The sight of immaculately dressed line judges standing or crouching at the ... accuracy in our officiating,” All England Lawn ...

Wimbledon has been warned that its historic decision to ditch line judges could put the UK’s entire tennis ecosystem at risk. The All England Club (AELTC) confirmed on Wednesday that line judges ...

WASHINGTON -- A tennis player was defaulted from her match at the Citi Open after hitting a line judge in the knee with a ball after losing a point in the third set. Olga Puchkova, a Russian who ...

After checking on the line judge, the chair umpire decided to end ... We were watching some great tennis so to have the match end this way is incredibly disappointing. In sport, these things ...

Most earn around £30,000. On average a line judge can expect to earn £20,000. Best part of the job "I've umpired at all the top tennis events and on my travels I've made friends in all four corners of ...

Rublev was serving to force a final set tiebreak when he was forced to forfeit the match. He appealed his penalty and subsequently received £120k in prize money. The Russian has since left the ...

The senior umpire, who calls the score and can overrule all other officials, sits in a tall chair at one end of the net. There are also line judges who sit outside the court looking down all the court ...