Wimbledon have confirmed that they have handed out £34,000-worth ($46,000) of fines after the qualifying rounds and the first week of the Championships’ main draw. 11 players have officially been punished for breaching the tournament’s conduct as per the 2026 Official Grand Slam rule book, with combustible Frenchman Corentin Moutet handed the largest fine for his explosion during his defeat to Marcos Giron. Sending a lob high up in the air and out to lose the third set against the American, Moutet tried to snap his racquet over his knee, needing three attempts before it broke into pieces. Moutet – who later swore in French and shouted ‘that’s insane’ at the chair umpire after one of Giron’s shots was called in – will have to pay £5,600 ($7,500) the highest of the fines meted out. Another of the week’s biggest offenders was Damir Dzumhur, who received his £5,600 for unsportsmanlike conduct during his match against Britain’s wildcard hopeful Arthur Fery. During the second set of their first-round clash, the Bosnian was incensed when he believed he had served a let, but lost the point to Fery as a second fault. Corentin Moutet received one of the largest fines of Wimbledon’s first week after snapping his racquet over his knee Nick Kyrgios however escaped punishment despite daring the Championships to fine himDzumhur turned on the umpire and confronted them, before rounding on Fery and accusing him of also believing it was a let, adding that the Briton should ‘look into (his) eyes’ and confirm what he was saying. Unable to overturn the decision, Dzumhur was unsettled by his mid-match meltdown, and continued to chunter throughout the match, with Fery resorting to wearing ear plugs during the changeovers to improve his focus. But one name was conspicuous in its absence from the list of those fined – Nick Kyrgios. The Australian star has been an infrequent Grand Slam feature in the years following his Wimbledon final appearance amid repeated injury and a loss of conditioning, but played doubles with another incendiary figure on the tour, Alexander Bublik, in SW19. The pair lost in their first-round meeting with Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo in straight sets, but not without a dash of drama, as is custom when Kyrgios takes to the court. The 31-year-old, who was fined a staggering £14,500 during his run to the final four years ago, goaded the umpire after he was called up for swearing. ‘Honestly, at this point you can fine me, I don’t give a s***, I honestly don’t even care,’ Kyrgios said. ‘You can fine me. All these rules are so dumb anyway.’ Six of the 11 players penalised were in breach of the Grand Slam’s rules around audible obscenities, including Hamad Medjedovic (£3,700) during his main-draw match on Tuesday against Sebastian Ofner. WEEK ONE FINES IN SW19 QUALIFYINGGilles Arnaud Bailly: £1,800 ($2,500) for audible obscenityHenrique Rocha: £1,800 ($2,500) for racquet abuse Mia Pohankova: fined £1,800 ($2,500) for audible obscenity.Pol Martin Tiffon: £1,800 ($2,500) for audible obscenityColton Smith: £1,800 ($2,500) for audible obscenityNoma Noha Akugue: £1,800 ($2,500) for audible obscenityMAIN DRAW Hamad Medjedovic: £3,700 ($5,000) for audible obscenityDamir Dzumhur: £5,600 ($7,500) for unsportsmanlike conductThanasi Kokkkinakis: £5,600 ($7,500) for unsportsmanlike conductCorentin Moutet: £5,600 ($7,500) for racquet abusePierre-Hugues Herbert: £2,600 ($3,500) for racquet abuse <!- – ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/sport/tennis/article/other/mpu_factbox.html?id=mpu_factbox_1 – ->
But none of the fines doled out by Wimbledon compare to the one levied at Moutet last month at Queen’s Club, when the 27-year-old said f*** seven times live on BBC. During his on-court interview with Jenny Drummond, Moutet let the first profanity slip by accident, but added six more defiant ones to the remainder of his interview, leading him to be fined £30,325 ($40,000) – almost his entire tournament prize money.Also absent from Wimbledon’s list of week one fines – with the second week’s to be published after the men’s finals next Sunday – were Serena and Venus Williams, both of whom missed their mandatory press conferences. Serena was unavailable for press after her first-round singles defeat to Maya Joint, later revealing that she had suffered a knee injury which both stopped her from seeing the media and competing in doubles with her sister Venus. Venus was later absent from her media commitments after her first-round defeat in mixed doubles alongside partner Kevin Krawietz. Refusing to attend mandatory media commitments can come with a hefty fine of up to £37,000 ($50,000), but this is at the director’s discretion, with neither Williams sister meeting the threshold required by the Championships.