two of 17 right. Gilles Simon five of 18.

Dokic (six of 15), Jankovic (three of 12) and Alize Cornet and Daniela Hantuchova (one of nine) also got it badly wrong.

Safina has been right only seven of 17 times.