French Tennis Player Quentin Folliot Banned 20 Years for Match-Fixing

The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced on Thursday that French tennis player Quentin Folliot has received a 20-year suspension for multiple violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, marking one of the longest bans in the sport's recent history.

Folliot, a 26-year-old from Paris, was found guilty of 27 breaches related to match-fixing activities between 2022 and 2024. The agency imposed a fine of 70,000 on him and ordered him to repay more than 44,000 in corrupt payments he received. The suspension, which prohibits him from playing, coaching, or attending any sanctioned tennis events worldwide, is backdated to May 2024, when he was provisionally suspended. It will run until May 2044, by which time Folliot will be 45 years old.

The ITIA's investigation identified Folliot as a central figure in a network of players working with a match-fixing syndicate. He faced 30 charges, which he denied, involving 11 matches, eight of which he played in. The allegations included contriving match outcomes, accepting money to withhold full effort for betting purposes, offering payments to other players to fix results, providing inside information, conspiring to commit...