French tennis Player Quentin Folliot has been banned from the sport for 20 years and fined $70,000 after being found guilty of match-fixing, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed on Thursday.
The ITIA further ordered Folliot to repay more than $44,000 in “corrupt payments” related to 27 violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
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His extended suspension is expected to end in May 2044, subject to full repayment of unpaid fines, with time already served under an interim ban in May 2024 being credited.
During this period of ineligibility, Folliot is strictly prohibited from participating, training or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by members of ITIA or any national association.
The agency’s investigation revealed that the 26-year-old was a “central figure in a network of players acting on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate.”
Folliot is the sixth person to face sanctions as a result of this investigation, following cases involving Jaimee Floyd-Angele, Paul Valsecchi, Luc Fomba, Lucas Bouquet and Enzo Rimoli.
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Folliot, who reached a career world ranking of 488 in 2022, had denied 30 accusations relating to 11 tennis matches played between 2022 and 2024, eight of which he personally participated in.
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The charges encompassed a range of offenses including manipulating match results, accepting money for failing to make best efforts for betting purposes, offering bribes to other players to fix matches, providing inside information, conspiring to bribe, failing to cooperate with an ITIA investigation and destroying evidence.
A remote hearing in October, overseen by independent anti-corruption hearing officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa, upheld 27 of 30 charges, relating to 10 of 11 matches.
Three specific charges stemming from a 2024 doubles match – providing inside information, failure to report a corrupt approach and framing the outcome – were dismissed.
In his Dec. 1 written ruling, Khalifa called Folliot “a vector of a larger criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other players and attempting to entrench corruption more deeply in professional tours.”
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Aggravating factors, such as Folliot’s deliberate obstruction of the ITIA investigation, were also taken into account in determining the sanction.
The ITIA operates as an independent body dedicated to safeguarding the integrity of professional tennis events.
