French Open Fines Vallejo €65,000 for Sexist Umpire Remarks After 5-Set Loss

4 articles · Updated · ESPN · Jun 1

€65,000 of Adolfo Daniel Vallejo’s French Open earnings was docked after he said his second-round match “needs to be umpired by a man,” tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said Monday.
The sanction equals about half his prize money; second-round players at Roland Garros receive €130,000.
Vallejo made the comments after a nearly five-hour, five-set loss to French teenager Moise Kouame, arguing Brazilian umpire Ana Carvalho failed to control a partisan home crowd.
Mauresmo called the remarks “clearly unacceptable” and said such comments “have no place here,” underscoring the tournament’s public rebuke beyond the financial penalty.

Is a €65,000 fine enough to tackle the deep-rooted sexism faced by female sports officials?

Beyond one player's fine, what is tennis actually doing to protect its female umpires from future abuse?

With sexism scandals in tennis and the NFL, are female officials fighting a losing battle for respect?