fans but his quarter-final run at Melbourne Park is making him slightly unpopular with the ticket office.

"They'd like to see me out of the tournament,'' Rafter joked after defeating eighth seed Tim Henman to advance to the quarter-final of his home Grand Slam for the first time.

The 28-year-old Australian is the third-youngest of nine children for Jim and Jocelyn Rafter. And the family loves to see him play.

Even before the 12th seed reached the quarters, five siblings were in Melbourne. The remainder were planning to travel from Queensland if his winning continues.

Players are entitled to free tickets for family, coaches and girlfriends, and Rafter's large family means it costs the tournament dozens of seats.

Rafter doesn't do the asking. He usually sends Peter, his brother and manager, into the organiser's office with the ever-increasing list. "They're not liking my brother at all because he's the one responsible for collecting 20 tickets at a time,'' Rafter said.

*** LLEYTON Hewitt became the latest player to be fined for code violations at the Australian Open.

The chest-beating, fist-pumping Australian was penalised $2,000 for abusing the chair umpire during his third-round loss on Saturday against Carlos Moya.

Hewitt was heard saying a profanity to umpire Rudi Berger after he overruled a line-call in the ninth game of the tense fifth set.

Eighteen players, including qualifiers, have been fined a total of $12,750 for various code violations at this year's Australian Open, including a $5,000 penalty to Fabrice Santoro for unsportsmanlike conduct.

ITF officials said the money collected goes to the Grand Slam Development Fund, which spends it on facilities and infrastructure for tennis in developing nations.