ITIA records 22 suspicious tennis betting reports in Q3 2026
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In brief
- The ITIA received 22 suspicious betting reports in tennis in Q3 2026.
- Men’s M15 World Tennis Tour events accounted for 13 reports.
- The agency confirmed three TACP sanctions, the heaviest a four-year, 10-month ban for Anastasia Sukhotina.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) received 22 reports of suspicious betting on tennis in the third quarter of 2026, between July and September. The figure comes from the quarterly update published by the agency. The reports arrived through confidential memoranda of understanding that the ITIA has signed with the legal betting sector.
Men’s M15 events on the World Tennis Tour produced the most reports, with 13 cases. Women’s W15 tournaments followed with three reports. Challenger 50 events and men’s M25 tournaments had two each. One report came from an ATP 250 tournament and one from a women’s W35 tournament. There were no cases from the other Challenger levels (125, 100 and 75) or from WTA 250 and 125 events. Women’s W75 and W50 events on the World Tennis Tour also recorded zero.
In its introduction, the agency said it is focused on preparing for new anti-doping and anti-corruption rules in tennis planned for 2027. The ITIA also pointed to its player support programme and to The Line. On investigations, the agency cited the case of Serbia’s Stefan Milićević as a clear example of match-fixing and corruption. In October he was banned for 24 years and fined $70,000 for fixing six matches between 2022 and 2024.
In the quarter, the ITIA confirmed three sanctions under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). Russia’s Anastasia Sukhotina, 26, received the heaviest penalty: a ban of four years and ten months, plus a $30,000 fine of which $22,500 was suspended. She first rejected the charges but then accepted a sanction agreed with the agency, admitting eight violations committed between 2019 and 2024. Her suspension took effect on 17 July 2026 and will finish on 16 May 2031. Mark Kaufman of Russia, 20, was suspended for 18 months and fined $5,000, with $3,500 suspended, because he did not cooperate with an ITIA investigation into possible corruption. Kaufman has been provisionally suspended from 24 December 2025 and will stay out until 23 June 2027. Luka Todorovic of Serbia, 24, was given a nine-week ban and a $10,000 fine, $7,500 of it suspended, for failing to report corrupt activity in 2023. Todorovic’s suspension started on 19 August and closed on 21 October 2026.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) also dismissed an appeal during the quarter from Samuel Bensoussan of France, who had been banned for rigging four matches. The ITIA had asked for the penalty to be brought into line with comparable cases, and the CAS agreed, lengthening it from one year and eleven months to three years.
Four provisional anti-corruption suspensions were also announced in the quarter. The first concerns India’s Yash Yadav, 26, suspended since 12 May 2026 without having lodged an appeal. Yalchin Manafli, captain of Azerbaijan’s Davis Cup team, has been suspended since 11 June. The measure relates to his refusal to let investigators examine his phone, and his appeal was rejected. Croatian coach Marino Jakic has been suspended since 24 June pending the outcome of an investigation into possible violations in 2023, and his appeal was rejected on 18 August. The update also lists Evgeniya Burdina among the provisional suspensions.