Whether they are chair, line, referees have a key role at Roland Garros: to be the guarantors of the smooth running and scheduling of matches. Here testimonies of Jacques Dorfmann judge referee, but also of a young international referee, as well as the backstage of the cloakroom of these gentlemen.
Jacques Dorfmann explains the system put in place to arbitrate the final. Daniel Cazal humorously questions the umpire about the remuneration to the numbers of umpires, "don’t they have an interest in making the parties last"?
Among the army of specialists mobilized during the fortnight of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament, there are... seamstresses. Indeed, Roland-Garros is about matches and performances of champions, but also looks and French fashion, that of the 300 referees of the tournament, a showcase seen every year by 3 billion viewers. Commentary on factual images and reaction of an arbitrator and Léa DELMAS (seamstress).