Match fixing in tennis

The issue of match fixing in tennis is an ongoing problem. First reported on by The Sunday Telegraph in 2003,[1] an organisation called the Tennis Integrity Unit was set up in 2008 following an investigation into the problem.[2] In 2011, Daniel Köllerer became the first player to receive a lifetime ban from the sport due to match fixing.[3] Later that year, the organisers of the Wimbledon tournament were provided a list of people suspected of involvement in the issue.[4] In 2016 the BBC reported on "evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis, including at Wimbledon",[5] and in February 2019 the BBC said that tennis was a "sport riddled with corruption".[6]

In 2021 the International Governing Bodies of professional tennis established the International Tennis Integrity Agency as a further step to combat corruption in the sport.[7]

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  2. ^ "Report: Tennis ignores match-fixing evidence". ESPN.com. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ Oxley, Sonia (31 May 2011). "Tennis-Koellerer banned for life for match-fixing". Reuters. Archived from the original on 3 June 2011.
  4. ^ reporter, Robert Mendick, Chief (11 June 2011). "Wimbledon given watchlist of tennis corruption suspects". Retrieved 5 February 2019 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Tennis match fixing: Evidence of suspected match-fixing revealed". BBC Sport. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ^ "The rise and fall of a match-fixing tennis prodigy". BBC News. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. ^ Orme-Claye, Ted (16 March 2021). "Betting companies 'must continue their efforts' to protect the integrity of sports, says ITIA". Insider Sport. Retrieved 17 March 2021.