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Chair & Line Umpires Salaries in Tennis Grand-slams


Big tennis tournaments take place each year. How much a tennis umpire make from each tennis match or grand-slam tournament. In a tennis match there are two umpires that are on duty one will be much known as (chair umpire) and the other umpire is (line umpire). Previously there is hike in the salaries of the tennis umpires, mostly officials who are selected for the top tennis tournaments and grand-slams.

Tennis Umpires Salaries 2018 (Revealed)
Category Per Match Fees Grand-Slam Fees Yearly Earnings
Professional Umpires £750 £3,000 £170,000
Women Umpires £250 £800 £50,000
Entry Level Umpires £50 £150 £20,000

Chair Umpires Salaries (£3,500 Per Match):
Professional umpires selected for chair umpire job during tennis match. Chair umpire is well paid in tennis now days. He can get paid £750 per tennis match, but once he selected for the major grand-slam such as (Australian Open, Wimbledon or French Open) his fees gets double and he earn (£3,000) per match fees during the matches. Pro tennis umpire maximum earn £70,000 but as there is rise in the salaries of grand-slam match officials a professional start earn upto (£170,000) annually. Women pro umpire earn (£250) as of chair umpire but in grand-slam she make (£800) during the semi finals and final. Its not easy task become a professional chair umpire you need years of experienced to reached that position.

Line Umpires Salaries (£1,500 Per Match):

There is bit difference in the salaries of the line-umpires, a professional line umpire get (£500) per match but in grand-slam and other top tennis tournament worldwide he earn up to (£1,500) from the quarter finals to finals. Line umpire maximum earn up to (£40,000) annually from all the events held in a year. Wome umpire who is selected as the line umpire get paid (£150 per match) in a normal tennis event. But when she is part of big grand-slam officials team in line-up category she earn (£350 per match) till finals. A women line umpire earn (£15,000) annually.

Entry Level Umpires Salaries:
Entry level umpire fees for each match, they are young and working in the umpires development program. Selected for the junior tennis tournaments and grand-slam matches. Where they make (£50) maximum salary per match. After 2-3 years of experience in minor tennis tournaments they get professional contracts, and start getting matches in the tennis events such as (Shanghai Masters, ATP World Tour Finals, Indian Wells Masters and Paris Masters).

Highest Paid Tennis Chair & Line Umpires in 2018 (Revealed)
Umpires Per Match Fees Yearly Earnings Category
Carlos Bernardes (Brazil) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Mohamed El Jennati (Morroco) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Jake Garner (USA) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Roland Herfel (Germany) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Emmanuel Joseph (France) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
James Keothavong (Brazil) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Mohamed Lahyani (Sweden) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Gianluca Moscarella (Italy) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Fergus Murphy (Ireland) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Felix Torralba (Spain) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Damien Dumusois (France) £750 £170,000 Chair Umpire
Eva Asderaki-Moore (Greece) £300 £80,000 Chair Umpire
Mariana Alves (Portugal) £300 £80,000 Chair Umpire
Marija Cicak (Croatia) £300 £80,000 Chair Umpire
Louise Engzell (Sweden) £300 £80,000 Chair Umpire
Juan Zhang (China) £300 £80,000 Chair Umpire
Julie Kjendlie (Norway) £300 £80,000 Chair Umpire