Listed are current and past tennis chair umpires who hold or have held a gold badge International Tennis Federation (ITF) rating. Gold badge umpires typically officiate Grand Slam, ATP World Tour and WTA Tour matches. The list includes only those who hold or have held a gold badge as a chair umpire, and not those who hold or have held a similar badge in refereeing or chief umpiring. The year, where included, indicates when the umpire obtained his or her respective gold badge status. [1]
There are three levels of training sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation. After officiating at non-pro events, a chair umpire may enter the "Level 1" program in order to gain a green badge. This is taught in French and/or Spanish and is specifically aimed at officiating in South and Central America and Africa. "Level 2" schools are only taught in English and are for umpires who have already shown proficiency at ITF Pro Circuit events, Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties, and ATP and WTA sanctioned events. It is here that an umpire would receive a white badge. Those chair umpires who pass a "Level 3" school start as a Bronze Badge and can be promoted to Silver and then to Gold following a review of their work rate and performance in the annual review conducted by the ITF, ATP and WTA. [2]
Name | Nation | Year | Notes |
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Adel Nour | Egypt | 2017 | ATP umpire. |
Ali Nili | USA (formerly Iran) | 2008 | ATP umpire and supervisor; Officiated the 2015 Wimbledon men's singles final and the 2016 and 2019 US Open men's singles final. ATP Supervisor. [3] |
Arnaud Gabas | France | 2022 | ATP umpire. [4] |
Carlos Bernardes | Brazil | 1990 | ATP umpire; Officiated the 2006 and 2008 US Open men's singles final, the 2011 Wimbledon men's singles final and the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals final. [5] [6] |
Damien Dumusois | France | 2009 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, and the 2023 French Open men's singles final, the 2010 and 2022 French Open women's singles final, the 2017 Wimbledon men's singles final, the 2020 Australian Open Men's Singles Final, the 2021 US Open men's singles final, and the 2024 Olympic Games Men‘s singles final. As a regional officer (Africa) at ITF. [7] |
Emmanuel Joseph | France | 2005 | WTA umpire; Officiated the 2006, 2008, and 2015 French Open women's singles finals. |
Fergus Murphy | Ireland | 2000 | ATP umpire; officiated the 2023 Wimbledon men's singles final and the 2017 Wimbledon men's doubles final between Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo vs Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić [8] |
Greg Allensworth | USA | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2023 US Open men's singles final. Had a controversial call on a match-point in a round of 16 match between Draper and Auger-Aliassime in the 2024 Cincinnati ATP. [9] | |
Gianluca Moscarella | Italy | 2010 | ITF and WTA umpire. After being suspended during the 2019 Firenze Challenger due to an unprofessional dialog with a player and insinuations to a ball-girl, [10] he was given authorization to return officiating on women matches on 25 April 2022, although the allegations are clearly shown in a video. [11] |
James Keothavong | Great Britain | 2010 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2014, 2018 and 2024 Wimbledon men's singles final, 2016 and 2021 Wimbledon women's singles final, the 2017 and 2019 Australian Open men's singles final, the 2018 French Open women's singles final and the 2022 French Open men's singles final. Also officiated 2019 Fed Cup Final. [11] Brother of Anne Keothavong. [12] |
Jaume Campistol | Spain | 2017 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2020 US Open women's singles final and the 2024 Australian Open women's singles final. [13] |
John Blom | Australia | 2012 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2013 and 2022 Australian Open men's singles final and the 2016 Australian Open women's singles final. [14] [15] |
Kader Nouni | France | 2006 | WTA umpire; Officiated the 2012 and the 2013 WTA Finals finals, the 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2021 French Open women's singles finals, and the 2018 Wimbledon women's singles final. [16] |
Manuel Messina | Italy/San Marino | ATP umpire. [17] | |
Mohamed El Jennati | Morocco | ATP umpire. [17] | |
Mohamed Lahyani | Sweden/Morocco | 1997 | ATP umpire; Officiated the longest match in pro tennis history: the Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, the 2013 Wimbledon Men's final and the 2008, 2010 and 2013 ATP World Tour Finals finals'. [18] [19] |
Nico Helwerth | Germany | 2017 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2021 Australian Open men's singles final, [20] the 2022 US Open men's singles final and the 2024 French Open women‘s singles final |
Pierre Bacchi | France | 2015 | WTA umpire. Officiated 2021 French Open women's singles semifinal between Barbora Krejcikova and Maria Sakkari, with a controversial ball mark inspection on a match point for Krejcikova. [21] |
Renaud Lichtenstein | France | 2015 | ATP umpire; Officiated the 2017 French Open women's singles final, the 2019 French Open men’s singles final, the 2022 Wimbledon men's singles final [22] and the 2024 French Open men‘s singles final. |
Richard Haigh | Great Britain | 2021 | ATP umpire; Officiated the 2019 Wimbledon men's doubles final and 2022 Wimbledon women's singles semi final. [23] Officiated the 2023 Wimbledon men's singles semifinal match between Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic with a controversial hindrance call against Djokovic. [24] |
Roland Herfel | Germany | ATP umpire and supervisor. [25] Defaulted, after being called on-court by chair umpire Greg Allensworth, Shapovalov in his quarterfinals match at the Citi Washington ATP versus Shelton, for allegedly swearing at a person in the crowd. [26] | |
Timo Janzen | Germany | 2021 | [27] |
Tom Sweeney | Australia | 2022 | Grand Slam and Olympic chair umpire. Officiated the 2023 Australian Open women's singles final. [28] |
Name | Nation | Year | Notes |
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Alison Hughes (née Lang) | Great Britain | 2003 | ITF umpire; referee since 1989. Officiated the women's singles final at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, as well as the women's singles final at the 5 Grand Slam tournaments, including the 2016 US Open women's singles Final, the 2017 Australian Open women's singles final, the 2018 US Open men's singles final and the 2019 US Open women's singles final, and 2021 Australian Open Women's final. ("Umpire Golden Slam") Umpired all four of the women's doubles of the Grand Slams. [29] She officiated the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Men Singles Final Match. She became the first woman to do this. |
Aurélie Tourte | France | 2017 | Third woman in French history to hold a gold badge in chair umpiring., [30] and believed to be the first woman to sign a full-time contract on the ATP Tour's elite team of umpires as of 2019. [31] Officiated the 2017 French Open women's doubles final, the 2019 French Open women's singles final, the 2021 French Open men's singles Final, the 2022 Wimbledon women's singles final, the 2022 French Open Men's Double Final, and the 2024 Australian Open men's singles final. First Woman to Umpire an ATP 500 Final. Chaired the 2020 US Open match where Djokovic was defaulted. [32] |
Eva Asderaki-Moore (née Asderaki) | Greece | 2007 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2011 US Open women's singles final, the 2011 WTA Finals final, the 2015 US Open men's singles final, the 2017, 2023 US Open women's singles final, the 2017 Wimbledon women's singles final, the 2019 Australian Open, US Open Mixed Doubles final, the 2020 Australian Open women's singles final, the 2022 French Open Women's Doubles final and the 2023 French Open Women's singles final. [33] [34] |
Juan (Jennifer) Zhang | China | 2012 | WTA umpire; Officiated the 2016 WTA Finals final. First woman in Chinese history to hold a gold badge in chair umpiring. [14] |
Julie Kjendlie | Norway | 2015 | WTA umpire; Officiated the 2018 and 2019 WTA Finals Doubles final. [35] |
Louise Azemar Engzell (née Engzell) | Sweden | 2006 | ITF umpire; Officiated the women's singles final at the 2012 Olympics, the 2011 and 2020 French Open women's singles final, the 2012 and 2022 US Open women's singles final, the 2019 Australian Open women's singles final, the 2020 Australian Open men's doubles Final, the 2020 US Open men's singles final, the 2023 Australian Open men's singles final, and the 2023 Wimbledon women's singles final (Umpire Golden Slam). [36] |
Katarzyna Radwan-Cho | Poland | 2021 | ITF Umpire; First Polish Gold Badge Umpire [37] |
Kelly Rask | Great Britain | 2022 | Officiated the 2018 and 2021 Wimbledon women's doubles final and 2019, 2022 and 2023 Wimbledon women's singles semi finals. [38] Officiated the 2024 Wimbledon women’s singles final. |
Marija Čičak | Croatia | 2011 | WTA umpire; Officiated the 2014 Wimbledon women's singles final, the 2015 US Open Women's final, the women's singles final at the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2018 Wimbledon men's singles semifinal between Kevin Anderson and John Isner (the second longest singles tennis match). Umpired Wimbledon women's doubles final 2017. Officiated the 2021 men's singles final at Wimbledon, becoming the first woman to do so. [39] |
Marijana Veljović | Serbia | 2015 | ITF umpire; Officiated the 2018 Australian Open women's singles final, the 2019 Wimbledon Championships women's singles final, the 2021 US Open Women's singles final and the Fed Cup Final 2019. She officiated the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Women Singles Final Match. Officiated the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Final. In 2022 she officiated the Australian Open women's singles final. [40] |
Miriam Bley | Germany | 2019 | WTA umpire; First German Gold Badge Female Umpire. Officiated at the 2022 WTA finals in Fort Worth and the 2023 Wimbledon women's singles semi final [41] |
Paula Vieira Souza | Brazil | 2017 | WTA umpire; First South American Gold Badge Female Umpire. [42] |
Name | Nation | Year | Notes |
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Andreas Egli | Switzerland | ITF Grand Slam Supervisor. Supervisor of Australian Open, Roland Garros, The Championship Wimbledon, US Open. As a supervisor, he was involved as a consultant in the decision to disqualify Novak Djokovic in the 2020 US Open. [43] | |
Anne Lasserre Ullrich | France | First French woman to chair men's matches at Grand Slams.[ citation needed ] | |
Bertie Bowron | Great Britain | [44] [45] | |
Bruno Rebeuh | France | 1989 | Obtained his international certification in 1988 and became one of the first 6 professional tennis umpires in 1989 (first professional Chair umpire in France). Officiated on 10 consecutive French Open Finals (1989-1998), including Chang-Edberg in 1989, 2 Australian Open Finals (1991), 2 Olympic finals (1992, 2000), and 10 Davis Cup Finals. He retired from Officiating in 2001. [46] [47] |
Carlos Ramos | Portugal | 1990–2023 [48] | Officiated the men's singles final at the 2012 Olympic Games, as well as the men's singles final at all 4 Grand Slam tournaments including the 2016 Australian Open men's singles final, 2007 Wimbledon – Men's singles final, and the 2018 US Open women's singles final. ("Umpire Golden Slam"). [49] |
Cecil Hollins | USA | [50] | |
Cédric Mourier | France | 1999 | ATP umpire and referee; officiated the 2001 French Open men's singles, 2004 French Open men's singles, 2006 French Open men's singles, 2010 French Open men's singles and 2013 French Open men's singles finals. Retired in 2018. Now an ATP Supervisor. [51] |
Christina Olausson | Denmark | [ citation needed ] | |
Damian Steiner | Argentina | 2005 | ATP full-time umpire. Officiated the 2019 Wimbledon men's singles final. He was fired by the ATP for breaking the official's code of conduct in August 2019. [52] [53] [54] |
David Littlefield | USA | [55] | |
Enric Molina | Spain | Officiated the 2012 Wimbledon Men's singles final and former Chief of Officiating. [56] | |
Denis Overberg | Australia | 1998 | [ citation needed ] |
Donna Kelso | Australia | WTA Supervisor, GS Supervisor. Umpired Australian Open finals 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 US Open 1997 Umpired the Olympic Games Women's final 1996.[ citation needed ] | |
Fabián Cherny | Argentina | 1997 | Only South American Chair Umpire at the 1996 Summer Olympics event. Worked the Australian, US and French Opens and several Davis Cup ties. [57] He umpired the only tennis match where Marcelo Ríos played as number one of the world, Ríos-Gumy in a 1998 Davis Cup American zone match between Argentina and Chile. [58] |
Félix Torralba | Spain | 2013 | Former WTA Umpire. Now working for the WTA Mallorca Tournament. [17] [59] |
Fiona Edwards | Great Britain | [ citation needed ] | |
Frank Hammond | USA | [60] | |
Freddie Sore | Great Britain | He was the longest-serving umpire at Wimbledon; over 40 years. [61] [62] | |
Georgina Clark | Great Britain | First female umpire to officiate a Grand Slam final (Wimbledon 1984).[ citation needed ] | |
Gerry Armstrong | Great Britain | 1987 | ATP Supervisor; Assistant Referee of The Championship, Wimbledon. [63] |
Jake Garner | USA | 2007 | 18 Grand Slam finals, four Davis Cup finals, a Fed Cup final and the men's gold-medal match at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Officiated the 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 US Open Men's finals, the 2011, 2015, 2018 Australian Open Men's finals, the 2010 and 2016 Wimbledon Men's Final, and 2008 Olympic Games Men's singles final. Retired in 2018. Now Chief of Umpire at the US Open and senior manager for the USTA. [64] [65] |
Jane Harvey | Great Britain | Umpired 5 Wimbledon singles finals, 4 Olympic Gold medal finals, and first female to umpire a World Group Davis Cup. Over 10 years as a full-time official. [66] | |
George Grime | UK | Five Wimbledon Finals 1982 86 89 90 92. Davis Cup Finals 1984 and 86 as chair umpire. 1988 as referee | |
Javier Moreno | Spain | ITF full-time official. | |
Jeremy Shales | Great Britain | Now deceased. [67] [68] | |
John Frame | Great Britain | Umpired 7 Wimbledon Finals, including 3 men's singles.[ citation needed ] | |
John Parry | Great Britain | As a Chief Umpire for WTA and ATP Tour now. [69] | |
Jorge Dias | Portugal | First of three top Portuguese officials, opened the path to two current top officials, Carlos Ramos and Carlos Sanchez. [70] | |
Kerrilyn Cramer | Australia | Officiating several time Australian Open Ladies Single Final match. [71] | |
Lars Graff | Sweden | 1990 | ATP Supervisor. Umpired the 2009 Wimbledon Final. While umpiring in the 2003 Wimbledon match, Greg Rusedski was fined £1500 for an obscene outburst. [72] [73] |
Laura Ceccarelli | Italy | WTA Supervisor.[ citation needed ] | |
Leanne White | Australia | Umpired Australian Open finals 1996, 1999.[ citation needed ] | |
Lynn Welch | USA | Retired and not associated with tennis officiating [74] | |
Mariana Alves | Portugal | WTA umpire; Officiated the 2010 Wimbledon women's singles final and the 2007 WTA Finals final. Also officiate 2019 WTA Finals final at Shenzhen in her last career match. Now a WTA supervisor. [75] She umpired the Capriati-Williams match in the 2004 US Open, where the wrong calls prompted the introduction of the Hawk-eye system. [76] | |
Mike Morrissey | Great Britain | Umpired Wimbledon's final. ITF Head of Officiating during the 90's. Held all 3 gold badges simultaneously (chair umpire, chief umpire, referee).[ citation needed ] | |
Norm Chryst | USA | 1991 | Officiated the 2004 US Open Final. [77] [78] [79] |
Pascal Maria | France | 2000 | ITF umpire; officiated on 9 Davis Cup Finals and 14 Grand Slam singles finals, including in 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's final, 2009 and 2012 Australian Open Men's final, 2009, 2014 and 2017 French Open Men's final, 2016 French Open Women's Final and 2016 Olympic Games men's singles Final. Retired in 2017. [80] [81] |
Richard Ings | Australia | 1986 | Full-time official. (See below). [82] |
Robert Norton | Great Britain | 1986 | Wimbledon Umpire. [83] |
Romano Grillotti | Italy | Umpired several finals at the heart of Rome, in the traditional ATP Masters. [84] | |
Sandra de Jenken | France | 2001 | She officiated a total of 13 Grand Slam Finals and 4 Fed Cup Finals. First woman to officiate a Grand Slam Men's Single Final Match (Roland Garros) and a Davis Cup Final (Croatia-Slovakia, 2005). She retired in 2007. [85] |
Gabriel Mato | Spain | Officiated while an elected member of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, later a Member of the European Parliament. [86] |
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