Serena Williams Outburst

Serena Williams Outburst, Serena Williams was hit with a record fine and two years of probation on Monday for her outburst over a foot fault call in a US Open semi-final.

The punishments handed down by the International Tennis Federation’s Grand Slam committee could result in a US Open suspension if Williams commits another major violation in any Grand Slam event in 2010 or 2011.

Serena Williams was fined a record 175,000 dollars with the amount to be reduced to 82,500 dollars if she stays on good behaviour over the next two seasons.

The fine amount included 10,000 dollars Williams paid the US Tennis Association in September after the incident, the maximum fine the group had the power to impose. Williams won 350,000 dollars for her US Open semi-final run.

Serena Williams committed the violation in a semi-final loss to Kim Clijsters, the eventual US Open winner. Serena Williams was called for a foot fault to give the Belgian mum match point and her profanity-laced tirade resulted in a penalty point that ended the match.

The biggest prior fine imposed by the committee came to American Jeff Tarango just under 50,000 dollars.