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List of active gold-badge female tennis umpires Name Nation Year Notes 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 ...
Kader Nouni (born 23 February 1976) is a French tennis umpire. He works primarily for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and has officiated six major finals. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) certified him as a gold badge umpire in 2007. Known for his baritone voice, Nouni is sometimes called the "Barry White of tennis".
A line umpire stands at a ready position, focusing on his assigned line. The line umpire (or line judge) "calls all shots relating to the assigned lines." [6] Line umpires work on court as part of a team of between one and nine line umpires. Each line umpire is assigned to one line or, in the case of a short-handed crew, a position in a system.
“It’s going to look ridiculous.”⁰⁰Felix Auger-Aliassime fired up at chair umpire after he makes controversial call to end match against Jack Draper. Watch the situation unfold ⬇️⁰ ...
Line judge (or linesman, lineswoman or line umpire): Person designated to observe the passage of tennis balls over the boundary lines of the court. A line judge can declare that a play was inside or outside the play area and cannot be overruled by the players.
Mohamed Lahyani (born 27 June 1966) is a Swedish tennis umpire. He is a Gold Badge Chair Umpire certified by the Association of Tennis Professionals. [1] He is noted for presiding over the longest match in professional tennis history at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe was fined a total of $120,000 — but will not be suspended — for cursing repeatedly at a chair umpire after losing a match at the Shanghai Masters last month.
A more similar incident occurred at the Davis Cup in 2017, when Canada's Denis Shapovalov drilled the chair umpire after losing a point and cost his entire team a first-round win over Great Britain.