Five Tennis Players Sanctioned for Match-Fixing: ITIA Report

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has sanctioned five tennis players for breaches related to match-fixing in Belgium. Sanctions include suspensions and fines for players from Ecuador and Mexico. All individuals admitted their offences, bypassing hearings. The violations involve match outcomes, betting facilitation, and failure to report corruption.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced on Thursday that five tennis players have been sanctioned for violating the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). The case is linked to a 2023 criminal case in Belgium involving match-fixing, where Bulgarian official Stefan Milanov and French player Leny Mitjana were previously suspended.

The ITIA stated that all parties admitted to the breaches and accepted agreed sanctions, foregoing their right to an independent hearing. The charges pertain to matches played in 2017 and 2018, involving contriving match outcomes, facilitating betting, accepting money for underperformance, and failing to report corrupt approaches.

Ecuadorian Ivan Endara and Mexico's Mauricio Resendiz and Raul Isaias Rosas-Zarur received five-year suspensions and $15,000 fines, expiring in July 2029. Ivar Aramburu Contreras from Mexico faced suspension until March 2026 and a $44,000 fine, $30,800 of which is suspended, while his brother, Aitor Aramburu Contreras, was suspended until December 2025 and fined $36,000, with $25,200 suspended.

(With inputs from agencies.)