How much do Wimbledon umpires get paid in 2025?

Wimbledon umpires have the best view in the house of the best tennis tournament in the world (maybe we're a little biased). And they are paid very handsomely for the pressure cooker job that they have trained for many years.

Keeping score and applying the rules is their main duty, but already this week the officials have become welfare officers for ball kids, fans and players. Whatever challenges arise during a match, they have to remain composed enough to deal with them.

Express Sport takes a look at how much the officials can earn...

How much are umpires paid at Wimbledon 2025?

Umpires are not given a stable salary because there are no many variables at play. However, at Grand Slam events, including Wimbledon, it is thought they earn £5,000 for a men's tie and £2,500 for a women's clash.

Men's matches are best-of-five sets and can occasionally last five hours, which is a lengthy stint to be fully focussed.

Women's matches are shorter as they play best-of-three sets, which may be the reason for half pay.

In a standard season, an umpire can take home around £350,000.

How do Wimbledon umpires qualify?

Umpires need to gain a level 3 certificate to progress into professional umpiring.

From there, umpires are given annual reviews by the ATP, ITF and WTA as they look to build up from a bronze badge to gold.

How many umpires are there at Wimbledon 2025?

There are 172 match officials working at Wimbledon in 2025. That consists of 46 chair umpires, 79 match assistants, 10 off-court staff and 36 review officials.

The majority of officials are British. If a chair umpire is not assigned a match, then they will be given one of the duties mentioned above.

The chief umpire is Andrew Wynne, who takes charge of appointing officials.

Why are there no line judges at Wimbledon 2025?

For the first time in its 148-year history, line judges have been replaced with technology for the 2025 edition of The Championships.

Line judges were paid around £200 a day, plus expenses, before their role was scrapped this year.

Around 300 line judges were in work at Wimbledon in 2024 but 79 of those have been redeployed to 'match assistants' roles.

The new job responsibilities include escorting players who need to leave the court or stepping in if the technology fails.