Four tennis players have been suspended for violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), according to the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
Thai tennis player Natthasith Kunsuwan has been banned for a period of 12 years after admitting 39 violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). Kunsuwan, who reached a career-high singles ranking of 1316 in the world in October 2018, admitted violations of the TACP between 2022 and 2024, including match-fixing.
Furthermore, she confessed to receiving money to manipulate events and failing to report corrupt approaches. Therefore, the fine applied to the tennis player was US$75,000, of which US$56,250 is suspended.
Kunsuwan, 24, has fully cooperated with the ITIA investigation and accepted the agreed sanction, waiving her right to a hearing before an independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO). The player’s period of ineligibility began on April 9, 2024 and ends at midnight on April 8, 2036.
Athletes received fines and suspensions
French tennis player Jaimee Floyd Angele has been banned for five years and three months after admitting to arranging a match for payment in 2022, failing to cooperate with an ITIA investigation and destroying evidence.
Angele, 25, who has a career-high singles ranking of 463 in the world as of August 2022, was handed a suspension and a fine of $20,000, of which $10,000 is suspended. However, the sanction is retroactive to the start of the player’s provisional suspension on September 19, 2024, and will expire on December 18, 2029.
Former Brazilian player Christian Lindell, who plays for Sweden, was also banned for a period of seven years. This, after the body found him guilty of four violations of the TACP, in this case related to a fixed match, by AHO Diana Tesic, following a hearing.
Lindell, 33, is involved in a case with an alleged match-fixing organization in Belgium. In addition to the suspension, the player was also fined $10,000. The sanction came into effect on June 10, 2025 and expires on June 9, 2032.
Finally, former French tennis player Samuel Bensoussan was also given a ban of one year and 11 months. He is found guilty of fixing four matches.
In addition to the suspension, the 33-year-old was also fined $12,000. The sanction went into effect on May 23, 2025 and expires on April 22, 2027.
ITIA monitors athletes from all over the world
During periods of ineligibility, players are prohibited from playing, training or participating in any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by ITIA members (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 its professional tennis events.
