Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 for his profanity-laden outburst at a chair umpire during the Shanghai Masters last month.

Just days after rubbing shoulders with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, American tennis star Frances Tiafoe’s bank account took a major hit. Tiafoe, 26, was levied with a $120k fine on Thursday, November 15 for his vulgar beratement of a chair umpire at the ATP Shanghai Masters event on October 8.

The ATP said that its fines committee handed Frances Tiafoe a penalty of $60,000 for aggravated behavior on top of the maximum on-site fine of $60,000 he got for verbal abuse.

American tennis star Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 by the ATP following an on-court outburst during his match at the Shanghai Masters in October. The fine was issued after Tiafoe directed explicit verbal abuse at chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote, an incident that also included what the ATP deemed "aggravated behavior."

Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 (almost £95,000) for swearing repeatedly at umpire Jimmy Pinoargote after receiving a time violation during last month’s Shanghai Masters.

American tennis player Frances Tiafoe receives a $120,000 (£94,737) fine for his furious outburst, in which he repeatedly swore at the chair umpire, at last month's Shanghai Masters.

Frances Tiafoe, the 26-year-old American tennis star, is facing a hefty fine of $120,000 following a major meltdown during his match at the Shanghai Masters last month.

Frances Tiafoe has been hit with a staggering combined fine of £95k ($120k) after he repeatedly swore and shouted at an umpire during the recent Shanghai Masters.

Frances Tiafoe's outburst came after he was handed a time violation by the chair umpire according to the new serve rule implemented mid-season.

American tennis star Frances Tiafoe has been fined $120,000 by the ATP for his verbal behavior towards an umpire at the Shanghai Masters in October. The ATP Fines Committee broke down Tiafoe's fine by $60,

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