ITIA Gives Career-Ending Ban to Tennis Player Accused of Match-Fixing

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced that French tennis player Quentin Folliot has received a 20-year suspension from the sport. The player, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 488 in August 2022, also received a $70,000 fine and has been ordered to repay more than $44,000 in corrupt payments, following findings that he was involved in match-fixing.

Folliot Receives 20-Year Ban

An ITIA investigation identified Folliot, 26, as a key figure in a network of players acting on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate. Folliot denied all 30 charges relating to 11 tennis matches contested between 2022 and 2024, eight of which he participated in. However, the ITIA eventually ruled that Folliot committed 27 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). 

A remote hearing took place on the 20 and 21 October, 2025, before independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa, who upheld 27 of the 30 charges, relating to 10 of the 11 matches under investigation. Three charges – provision of inside information, failure to report a corrupt approach, and contriving the outcome of a match – connected to a doubles match in January 2024 were dismissed.

In the written decision dated December 1, 2025, Khalifa described Folliot as a conduit for a broader criminal syndicate, noting that he actively recruited other players and sought to entrench corruption more deeply within the professional tours. When determining the sanction, Khalifa also took into account aggravating factors, including Folliot’s deliberate obstruction of an ITIA investigation.

What Happens Now?

Folliot’s suspension will conclude on May 16, 2044, marking it as one of the longest bans imposed by the ITIA. Combined with the substantial fine, it ranks among the strictest sanctions the regulatory body has ever handed down.

The time Folliot has spent under provisional suspension will count toward his period of ineligibility. During this period, he is barred from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by ITIA members. This includes the ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon, and the USTA, as well as any national tennis association.

While Folliot’s case has sent shockwaves across the world of professional tennis, this match-fixing scandal perhaps can’t compare to the magnitude of match-fixing that has been happening in Turkish soccer recently. Just last week, for example, Turkish authorities ordered the arrest of top-tier soccer players on suspicion they participated in insider betting. And this was just the latest part of an ongoing investigation that allegedly involves thousands of professional players, coaches, commentators, and others from Turkey’s soccer scene.