Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș (born 12 September 1997) is a Romanian-born Swedish former professional

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player who was banned from the sport for breaking anti-corruption rules. He had a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 17 July 2023. His career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 420 was achieved on 14 August 2023.

Career

2022: ATP debut

He made his ATP debut at the 2022 Sofia Open as a qualifier where he lost to

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in the first round.

2023: ITF success and provisional ban

Mădăraș first half of the season led him to winning a record-breaking of 10 ITF titles in one season. However, on 17 August he was provisionally suspended from all tennis by the

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(ITIA) after failing to comply with the anti-corruption rules.

2024: Suspension from professional tennis

On 14 March the ITIA revealed the final verdict (four years and five months suspension) and the details of the incident that had led up to the ban. At the 2023 Wimbledon qualifying tournament, Mădăraș had refused to hand over a mobile telephone to ITIA investigators who wanted to examine it. Instead he gave the phone to his brother who ran away with it. It was also revealed Mădăraș had previously been under investigation for match-fixing by the ITIA in the years 2017–2020.

2025:Appeal and ban reduction

In February 2025, it was announced that, following an appeal to the

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, Mădăraș' suspension had been cut to two years and would end on 16 August 2025.

National representation

Davis Cup

Mădăraș has represented

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at the

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, where he made his first appearance in March 2022 in a tie against

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Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 28 (19-9)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Madaras, Dragos Nicolae 1997 births Living people Swedish male tennis players Romanian male tennis players People from Deva, Romania Swedish people of Romanian descent Romanian emigrants to Sweden Naturalized citizens of Sweden Sportspeople from Hunedoara County 21st-century Swedish sportsmen 21st-century Romanian sportsmen Banned sportspeople