Karim Hossam (born 8 April 1994) is an Egyptian banned former professional
tennis
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player. Hossam had a career-high
ATP singles ranking of 337 achieved in September 2013.
Hossam won 4 ITF events on the Futures circuit. He made his ATP main draw debut at the
2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open
The 2014 Qatar Open (also known as 2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 22nd edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of ...
, losing to the 5th seed
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French professional tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 7, attained on 9 July 2007. He has won a total of 15 singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best performances ...
5–7, 1–6 in the first round. Hossam was banned from tennis for life and was fined $15,000 on 3 July 2018 for
multiple match-fixing offences, after being found guilty on 16 corruption charges relating to offenses from 2013 to 2017 at ITF Futures tournaments.
''BBC Sport'' His younger brother Youssef Hossam
Youssef Hossam ( ar, يوسف حسام; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences. He was banned in a decisi ...
was likewise banned from tennis for life, two years later, after he similarly was found guilty of 21 match-fixing
In organized sports, match fixing is the act of playing or officiating a match with the intention of achieving a pre-determined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law. There are many reasons why match fixing might take place, ...
and other corruption offences.
See also
*Match fixing in tennis
The issue of match fixing in tennis is an ongoing problem. First reported on by The Sunday Telegraph in 2003, an organisation called the Tennis Integrity Unit was set up in 2008 following an investigation into the problem. In 2011, Daniel Köllerer ...
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1994 births
Living people
Egyptian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Giza
Sportspeople from Cairo
Match fixers
Match fixing in tennis
Sportspeople banned for life
21st-century Egyptian people
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