"On 9 November 2009, the Grand Slam Committee administrator determined Serena Williams had committed the grand slam major offense of aggravated behavior for her misconduct at the 2009 U.S. Open," the committee said in a statement.

The committee, who are responsible for organizing the four grand slam events, met on Saturday with ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti at the World Tour Finals in London to discuss administrator Bill Babcock's recommended punishment.

Having already received a warning earlier in the match for smashing a racket, Williams was handed an automatic point penalty for a second violation which abruptly ended the match, giving Belgian Clijsters a 6-4 7-5 victory.

The 11-times grand slam champion issued a statement on the day of the incident apologizing for her behavior, saying she had "handled the situation poorly" although she declined to apologize directly to the line judge.

Such was the fall-out that an automatic ban, possibly even from January's Australian Open, a grand slam she won this year, had been an option.

The only precedent for a player being banned from a grand slam event was when American Jeff Tarango walked off during a match at Wimbledon in 1995 before launching into a verbal attack when he accused umpire Bruno Rebeuh of being corrupt.

As a result, Tarango was fined a then record 63,000 dollars and banned from the following year's Wimbledon.

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