US Open data visualization powered by Flash

The US Open is not only using Flash for their live and on demand video they’re also using it for data visualization. Making data look interesting is probably one of the most difficult things to do but IBM has built a really cool application for the US Open tennis tournament.

The US Open PointStream application (built with Flex by IBM) visualizes match data and stats in real-time to give you insight into the way your favorite players are performing. There currently are no live matches so it only shows the data from the last played match. You can bet on me checking out the app the next time our national tennis heroes Kim Clijsters and Yanina Wickmayer hit the tennis courts.

Hat tip to Read Write Web.