Andrew Jarrett - Wimbledon Referee for 14 Years
Episode description
As the clay court season comes to an end, it means we´re just a few weeks away from the next Grand Slam of the year (and our favourite), Wimbledon. 🌱🇬🇧
In today´s episode we talk to someone who knows the tournament more than most. Andrew Jarrett was the Referee at Wimbledon for 14 years between 2006 and 2019.
A former player from Derby, Andrew represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, and was a coach before becoming a world-renowned referee, and the face we were so used to seeing on the side of Centre Court!
Andrew´s now written a book called ‘Championship Points’ all about his years at Wimbledon and his career in tennis, and chats to us about some of the highs and lows including:-
- How his playing days helped him in his later careers.
- Fearing for his safety in Nigeria.
- How he felt playing the first ever live Davis Cup singles match for Great Britain.
- Why he didn´t sleep much during the Wimbledon fortnight!
- The headaches and hard work involved in creating the Order of Play
- His take on Kato´s default at the French Open and more...
Read full show notes here.
Order a copy of ‘Championship Points’ here.