Serena Williams Fined $2,000 at US Open 2011, Earns $1.4M
Serena Williams berating the chair umpire during her US Open final 2011 against eventual winner Sam Stosur. (Credit: Reuters)
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) issued a statement about the penalty and said it was consistent with similar offenses at Grand Slam events. Further, the USTA said Grand Slam committee director Bill Babcock conducted his own review and determined “Williams’ conduct, while verbally abusive, does not rise to the level of a major offense under the Grand Slam Code of Conduct.”
Serena Williams is lucky she was given such a small penalty considering this is already her second offense at the US Open. It will be recalled that Serena yelled and threatened a line judge after a foot-fault call at the end of her loss to Kim Clijsters in the 2009 US Open semifinals, for which she was put under a probationary period.
Serena earned $1.4 million at the US Open: $900,000 for finishing as the runner-up, plus a $500,000 bonus for having come in first place in the US Open Series standings, which take into account results at hard-court tuneup tournaments.
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