1. Eva Asderaki, known by her married name Eva Asderaki-Moore, is a Greek tennis umpire, who has umpired international tennis matches since 2001.
20 Facts About Eva Asderaki
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Eva Asderaki has umpired at all four Grand Slam tournaments, and in 2015, she became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open tennis final.
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Eva Asderaki was once ranked the seventh best under-16 tennis player in Greece.
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Eva Asderaki has lived in England and now lives in Australia with her husband Paul Moore.
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Eva Asderaki has a gold umpiring accreditation from the International Tennis Federation.
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Eva Asderaki started as a line judge at her local tennis club in 1997, and she earned her first ITF umpiring badge in Thessaloniki in 2000.
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Eva Asderaki is the only current international Greek tennis umpire.
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Eva Asderaki started umpiring internationally in 2001, and her first international event was in Israel.
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Eva Asderaki umpired at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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In 2011, Eva Asderaki umpired in the women's singles events at Wimbledon, and the US Open.
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Williams later said that Eva Asderaki was "ugly on the inside", although Williams later claimed that she had mistaken Eva Asderaki for another umpire that she had disagreed with on a previous occasion.
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In 2013, Eva Asderaki umpired the women's singles final at Wimbledon.
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In 2015, Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men's US Open final when she umpired the final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
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Eva Asderaki umpired at the 2018 Fed Cup whilst pregnant.
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Eva Asderaki umpired at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, included the men's singles semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut.
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Eva Asderaki umpired a 2019 US Open match between Federer and Damir Dzumhur during which Dzumhur was criticised for shouting at Asderaki.
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In 2020, Eva Asderaki umpired the Australian Open women's singles final between Sofia Kenin and Garbine Muguruza.
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Eva Asderaki was positioned underneath Tsitsipas's coaching box and did catch Apostolos giving coaching, allowing chair umpire Jaume Campistol to issue a coaching violation to Tsitsipas.
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In 2023 Eva Asderaki umpired the women's final at the US Open.
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Eva Asderaki then umpired the men's singles final at the 2024 US Open, when Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz.