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Early access · Call for match videos

Two phones. Both players. One match.

We're building a tennis tracker that films a match from both ends: every shot up close, 3D ball tracking, line calls on both sides, and a coach that watches both players. To work on your court, it has to see many courts. Send us a match and get a free year of Pro when we launch.

Works with one phone. Two phones make it better. Founding spots: 100 solo · 50 duo.

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The film

Forty seconds. Sound on.

Concept visuals of the app we're building. The pixel numbers are real; music and voice are AI-generated.
Why another tennis app

The far side is where tracking breaks.

Mount one phone behind your baseline and your opponent's half shrinks to a strip at the top of the picture. A ball out there is only a few pixels wide, and a player's body hides it at the moment of the hit.

4 px

is how wide a ball at the far baseline appears in a 1080p video from one phone. When we tested our own single-phone tracking on matches it had never seen, most missed shots came from the far side.

A second phone behind the other baseline films every shot up close. Hits, bounces and line calls come from whichever phone is nearer, and technique analysis finally works for the player at the far end too.

The far ball as seen by phone A, enlarged: a tiny lime blob of about four pixels next to the far player's racket arm.
Phone A, 30 m away4 px
The same ball at the same moment as seen by phone B at that end: a large, clear tennis ball with its seam visible, about twenty pixels wide.
Phone B at that end20 px

The same moment from both phones, enlarged 11 times. Each square is one pixel of a 1080p video.

What we're building

Tracking, stats and a coach for both of you.

Solo or duo

One phone tracks your match. Two see every shot up close.

On your own, one phone behind your baseline tracks the whole match. Add your partner's phone behind the other baseline and both line up automatically: hits, bounces and in/out calls come from the nearer camera, the ball is tracked in 3D, and highlights cut between both angles.

Both players

One session, two players

You and your partner share one match. Each of you gets serve speeds, depth, errors, win rates by shot and a personal highlight reel.

Your coach

A coach that watches both ends

Close-up video of each player makes technique analysis work from both ends: contact point, swing path, footwork. The coach connects it to your points, shows you the clips, and builds a weekly plan with drills the app measures.

Built for club tennis in Europe: clay, indoor halls and floodlights. The analysis runs on your phone. Solo works everywhere; duo is the upgrade.

What we need

Your match, filmed like this.

Where
Behind the baseline, centered, on the fence
Height
2–3 m, higher is better
View
Landscape, whole court in view: both baselines, all four corners
Video
1080p or 4K at 60 fps (30 fps works too)
Length
20 min or more of real play, no cuts, no zoom
Sound
On: the sound of the racket helps us find the hits
People
Everyone recognizable is 18 or older and agrees
Duo
Optional: a second phone behind the other baseline, same match
Clay courts Indoor halls Evening & floodlights Doubles
2–3 m high your baseline net far baseline fence
The higher the phone, the steeper it looks at the far half, and the bigger the ball appears out there.
How it works

From your court to the model.

  1. Record

    Film a match or point play with the setup above.

  2. Upload

    Send the video and answer a few questions: surface, city, phone, mount height.

  3. Automatic check

    We check court view, frame rate and length. You hear back within a few days.

  4. Your Pro year

    Accepted matches get a free year of Pro at launch and a beta invite, while spots last. Duo matches earn one for each player.

Your video, your rules

We train on the ball, not on you.

One purpose

Your video is used to train and test ball and shot tracking. Nothing else.

Never public

We never publish or sell it, and never use it in ads without asking you first.

Stored in the EU

For training we keep cut-outs around the ball. Faces are not what the model learns from.

Gone on request

Write to burolab.office@gmail.com and we delete your video and everything made from it within 30 days. Models already trained can't un-learn it; later versions won't use it.

Send a match

Ready when your match is.

Solo · one phone100 of 100 left
Duo · two phones50 of 50 left

Before you upload, have these at hand. The upload form asks for them.

  • Court surface and indoor or outdoor
  • City and country
  • Phone model and roughly how high it was mounted
  • Singles or doubles
  • Your email, so we can send your Pro code
Your recording
Upload your match

Tick all three to continue.

Questions

Before you ask.

Why not just use an existing tracking app?

Existing apps film from one end, so the far side stays small and blurry. We're building for two phones, stats for both players and a coach on top of that. If you already film with a tracking app, your raw recordings without overlays are exactly what we need.

Do I need two phones?

No. The app works with one phone, and solo matches are just as welcome. Duo matches have their own spots and earn a Pro year for each of the two players.

Which phones work?

Any recent iPhone or Android phone that records 1080p at 60 fps. A fence mount or clamp keeps it steady.

Can I send practice sessions?

Yes, as long as there are real rallies and serves. Point play is best.

Can juniors take part?

Not for now. Everyone recognizable in the video has to be 18 or older.

When does the app launch?

Everyone with an accepted match gets invited to the beta first, and the free Pro year starts at launch.