The All England Club, which has hosted the tournament since its first edition in 1877, have confirmed that Cicak will officiate during the match between Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini on Sunday.
Cicak, 43, has already refereed the 2014 women’s final between Petra Kvitova and Eugenie Bouchard, as well as that of the women’s doubles in 2017.
The native of Zagreb has led matches in the last fifteen editions of Wimbledon, but also at the Olympic Games in Athens, London and Rio in 2016, where she judged the women’s final.
The Wimbledon tournament, often regarded as the temple of traditions in tennis, is the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments to appoint a woman to be the chair umpire of the men’s final.
At the US Open, the Greek Eva Asderaki-Moore made history in 2015 by refereeing the final won by Novak Djokovic against Roger Federer, and the French Sandra de Jenken led the way in 2007 during the finals of the l ‘Australian Open and Roland-Garros. The final of the last edition of Roland-Garros was refereed last June by the French Aurélie Tourte.
In the women’s tournament, Briton James Keothavong was nominated for the final on Saturday between Ashleigh Barty and Karolina Pliskova.
