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This is a list of tennis violations that have occurred by professional tennis players in tournaments.

When a player violates a rule or does not follow the tennis code of conduct, the umpire or tournament official can issue one of the following:

Code of Conduct

According to the 1987 Tennis Code of Conduct, if a player assesses $7,500 in fines in a 12-month period, they will automatically be fined an additional $10,000. The third penalty would carry a fine and a four-month suspension. A sixth-month suspension would follow after that.[1]

Selected period violation summary

The New York Times compiled a list of fines received by gender between 1998-2018 at the four major tennis grand slam tournaments.[2]

Fine Men Women
Racket Abuse 646 99
Audible Obscenity 344 140
Unsportsmanlike Conduct 287 67
Coaching 87 152
Ball Abuse 50 35
Verbal Abuse 62 16
Visible Obscenity 20 11
No Press 6 10
Time Violations 7 3
Best Effort 2 0
Default 3 0
Doubles Attire 2 1
Late for Match 1 1
First round Retirement 2 0
Total 1519 535

List of violations

Date Offender Opponent Tournament Violation
Nov. 4, 1984 John McEnroe Anders Jarryd Stockholm Open Fined $2,100 for unsportsmanlike conduct[3]
Nov. 6, 1984 John McEnroe Mats Wilander Stockholm Open Assessed a warning for verbal abuse. After the tournament, the Men's International Professional Tennis Council suspended McEnroe 42 days for misconduct[3]
1987 John McEnroe Penalized for ball abuse, and fined $350[1]
1987 John McEnroe Slobodan Živojinović US Open After a series of arguments with the chair umpire that included penalties for unsportsmanlike behavior, verbal abuse, and language directed at a spectator,[1] McEnroe was fined $17,500 and suspended for two months[4]
Jan., 1990 John McEnroe Mikael Pernfors Australian Open Disqualified in his fourth-round match against Pernfors for three code violations.[5] McEnroe received a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct (intimidating a lineswoman), a second warning for racquet abuse, and was disqualified after verbally abusing the chair umpire Gerry Armstrong.
Aug., 1990 Andre Agassi Petr Korda US Open Called chair umpire a "son of a bitch" and spit on him. Agassi was assessed a penalty point, which was later rescinded as the spit was considered accidental. Agassi was still fined $3,000[6]
1995 Jeff Tarango Alexander Mronz Wimbledon Telling spectators to "shut up" earned a violation, and a second one after he called the chair umpire the "most corrupt official in the game". Tarango was fined 28,000 pounds and banned from the tournament the following year[7]
1995 Tim Henman / Jeremy Bates Jeff Tarango / Henrik Holm Wimbledon Both were disqualified after Henman hit a ball girl with a ball.[8]
1996 Irina Spîrlea Disqualified for abusive language directed at an official.[9]
Sep., 1996 Pete Sampras Àlex Corretja US Open Time violation for vomiting court side during the match[10]
Aug., 1996 Andre Agassi Daniel Nestor Indianapolis Disqualified for ball abuse and verbal abuse[11]
Oct., 1998 John McEnroe Mikael Pernfors Sydney Seniors Received a warning for verbal abuse[12]
Nov., 1998 Pete Sampras Marcelo Ríos ATP Tour World Championships Received a warning for shouting an obscenity[13]
2000 Stefan Koubek Stefan Koubek French Open Disqualified for hitting a ball boy
2000 Marcelo Ríos Gouichi Motomura Mercedes-Benz Cup, Los Angeles Disqualified and subsequently fined US$5,000 for yelling "Fuck you!" to the chair umpire[14]
2007 Anastasia Rodionova Angelique Kerber Cincinnati Masters Disqualified for hitting a ball at spectators cheering Kerber[15]
2009 Roger Federer Juan Martin Del Potro US Open Fined $1,500 for outburst against umpire Jake Garner, in a row about the time taken to challenge by his opponent.[16]
2009 Serena Williams Kim Clijsters US Open Received a foot fault and subsequently argued with a linesperson, which led to a code violation and a point penalty while she was a match point down, thus ending the match.
2011 Serena Williams Sam Stosur US Open Received a code violation for verbal abuse after chair umpire Eva Asderaki warned her for hindrance. She was on probation for the 2009 offense at the same tournament.[17]
2012 David Nalbandian Marin Čilić Queen's Final Disqualified for injuring an official after kicking an advertising board.
2014 Darian King Edward Corrie Charlottesville Challenger Disqualified after throwing racquet and hitting a lineswoman[18]
2016 Grigor Dimitrov Diego Schwartzman Istanbul Open Smashed racquet three times, resulting in a warning, a point penalty, and another point penalty[19]
2017 Denis Shapovalov Kyle Edmund 2017 Davis Cup World Group Disqualified after hitting the chair umpire with a ball hit in anger[20]
Jul., 2018 Yann Marti Adrian Bodmer Swiss Open Disqualified after pointing racquet at Severin Lüthi and saying to him: "You can put that in your butt"[21]
Aug., 2018 Alizé Cornet Johanna Larsson US Open Received a warning for changing her shirt mid-match
Sep., 2018 Serena Williams Naomi Osaka US Open Final Fined $17,000[22] for arguing against chair umpire Carlos Ramos for code offenses involving coaching and a racket slam, and impugning umpire's integrity.[23]
2019 Nick Kyrgios Casper Ruud Italian Open Defaulted for a number of building offenses through the match, including ball abuse, offensive language directed at spectators, racket slamming, and tossing a folding fabric stool onto the court; because of the default, Kyrgios was fined €33,635, lost all earned ATP points for the tourney, along with having to pay the ATP for his accommodations.[24]
Jun 30, 2019 Serena Williams Wimbledon Fined $10,000 for damaging a Wimbledon practice court with her racquet[25]
July 8, 2019 Fabio Fognini Wimbledon Fined $3,000 for saying he wished “a bomb would explode at the club”.[26]
Aug., 2019 Nick Kyrgios Karen Khachanov Cincinnati Masters Fined $113,000 after his meltdown, which included persistent abuse of an umpire, breaking his racquets and leaving the court.[27]
Sep 1, 2019 Mike Bryan Federico Delobis / Roberto Carballes US Open Fined $10,000 for pointing his racquet at an official, imitating shooting a rifle.[28]
Sep 8, 2019 Rafael Nadal Daniil Medvedev US Open Time violation
January 2020 Roger Federer Tennys Sandgren Australian Open Fined $3,000 for audible obscenity against his opponent in their quarter final match at the Australian Open. Federer received a code violation when a line judge reported him to the umpire, Marijana Veljovic.[29]
Feb 2, 2020 Novak Djokovic Dominic Thiem Australian Open Time violation
Sep 6, 2020 Novak Djokovic Pablo Carreno Busta US Open Disqualified after hitting a line judge with a ball hit in anger[30]

References

  1. ^ a b c "McEnroe Draws Fine, Suspension". NYTimes. 1987.
  2. ^ Christopher Clarey (2018-09-14). "Are Women Penalized More Than Men in Tennis? Data Says No". New York Times.
  3. ^ a b "McEnroe Earns Title, Suspension". 1984-11-06.
  4. ^ "U.S. Open Tennis Notebook : McEnroe's Outburst May Cost Him More Than He Can Afford". 1987-09-07.
  5. ^ "John McEnroe disqualified from the Australian Open". History.com. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Agassi fined $3,000 for spitting and swearing at umpire". 1990-08-31.
  7. ^ Isaac Robinson (2017-07-04). "The top five most famous on-court meltdowns in Wimbledon history". ESPN.
  8. ^ "Wimbledon archive: Henman disqualified for hitting ball girl". BBC. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  9. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6903967.stm
  10. ^ "Sampras Survives Gut-Wrenching Five-Setter". 1996-09-06.
  11. ^ Julie Cart (1996-08-18). "Agassi's Special Treatment Must End". Los Angeles Times.
  12. ^ "Tennis: McEnroe's bad language warning". 1998-10-21.
  13. ^ "Sampras Cruises, Rios Loses At ATP". 1998-11-23.
  14. ^ "Chair Umpire Tosses Rios Out of L.A. Tournament". Los Angeles Times. 2000-07-27. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  15. ^ BBC SPORT | Tennis | Russian disqualified in WTA event
  16. ^ https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/18/tennis.federer.outburst.fine.garner/index.html
  17. ^ "Snippy Serena under investigation over U.S. Open outburst". Reuters. 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  18. ^ "Tennis player Darian King disqualified after hitting lineswoman with racquet". Sydney Morning Herald. 2014-10-29.
  19. ^ "Diego Schwartzman wins in Istanbul as Grigor Dimitrov melts down". ESPN. 2016-05-02.
  20. ^ Simon Briggs (2017-02-06). "Davis Cup drama as Canada's Denis Shapovalov is defaulted for smashing ball into umpire's face to hand Great Britain win". Telegraph.
  21. ^ Mikael McKenzie (2018-07-23). "Roger Federer's coach told to stick racket up his BUTT as ace disqualified from Swiss Open". Daily Express.
  22. ^ "Serena Williams fined $17,000 for US Open final remarks, but it could prompt tennis to change its ways". CNBC. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  23. ^ "US Open: Serena Williams says she was treated more harshly because she is a woman". ABC News. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  24. ^ Boren, Cindy (16 May 2019). "Tennis star Nick Kyrgios throws a tantrum and a chair before walking off Italian Open court". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  25. ^ "Serena Williams fined $10,000 for damaging Wimbledon court". CNN. 9 July 2019.
  26. ^ "Wimbledon fines Fabio Fognini for "bomb" outburst". New York Post. 8 July 2019.
  27. ^ "Nick Kyrgios continues feud with chair umpire, smashes two rackets in hallway, is fined $113,000". USA Today. 15 August 2019.
  28. ^ "An American tennis player has been fined $10,000 for pointing his tennis racket like a rifle at a US Open official". Business Insider. 2 September 2019.
  29. ^ https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Roger_Federer/83436/roger-federer-fined-3000-for-audible-obscenity-against-tennys-sandgren/
  30. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/54051920
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