That will be $82K Serena
Monday, November 30th, 2009 | Serena Williams, Sports, Tennis
The administrator of the Grand Slam for tennis slapped Serena Williams with a record $82,500 fine after her U.S Open tirade and she could be suspended from the tournament if she has any more major offenses at any other Grand Slam in the next two years. The ruling was released on Monday and Williams will also face a probationary period at the four major championships in 2010 and 2011. If Williams has another major offense her fine would increase to $175,000 and will be barred from the following U.S. Open. The $82k fine is almost double the previous highest fine for a Grand Slam since Jeff Tarango was in 1990.
Williams who lashed out at a lines woman after a foot-fault call at her semifinal loss to the eventual champion Kim Clijsters at the Open in September. Williams only earned $350,000 by getting to the semifinal, a small part of her $6.5 million in prize money from 2009. Her career prize money is more then $28 million.
Williams is an 11 time Grand Slam champion and ended her 2009 season ranked at No. 1 in the WTA ranking.
Williams’ finger-pointing and profanity laced outburst got her a $10,000 fine from the U.S. Tennis Association in September, which is the maximum penalty a tennis player can face on site at a match. And now for the video of the freak out.
