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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Andrey Rublev returned to the Dubai Championships this week - a year after he was disqualified from the tournament for screaming at a line judge. The world No. 9 hit the headlines 12 months ago as ...

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 ...

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 ...

A national-level chair umpire in the Dominican Republic has been suspended for six years and fined $6,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for manipulating scoring during matches ...

To begin a tennis match, a coin must be tossed, usually by the umpire. The winner then decides who serves first and at which end they would prefer to start the game. At the beginning of a game ...