This article attempts to examine the highest tier of elite tennis through a technological lens in order to understand the several imbrications of tennis and technology in Grand Slam events. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, this article studies the version of tennis that exists today—replete with RFID chips, screen interfaces, more powerful racquets than ever before and the ubiquity of social media. As the relationship between players and fans, organisers and visitors, and even gameplay and umpiring have evolved to allow the use of several technologies, Grand Slam tennis has embraced the era of social media and technologically mediated sport. This article views this transformation through the lens of Science Technology and Society in order to better understand the influence that technologies have in shaping the relationships between spectators, players, matches, tournaments and indeed the sport itself.

本文试图通过技术视角来考察最高级别的精英网球，以了解大满贯赛事中网球和技术的几种影响。本文使用定性和定量方法研究了当今网球的版本-充满了RFID芯片，屏幕界面，比以往任何时候都更强大的球拍以及社交媒体的广泛使用。随着球员和球迷，组织者和游客之间的关系，甚至游戏和裁判的关系不断发展，允许使用多种技术，大满贯网球运动已经进入了社交媒体和技术媒介运动的时代。