Tennis fans will be offered a choice of five matches simultaneously when the Wimbledon tournament begins in June thanks to the introduction of new technology to the BBC's coverage.
It will mean for the first time that viewers will be able to choose which game to watch instead of the schedulers, who usually restrict coverage to star players such as Pete Sampras and the Williams twins at centre court and court number one.
At a glance, viewers will also be able to call up statistics such as the speed of serve, the number of faults or the running scores on other matches.
However, the facility will only be available to those who watch the BBC through Sky Digital.
BBC Wimbledon presenter Sue Barker described the service as "brilliant".
"People want to watch different things and we have the choice to watch which match we want and when. It seems to be the way that sport is going," she added.
The initiative is the most significant step taken so far by the BBC into interactive TV, and marks the start of wider plans to develop interactive services for other BBC progammes.
"These services are just a taste of the services we are developing for the future," said Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media.
He hopes to extend the viewer choice on other BBC sports such as the Olympics and the FA Cup, which returns to the corporation next season.
Ms Barker will again present the BBC's coverage of the tournament with fellow commentator John McEnroe.
The service is a dramatic improvement on the BBC's first attempt to do an interactive version of Wimbledon last year.
Because of an "unlimited liability clause" in the BSkyB contract the BBC pulled out of deal with the satellite broadcaster and offered a very limited version with ONdigital instead.
With the Sky Digital service, tennis fans can choose a match, get all the statistics for the match and get all the latest news, commentary and analysis - or even watch all five matches at once.
"BBC Wimbledon Interactive is a view into the future of televised sport. This service isn't about tweaking coverage, playing with sound and structures or gimmicks," said Peter Salmon, the BBC director of sport.
"This is a fundamental development and might in time change sports broadcasting."
Mr Salmon also defended the extra expense of launching interactive services, which most licence fee payers will be unable to see.
"It's a fraction of the cost of covering Wimbledon. We are hosts for the rest of the world anyway so we are already on these courts covering these matches. The major addition is for a few more commentators and analysts," he said.
The BBC1 and BBC2 digital satellite coverage will be supported by a new BBC Online website at bbc.co.uk/wimbledon.
