Djokovic hit with $267.5K fine after line judge controversy

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 04: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a volley during his Men’s Singles third round match against Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany on Day Five of the 2020 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 04, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City.
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The total financial penalty for Novak Djokovic's U.S. Open disqualification: $267,500.

Djokovic has been docked an additional $7,500 for skipping the mandatory post-match news conference after being defaulted in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a ball after dropping a game.

The maximum fine for that infraction is listed as $20,000 in the Grand Slam rule book.

That is also the most someone can be fined for unsportsmanlike conduct; Djokovic earlier was told to pay $10,000 for that violation.

Those two fines are in addition to losing his $250,000 in prize money for making it to the fourth round at the U.S. Open.

To put the money in context: Djokovic has earned more than $140 million in prize money over his career, aside from millions more in endorsement deals.

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