The Tennis Integrity Unit was the organisation responsible for investigating

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 Köller ...

since 2008 until 2020. It was replaced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. It had the ability to impose fines and sanctions, and ban players, umpires, and other tennis officials from participating in tournaments. The organisation was an initiative from the ITF, ATP, WTA, and the four Grand Slam tournaments (the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open). It was set up after an investigation into allegations of match fixing in 2008.

Last investigations and sanctions

Last updated on: 19 December 2020.

Last suspensions

See current suspensions in International Tennis Integrity Agency. * Majed Kilani ''(match official suspended for seven years + US$7,000 fine to be repaid in equal yearly payments)'' * Armando Alfonso Belardi Gonzalez ''(suspended for two years and six months + US$5,000 fine with US$4,000 suspended)'' * Jonathan Kanar ''(suspended for four years and 6 months + US$2,000 fine)'' * Juan Carlos Saez ''(eight year suspension)'' * Issam Taweel ''(five year suspension with two years suspended + US$15,000 fine with US$13,000 suspended)'' * Henry Atseye ''(three year suspension, with one year suspended + US$5,000 fine with US$2,500 suspended)'' * Marc Fornell-Mestres ''(provisionally suspended)'' *

Potito Starace Potito Starace (; born 14 July 1981) is an Italian retired professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007. He was a clay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Ri ...

''(10 year suspension + US$100,000 fine)'' * Patricio Heras ''(suspended + US$25,000 fine)'' * Nicolas Kicker ''(suspended + US$25,000 fine)'' * Barlaham Zuluaga Gaviria ''(suspended for three years + US$5,000 fine)'' *

Nikita Kryvonos Mykyta (Nikita) Kryvonos (born September 1, 1986) is an American former professional tennis player. Born in Ukraine, Kryvonos moved with his family from Donetsk to New York City at the age of 13. Kryvonos reached a career best singles world rank ...

''(suspended + US$20,000 fine)'' * Piotr Gadomski ''(suspended + US$15,000 fine)'' * Gerard Joseph Platero Rodriguez ''(suspended for four years + US$15,000 fine)'' * Antonis Kalaitzakis ''(tournament director suspended for 16 months + US$3,000 fine)'' * Alexey Izotov ''(chair empire suspended for three years + US$10,000 fine)''

Banned

* Gerard Joseph Platero Rodriguez ''(banned for four years with six months suspended + US$15,000 fine)'' *

Nick Lindahl Nick Lindahl (born 31 July 1988) is a former Australian tennis player. As a junior, he reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the 2006 Australian Open. He struggled to transition onto the men's circuit, and was later found guilty of match-fi ...

''(seven year ban + US$35,000 fine)'' *

Enrique López Pérez Enrique López Pérez (; born 3 June 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 16 July 2018, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 154 and his highest doubles ranking of 135 was achieved on 15 ...

''(banned for eight years + US$25,000 fine)''* * Yuri Khachatryan ''(banned for 10 years + US$50,000 fine)'' * Pertti Vesantera ''(coach banned for five years + US$15,000 fine)'' * George Kennedy ''(banned for seven months + US$10,000 fine + US$9,000 suspended)'' * David Rocher ''(line umpire banned for one year and six months + US$5,000 fine + US$4,000 suspended)'' * Suspension contested and lifted by Superior Court of Justice of Madrid, Spain.

Lifetime ban

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 decis ...

* Joao Olavo Soares de Souza ''(+ US$200,000 fine)'' * Diego Matos ''(+ US$125,000 fine + US$12,000 refund)'' * Helen Ploskina ''(+ US$20,000 fine)'' * Mauricio Alvarez-Guzman *

Daniele Bracciali Daniele Bracciali (; born 10 January 1978) is an Italian former tennis player, best ranked world no. 21 in doubles. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world no. 49, achieved in May 2006. In doubles, he reached the semifinals of the 2012 Frenc ...

''(+ US$250,000 fine)'' * Gleb Alekseenko ''(+ US$250,000 fine)'' * Vadim Alekseenko ''(+ US$250,000 fine)'' * Anucha Tongplew ''(chair empire)'' * Apisit Promchai ''(chair empire)'' * Chitchai Srililai ''(chair empire)'' *

Karim Hossam Karim Hossam (born 8 April 1994) is an Egyptian banned former professional tennis 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 d ...

''(+ US$15,000 fine)'' * Dmytro Badanov ''(+ US$100,000 fine)'' * Junn Mitsuhashi ''(+ US$50,000 fine)'' * Konstantinos Mikos * Alexandru-Daniel Carpen * Joshua Chetty * Alexandros Jakupovic * Morgan Lamri ''(tennis official)'' * Andrey Kumantsov * Sergei Krotiouk''(+ US$60,000 fine)'' *

Daniel Koellerer Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...

''(+ US$100,000 fine)'' * Karen Khachatryan ''(+ US$250,000 fine)'' * Stanislav Poplavskyy ''(+ US$10,000 fine)'' *

Aleksandrina Naydenova Aleksandrina Naydenova ( bg, Александрина Найденова; born 29 February 1992) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. On 9 September 2019, she reached her highest singles ranking of 218 by the Women's Tennis Associa ...

''(+ US$150,000 fine)'' * Aymen Ikhlef ''(+ US$100,000 fine)''

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