French tennis player cops 20-year suspension, $105k fine for match-fixing
- Christian Montegan
- 2 hours ago
- 2 min read
French tennis player Quentin Folliot's career is over following a whopping two-decade suspension and A$105,000 for his involvement in a match-fixing syndicate.
The 26-year-old was found to have committed 27 breaches of the Tennis-Anti Corruption Program, as stated by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
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As part of Folliot's punishment, he will be forced to repay corrupt payments totalling A$66,000.
"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," an ITIA statement read. "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."
Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Amani Khalifa upheld 27 of the 30 charges.
Khalifa described Folliot's actions as "a vector for a wider criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other players and attempting to embed corruption more deeply into the professional tours."
Folliot last featured competitively in a tournament in Brazil dating back to March last year.
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