French Open Prefers Line Judges
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French Open 2025: Why does Roland Garros not use electronic line calling?

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Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam tournament that still uses line judges and umpires.
Players are not allowed to use electronic replays to challenge human calls made by line judges.
French Open president Gilles Moretton says the French Open is right to keep its referees.
The Australian Open and US Open will dispense with line judges in 2021 and 2022 .
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