Moutet Fined $40K for Profanity at Queen's Club
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- Corentin Moutet was fined $40,000 by the ATP for unsportsmanlike conduct after using an expletive seven times during a postmatch on-court interview at Queen's Club following his first-round win on Tuesday.
- After the interviewer asked Moutet not to use bad language following his first expletive, he repeated it three more times during the interview and then three additional times at the end.
- Moutet plans to appeal the fine in accordance with ATP rules, the tour said in its Friday statement.
- The $40,000 penalty represents nearly all of Moutet's Queen's Club purse — he earned approximately $43,500 for reaching the second round of the ATP 500 grass-court event.
- Moutet, 27 and ranked No. 36, has yet to win an ATP title, and last year had a heated verbal clash with Alexander Bublik after a Phoenix Challenger event that required the chair umpire to climb down and separate them.
- Queen's Club serves as a Wimbledon tuneup, with the grass-court Grand Slam scheduled to start June 29.
Why it matters: Moutet loses nearly all of his $43,500 Queen's Club purse to a $40,000 fine triggered by postmatch interview conduct rather than on-court play, and his planned ATP appeal will determine whether any of that money is recovered before Wimbledon begins June 29. For a 27-year-old ranked No. 36 still seeking his first ATP title, the financial hit from a first-round win is effectively total.
