A British player has received the heaviest fine so far of this year’s competition as Wimbledon announced their first list of punishments for 2025.
Henry Patten, a doubles specialist and Wimbledon champion, has been fined £9,000.
The 29-year-old has to pay the penalty after verbally abusing staff as they tried to cut his practice session short.
In a statement, Patten hit out at Wimbledon chiefs. ‘There was an incident that occurred on the 29th of June during a training session on an offsite training ground,’ he said.
‘The next day, I spoke to the tournament referee and tournament director regarding this incident. On the 2nd of July I received a letter informing me that I had been fined and on the same day I responded appealing the decision due to inaccuracies and procedural failures in the process.
‘Despite this decision being under appeal, I am disappointed that Wimbledon thought it appropriate to disclose this fine to the media without indicating my appeal which creates an unfair and inaccurate perception of the incident.
Doubles specialist Henry Patten was one half of the duo which won at Wimbledon in 2024
Patten’s £9,000 punishment is the largest fine of this year’s Wimbledon Championships so far
Henry Patten has also won the Australian Open in partnership with Harri Heliövaara of Finland
‘As this decision is subject to appeal, I have been advised not to speak about this in any detail at this point. At this stage I will merely say that I do not believe that there has been a full or proper investigation, nor has Wimbledon acted reasonably or fairly with due process.
‘I am disappointed that as the defending male’s doubles champion that I am having to address this matter at this point rather than concentrating on playing tennis.’
‘I will comment further once the appeal has been concluded.’
Patten won last year’s Wimbledon doubles title as well as the 2025 Australian Open crown alongside Harri Heliövaara of Finland.
Victory Down Under earlier this year saw Patten and Heliövaara reach as high as number three in the world doubles rankings.
Patten and Heliövaara have made their way into the last 16 of this year’s men’s doubles at Wimbledon.
They will play against France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Australia’s Jordan Thompson on Monday.
Patten and Heliövaara, who won the men’s doubles title at Wimbledon last year, have earned £43,750 between them in prize money so far in this year’s competition, according to The Mirror.
Frenchman Adrian Mannarino will have to cough up £4,400 for unsportsmanlike conduct
Belgium’s Zizou Bergs has been fined close to £3,000 for shouting an audible obscenity
German tennis player Jule Niemeier will have to pay a fine of just under £2,000 at Wimbledon
That figure will increase to £87,500 if they win in the next round on Monday.
All told, Wimbledon announced 12 sanctions for various misdemeanours in the first week of the Championships.
French player Adrian Mannarino has been handed a fine of £4,400 for unsportsmanlike conduct during his second-round victory over compatriot Valentin Royer.
Russian Elena Pridankina has been fined £3,672 for unsportsmanlike conduct after she lost in the first round of the doubles draw to Jelena Ostapenko and Hsieh Su-wei.
There are four players who have been ordered to pay up £2,938.
Zizou Bergs and Halley Baptiste have been punished for an audible obscenity, Varvara Gracheva for an abuse of rackets or equipment and Anna Kalinskaya has also been punished for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Jule Niemeier has also been handed a fine of £1,835 for unsportsmanlike conduct while competing during qualifying.
Alex Bolt, Chloe Paquet, Colton Smith and Luca Van Assche have all been told to part with £1,468 for various different offences.
In total, after fining the 12 players so far in this year’s competition, Wimbledon has taken in £36,715.
