Nick Kyrgios might be the player everybody’s talking about due to his behavior but few realize that he is one of 19 to be hit with a financial penalty during the first week of Wimbledon.
In fact, more than $75,000 worth of fines has already been issued during the first week of the championships. According to official data, more than three times as many men have committed an offense than women. Although interestingly it is only two female players who have been punished for receiving coaching and nobody in the men’s draw.
Australia’s Kyrgios leads the leaderboard for the biggest fine after what has been a controversial past few days. In his first round match, he argued with the umpire and spat in front of some people in the crowd who he said were ‘disrespecting him.’ Resulting in him being hit with a $10,000 penalty. He later said during his press conference that he was tired of being verbally abused by some fans watching him play.
Then on Saturday in a dramatic clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas he argued once again with officials, got a warning for swearing and at one stage called for his opponent to be defaulted for hitting a ball into the stands.
“Why would I need to apologize? I’m getting fined for it. Because I got — I always get fined. I’m very keen to see what he will get after today.” Kyrgios said following his third round win.
Kyrgios has been fined another $4000 for his antics and Tsitsipas has to pay $10,000 for his behavior. The relationship between the two took another dramatic turn after the match when the Greek accused his peer of bullying during an explosive press conference.
After Kyrgios, America’s Reilly Opelka was docked $5000 for swearing. The value of the fine is an interesting one when three other players have also been fined for the same offense but they only have to pay $3000. The difference could be due to repeated swearing during the match.
The majority of the men’s fInes are for either unsportsmanlike conduct or audible obscenities. The only exception is Benoit Paire who was fined $2500 for equipment abuse.
As for the ladies’ draw, Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko received the biggest fine ($4500) for coaching. Former world No.1 Garbine Muguruza was another player to be published for her actions.
Here is a breakdown of the fines issued between Day 1 and Day 6 of the championships.
WOMEN
- Daria Saville AUS (round one) $4000 – EQUIPMENT ABUSE
- Lesia Tsurenko UKR (round two) $4500 – COACHING
- Garbine Mugurza ESP (round 2) $3500 – COACHING
- Harriet Dart GBR (round 2) $4000 – EQUIPMENT ABUSE
MEN
- Fernando verdasco ESP (round one) $3000 – AUDIBLE OBSCENITY
- Adrian Mannarino FRA (round one) $3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Stan Wawrinka SWI (round one) $3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Yoshihito Nishioka JPA (round one) $3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Nick Kyrgios AUS (round one) $10,000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Pedro Martinez ESP (round one) $3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Diego Schwartzman ARG (round one) $3000 – AUDIBLE OBSCENITY
- Lukas Klein SVK (round one) $3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Reilly Opelka USA (round two) $5000 – AUDIBLE OBSCENITY
- Benoit Paire (round one) $2500 – EQUIPMENT ABUSE
- Jiri Vesely CZE (round two) $3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina ESP (round two) $3000 – AUDIBLE OBSCENITY
- Denis Shapovalov CAN (round 2) £3000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
- Nick Kyrgios (round 3) $4000 – AUDIBLE OBSCENITY
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (round 3) $10,000 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
