Become an Official

The Tennis Canada Officiating Program is responsible for the training, certification, designation, and evaluation of all tennis officials in Canada. They also coordinate all officials working at professional events in Canada (including the two Rogers Cup presented by National Bank events, as well as numerous other ATP, WTA and ITF Pro Circuit events), international competitions such as Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties, and all national championship events (seniors, juniors, wheelchair).

A close partnership has been developed with the provincial associations in the training and coordination of officials in each province, and in the publishing Tennis Canada’s rulebook, Rules of the Court. To learn more about officials and officiating in Canada please consult the Tennis Canada Officiating Webpage.

If you have any comments or questions, or are interested in becoming a member of the officiating program, please contact us at info@tennisalberta.com and officiating@tenniscanada.com

Recruiting and training tennis officials in Canada is a collaborative effort between Tennis Canada’s Officiating Department and the Provincial Tennis Associations. The Provincial Associations organize and teach many of the introductory and intermediate clinics. In addition to assisting the Provinces to run their clinics by providing and training instructors, and developing course material, the Officiating Department teaches the more advanced clinics.

In order to become a tennis official, you first need to attend an Introduction to Officiating clinic. The Introductory clinics are generally organized by the Provincial Associations and run over two days. The Introductory clinic covers the following officiating roles: line umpire, chair umpire, and roving umpire.

Once you attend the Introductory clinic it is mainly a question of getting as much experience as possible in tournaments of increasingly higher levels (for example: provincial juniors → national juniors → $10K pro circuit → $50K pro challenger → Rogers Cup), and of attending increasingly advanced training sessions.

If you have any questions concerning how to become an official please contact us at info@tennisalberta.com

For information on currently scheduled officiating clinics, see the Clinics page.

Officiating is a great way for tennis enthusiasts (and players) to stay involved with the sport that they love!

Clinics, Rules & Resources

Find more information on Tennis Canada’s website.