Written by Vanni Gibertini, on the Ubitennis site on September 9, 2026, an article titled “US Open, fine almost wipes out the prize money of a qualifying tennis player. The Argentine Luisina Giovannini was fined 20,000 dollars for not playing at a sufficiently professional level” was published. The source of the news is the USTA (U.S. Tennis Association) which published the list of all fines imposed on participants at the US Open during the first three rounds, starting from the qualifiers, as Gibertini reports in his article.
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Luisina Giovannini (ranked 198 WTA), 19 years old, opponent of the Italian Lucia Bronzetti in the first qualifying round, was fined for violating Rule III paragraph G of the “Grand Slam Rulebook,” that is, because, according to the referee’s opinion, “she did not participate in the competition according to the required professional standards,” cites Ubitennis.
The USTA source cited by Ubitennis
Extracted only the fine related to Giovannini (there seems to be a typo, the surname is Giovannini)
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source: USTA taken from Ubitennis
Gibertini quantifies “The fine imposed has almost wiped out the prize money earned by Giovannini in New York: the prize money for the first qualifying round is 32,000, from which 35% withholding tax must be deducted, for a net amount of 20,800 dollars.
Tennis and earnings
The issue of earnings in tennis came back into focus during 2026 with the increase in prize money at the Wimbledon tournament which “certainly meets the recent requests of players who have called for higher prizes in Grand Slam competitions,” wrote Eliana Di Caro on June 11, 2026, on the Sole 24 Ore website. For the London tournament, the organization announced a prize fund of 64.2 million pounds, about 74.3 million euros.
For the 2026 US Open prize money, the USTA – as reported by the SuperTennis site – announced a total prize fund of 92.5 million euros (108 million $). This is the highest prize money ever in professional tennis, with a 20% increase compared to the previous record set in 2025.
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