Most Potential Match-Fixing Cases in Tennis Occur at Lower-Level Tournaments — ITIA

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has published its report for the first quarter of 2026, saying it received 21 alerts of potential match-fixing between January and March.

In the fourth quarter, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) received 23 alerts of potential match-fixing. For the full year 2025, the number of such alerts totalled 68 cases.

Compared with 2024, when the ITIA reported 95 potentially fixed matches, the figure declined by 27 matches, or 28.42%.

Over the course of the year, the trend in alerts was as follows: nine suspicious matches were recorded in the first quarter, 10 in the second quarter, 26 in the third quarter, and 23 in the fourth quarter. The highest number of alerts was recorded in the second half of the year.

Most alerts were again linked to lower-tier tournaments:

• ATP Challenger — 5 matches (levels 125, 75 and 50);
• ITF men’s events (M15 and M25) — 4 matches;
• ITF women’s events (W15–W75) — 11 matches;
• WTA 250 — 1 match.

All alerts were submitted to the agency under information-sharing agreements with regulated bookmakers.

The ITIA also issued eight sanctions during the quarter under its anti-corruption programme for offences related to match-fixing and betting.

Argentina’s Leonardo Aboian was banned for six years and nine months, Serbia’s Mila Masic was suspended for four years and 10 months, and Russia’s Gulnara Nazarova was banned for four years.

Further suspensions were imposed on Russia’s Alena Tuaeva (three years and nine months), the Czech Republic’s Jana Vanik (one year and four months), Kazakhstan’s Asylbek Kassym (one year), Argentina’s Gustavo Tedesco (two years and three months), and Argentina’s Hernan Casanova (two months).