Im Wortlaut: French tennis player suspended for 20 years (11.12.2025)
"French tennis player suspended for 20 years
Quentin Folliot found to have breached the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program 27 times
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) today confirms that French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended from the sport for a period of 20 years, fined $70,000, and ordered to repay corrupt payments totalling more than $44,000 after committing 27 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
26-year-old Folliot was discovered through an ITIA investigation to be a central figure in a network of players operating on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate. Folliot is the sixth player to be sanctioned as a result of the investigation, following the cases of Jaimee Floyd-Angele, Paul Valsecchi, Luc Fomba, Lucas Bouquet and Enzo Rimoli.
Folliot, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 488 in August 2022, denied 30 charges relating to 11 tennis matches between 2022 and 2024, eight of which Folliot played in. Charges included contriving the outcome of matches, receiving money to not give best efforts for betting purposes, offering money to other players to fix matches, provision of inside information, conspiracy to corrupt, failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation, and destruction of evidence.
On 20 and 21 October 2025, a remote hearing was held before independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa, who upheld 27 of the 30 charges, relating to 10 of the 11 matches. Three charges (provision of inside information, failure to report a corrupt approach, and contriving the outcome of a match) relating to a doubles match in January 2024 were dismissed.
In the written decision, dated 1 December 2025, AHO Khalifa characterised Folliot as “a vector for a wider criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other players and attempting to embed corruption more deeply into the professional tours.”
In determining sanction, AHO Khalifa also accounted for aggravating factors, including Folliot’s wilful obstruction of an ITIA investigation.
Time served under provisional suspension will be credited against the player’s period of ineligibility. Having been provisionally suspended since 17 May 2024, Folliot’s suspension will end on 16 May 2044, subject to repayment of outstanding fines.
During the period of ineligibility, Folliot is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.
The ITIA is an independent body established by its tennis members to promote, encourage, enhance, and safeguard the integrity of their professional tennis events.
To access the full decision, click here. Ends"
Quelle: https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/french-tennis-player-quentin-folliot-suspended-for-20-years/
Quentin Folliot found to have breached the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program 27 times
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) today confirms that French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended from the sport for a period of 20 years, fined $70,000, and ordered to repay corrupt payments totalling more than $44,000 after committing 27 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
26-year-old Folliot was discovered through an ITIA investigation to be a central figure in a network of players operating on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate. Folliot is the sixth player to be sanctioned as a result of the investigation, following the cases of Jaimee Floyd-Angele, Paul Valsecchi, Luc Fomba, Lucas Bouquet and Enzo Rimoli.
Folliot, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 488 in August 2022, denied 30 charges relating to 11 tennis matches between 2022 and 2024, eight of which Folliot played in. Charges included contriving the outcome of matches, receiving money to not give best efforts for betting purposes, offering money to other players to fix matches, provision of inside information, conspiracy to corrupt, failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation, and destruction of evidence.
On 20 and 21 October 2025, a remote hearing was held before independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa, who upheld 27 of the 30 charges, relating to 10 of the 11 matches. Three charges (provision of inside information, failure to report a corrupt approach, and contriving the outcome of a match) relating to a doubles match in January 2024 were dismissed.
In the written decision, dated 1 December 2025, AHO Khalifa characterised Folliot as “a vector for a wider criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other players and attempting to embed corruption more deeply into the professional tours.”
In determining sanction, AHO Khalifa also accounted for aggravating factors, including Folliot’s wilful obstruction of an ITIA investigation.
Time served under provisional suspension will be credited against the player’s period of ineligibility. Having been provisionally suspended since 17 May 2024, Folliot’s suspension will end on 16 May 2044, subject to repayment of outstanding fines.
During the period of ineligibility, Folliot is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.
The ITIA is an independent body established by its tennis members to promote, encourage, enhance, and safeguard the integrity of their professional tennis events.
To access the full decision, click here. Ends"
Quelle: https://www.itia.tennis/news/sanctions/french-tennis-player-quentin-folliot-suspended-for-20-years/