Wimbledon fine 12 players as Brit gets heaviest punishment for abusing staff

British doubles player Henry Patten has been hit with the heaviest fine of Wimbledon so far. The 29-year-old has been ordered to pay £9,000 for verbally abusing staff as they tried to cut his practice session short.

The second highest fine issued stands at £4,400 to Adrian Mannarino for unsportsmanlike conduct in his second-round clash with Valentin Royer. Mannarino won that tie but crashed out to Andrey Rublev in round three.

Russian star Elena Pridankina got the third highest at £3,600, also for unsportsmanlike conduct, during her first-round doubles defeat to Jelena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei.

Four players were fined £2,900. Zizou Bergs and Halley Baptiste were punished for an audible obscenity, Varvara Gracheva for an abuse of rackets or equipment and Anna Kalinskaya for unsportsmanlike conduct.

German Jule Niemeier has been docked £1,800 for unsportsmanlike conduct in her second-round qualifying loss.

And the final four players were each fined £1,500. Alex Bolt and Chloe Paquet were penalised for audible obscenities, Colton Smith for abuse of rackets and equipment and Luca Van Assche for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Wimbledon are reclaiming much less of the prize money now that Nick Kyrgios is not in the main draw. The Aussie claims to have paid out over £400,000 in fines over the duration of his career.

"Look, I probably would have, in my entire career, man I've been hit with some big ones," Kyrgios said.

"I would say, I'd be approaching around 800 grand (Australian dollars) I reckon."

Kyrgios was fined £11,700 for breaking Wimbledon's strict dress code in 2022 by wearing red Jordan trainers onto Centre Court and he has since called for the all-white attire to be scrapped.

"I think it'd be cool to mix it up. I think everyone should wear all black," Kyrgios told talkSPORT.

"He argued the change would enhance the viewing experience, stating: "It would look super clean on the court and on TV. It would look amazing."

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