List of tennis umpires

Listed are current and past tennis chair umpires who hold or have held gold badge International Tennis Federation (ITF) ratings.

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.^[1]

Gold badge umpires typically officiate Grand Slam, ATP World Tour and WTA Tour matches. The following list shows only those who hold or have held a gold badge as a chair umpire. It does not include those who hold or have held gold badges in refereeing or chief umpiring. Year, where included, indicates when the umpire obtained gold badge status.^[2]

Active

Men

Brazilian umpire, Carlos Bernardes, at the 2010 Rogers Cup in Toronto.

List of active gold-badge male tennis umpires:

Umpire	Country	Year	Notes	Reference
Ali Nili	USA		ATP Supervisor; Officiated the 2015 Wimbledon Men's final	[3]
Carlos Bernardes	Brazil		Officiated the 2006 and 2008 US Open Men's Singles final, as well as the 2011 Wimbledon Men's Singles final.	[4]
Carlos Ramos	Portugal		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. ("Umpire Golden Slam")	[5]
Cédric Mourier	France		ATP Supervisor; 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.	[6]
Damián Steiner	Argentina	2005	Officiated five French Open Men's Singles finals.	[7]
Damien Dumusois	France	2009	Officiated the 2015 French Open Men's Singles final.	[8]
Emmanuel Joseph	France		Officiated the 2015 French Open Women's Singles final.	[9]
Felix Torralba	Spain		Officiated the 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinal between Petra Kvitová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová.	[10]
Fergus Murphy	Ireland			[11]
Gerry Armstrong	Great Britain		ATP Supervisor; Assistant Referee of The Championship, Wimbledon	[12]
Gianluca Moscarella	Italy	2010		[13]
Jake Garner	USA		Officiated the 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 US Open Men's finals, and the 2011, 2015 Australian Open Men's finals.	[14]
James Keothavong	Great Britain	2010	Officiated the 2014 Wimbledon Men's final.	[15]
John Blom	Australia	2012	Officiated the 2013 Australian Open Men's Final and the 2016 Australian Open Women's Final	[16]
Kader Nouni	France		WTA Chair Umpire; officiated the 2014 and 2013 French Open Women's Singles finals.	[17]
Manuel Messina	Italy			[10]
Mohamed El Jennati	Morocco			[10]
Mohamed Lahyani	Sweden		Officiated the longest match in pro tennis history: the Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.	[18]
Pascal Maria	France		Officiated the 2008 Wimbledon Championships Men's final, the 2009 Australian Open Men's final, the 2012 Australian Open Men's final, and the 2014 French Open Men's final.	[19]
Roland Herfel	Germany			[20]
Renaud Lichtenstein	France	2016		[21]

Women

Eva Asderaki at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

List of active gold-badge female tennis umpires:

Umpire	Country	Year	Notes	Reference
Alison Hughes (néé Lang)	Great Britain		Officiated the Women's Singles Final at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, as well as the Women's Singles Final at the 4 Grand Slam tournaments. ("Umpire Gold Slam")	[22]
Eva Asderaki-Moore	Greece		Umpire of the 2011 US Open Women's Final and the 2015 US Open Men's Final	[23][24]
Juan Zhang	China	2012		[25]
Louise Engzell	Sweden		Umpire of the Women's Singles Final at the 2012 Olympic Games	[26]
Mariana Alves	Portugal			[27]
Marija Čičak	Croatia		Umpire of the 2014 Wimbledon Ladies Final and 2015 US Open Women's Final	[28]
Marijana Veljovic	Serbia	2016		[29]
Julie Kjendlie	Norway	2016		[30]

Former

List of former gold-badge tennis umpires:

Umpire	Country	Year	Notes	Reference
Andreas Egli	Switzerland		ITF Grand Slam Supervisor. Supervisor of Australian Open, Roland Garros, The Championship Wimbledon, US Open
Anne Lasserre Ullrich	France		First French woman to chair men's matches at Grand Slams.
Bertie Bowron	Great Britain			[31]
Bruno Rebeuh	France		Umpired the French Open final in countless opportunities.	[32]
Cecil Hollins	USA			[33]
Christina Olaussen	Denmark
David Littlefield	USA			[34]
Enric Molina	Spain
Denis Overberg	Australia
Donna Kelso	Australia		WTA Supervisor
Edward James	Great Britain			[35]
Fabián Cherny	Argentina		Only South American Chair Umpire at the 1996 Olympic event in Atlanta, USA. Worked in the Australia, USA and French Grand Slams and in several Davis Cup ties.	[36]
Fiona Edwards	Great Britain
Frank Hammond	USA			[37]
Freddie Sore	Great Britain		He was the longest-serving umpire at Wimbledon; over 40 years.	[38][39]
Georgina Clark	Great Britain		First female umpire to officiate a Grand Slam final (Wimbledon 1984).
Gil de Kermadec	France			[31]
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.	[40]
Javier Moreno	Spain
Jeremy Shales	Great Britain			[41]
John Frame	Great Britain		Umpired 7 Wimbledon Finals, including 3 Men's Singles.
John Parry	Great Britain			[42]
Jorge Dias	Portugal		First of three top Portuguese officials, opened the path to two current top officials, Carlos Ramos and Carlos Sanchez.
Kerrilyn Cramer	Australia			[43]
Lars Graff	Sweden	1990	ATP Supervisor While umpiring in the 2003 Wimbledon match, Greg Rusedski was fined £1500 for an obscene outburst.	[44][45]
Laura Ceccarelli	Italy		WTA Supervisor
Leanne White	Australia
Lynn Welch	USA			[46]
Mike Morrissey	Great Britain		Umpired Wimbledon´s final. ITF Head of Officiating during the 90's.
Norbert Peick	Germany
Norm Chryst	USA			[47]
Richard Ings	Australia			[48]
Romano Grillotti	Italy			[49]
Sandra de Jenken	France			[50]
Steve Ullrich	USA		Probably the tennis umpire with the best record of precise overrules.	[47]
Ted Watts	Great Britain
Sylvia Watts	Great Britain
Wayne McKewen	Australia		ITF Grand Slam Supervisor. Referee of Australian Open
Missy Malool	USA
Bunny Williams	USA
Billy Lipp	USA
Dessie Samuels	USA
Mike Loo	USA		ATP Challenger Supervisor
Kieth Crossland	USA

ATP Tour officials

The original 8 full-time world officials for the (then new) 1990 ATP Tour

• Dana Loconto (USA)
• Gerry Armstrong (Great Britain)
• Paulo Pereira (Brazil)
• Pedro Bravo (Chile)
• Richard Ings (Australia)
• Richard Kaufman (USA)
• Rudy Berger (Germany)
• Steve Ulrich (USA)

Former Gold Badge Chair Umpires Now USTA Supervisors (Referees)

• Bunny Williams
• Missy Malool
• Dessie Samuels
• Billy Lipp
• Keith Crossland
• Mike Loo
• David Littlefield

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