Wobker, 15, Defaulted from Wimbledon Juniors for Racket Toss
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- Ida Wobker, a 15-year-old German, was disqualified from Wimbledon's junior tournament for unsportsmanlike conduct after tossing her racket into the stands during a girls' singles first-round match Saturday on Court 11.
- The default came at 5-5 in the second set of a match Wobker was already losing 6-0 to Romania's Maria Valentina Pop.
- Wobker missed a backhand long, then threw the racket toward the court; it bounced up into the first few rows of seating and the teenager walked over to retrieve it herself.
- After a lengthy wait for a tournament officials' verdict, the chair umpire announced the default, and the All England Club confirmed the disqualification Sunday.
- Because junior tournaments carry no prize money, Wobker was not fined — her only penalty was the disqualification and the lost match experience.
Why it matters: Wimbledon applied its default-for-unsportsmanlike-conduct rule to a 15-year-old's junior debut, turning a 6-0, 5-5 first-round loss into an ejection without a monetary penalty — a reminder that the All England Club's code of conduct is enforced identically across junior and senior draws, and that Wobker's tournament ends not with a scoreline but with a default on her record.
