Wimbledon have announced their first list of punishments for 2025 with 12 players fined, including a British star who verbally abused staff.
Henry Patten, 29, has received the heaviest fine so far at this year’s Championships and must pay £9,000 for his behaviour in practice.
The British player, who won last year’s Wimbledon men’s doubles title, verbally abused staff as they attempted to cut his training session short.
But Patten, who has reached the men’s doubles quarter-finals this yearalongside Finish partner Harri Heliövaara, isn’t the only punished player.
French star Adrian Mannarino has been slapped with a fine worth £4,400 for unsportsmanlike conduct in the men’s singles.
The incident occurred during Mannarino’s second-round victory over fellow Frenchman Valentin Royer on Wednesday.
Russian player Elena Pridankina, meanwhile, has been fined £3,672 for unsporting conduct too.
The 12 Wimbledon players to be hit with fines
- Henry Patten – £9,000
- Adrian Mannarino – £4,400
- Elena Pridankina – £3,672
- Zizou Bergs – £2,938
- Halley Baptiste – £2,938
- Varvara Gracheva – £2,938
- Anna Kalinskaya – £2,938
- Jule Niemeier – £1,835
- Alex Bolt – £1,468
- Chloe Paquet – £1,468
- Colton Smith – £1,468
- Luca Van Assche – £1,468
Pridankina’s punishment came as a result of her behaviour in a first-round women’s doubles defeat to Jelena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei.
Four other players must pay £2,938 – Belgim’s Zizou Bergs, the USA’s Halley Baptiste, France’s Varvara Gracheva and Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya.
Bergs and Baptiste were punished for an audible obscenity, Gracheva for abusing rackets or equipment and Kalinskaya for unsporting conduct.
German player Jule Niemeier has been also been fined £1,835 for unsporting conduct, which occurred during the qualifying tournament.
The other four fined players include Alex Bolt, Chloe Paquet, Colton Smith and Luca Van Assche – who all owe £1,468 each for various offences.
Who is Henry Patten?
Patten, the British player slapped with the biggest fine so far, is a doubles specialist from Essex and a defending champion at Wimbledon.
He is currently the world No.3 in doubles and is a two-time major winner, clinching the Australian Open title with Heliövaara earlier this year.
In singles, he’s landed one trophy, which came on the ITF World Tennis Tour in Fayetteville, Arkansas in November 2021.
