ITIA Bans Chinese Player Pang Renlong for 12 Years on Match-Fixing

The International Tennis Integrity Agency has imposed a 12-year ban on Chinese tennis player Pang Renlong for his involvement in a match-fixing scheme that affected 22 matches over five months in 2024. The 25-year-old, whose career-high ranking was 1,316th, admitted to the violations and faces a fine of 110,000, with 70,000 of that amount suspended.

Pang confessed to fixing five matches in which he competed during lower-level International Tennis Federation tournaments held between May and September 2024. Locations included events in Turkey, Hong Kong, and mainland China. He also acknowledged making 17 corrupt approaches to other players, resulting in six additional fixed matches. During this period, Pang participated in 26 World Tennis Tour events, winning 13 and losing 13, and lost in the qualifying round of the ATP Challenger Jinan Open in China, 6-1, 6-2, to then-world No. 712 Mo Ye Cong.

The ITIA announced the sanctions on Friday, following Pang's provisional suspension that began on November 7, 2024. That time counts toward his overall ban, which will expire on November 6, 2036, when Pang will be 37 years old. The ruling bars him from competing, coaching, or even attending...