Ultimately, competition juries are no better than the best of us at predicting careers. Compliments, though, to the Cliburn for running a very professional operation top to bottom.

The ATP and WTA Tours have adopted the system, as have the Australian and US Opens. Roland-Garros remains the only grand slam competition using human line judges for “out” and “fault” calls.

As with critics, this one definitely included, competition jurors pick “winners” on the basis of their personal experiences and tastes. The larger the jury — this year’s Cliburn had nine ...