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Tennis star suspended for six years and 9 months as ITIA situation prolonged assertion

The participant admitted to breaches of match fixing.

The tennis ace has been banned for near seven years (Picture: Getty)

The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) have confirmed that Argentinian tennis participant Leonardo Aboian will serve a ban of six years and 9 months after admitting to 30 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. The 27-year-old admitted to fixing eight of his personal singles and doubles matches on the ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger excursions between 2018 and 2025.

Aboian has additionally been fined £30,000 for his breaches, of which £18,500 is suspended. His provisional suspension started in September 2025, with the months since then counting in the direction of his present ban.

A press release from the ITIA learn: “The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) right this moment confirms that Argentinian tennis participant Leonardo Aboian has been suspended for a interval of six years and 9 months, and fined $40,000 (of which $25,000 is suspended) after admitting to 30 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).

“27-year-old Aboian admitted to fixing eight of their very own singles and doubles matches at ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger degree between 2018 and 2025. The participant admitted to all the ITIA fees, together with facilitating wagering, contriving the end result of occasions, receiving fee to not give greatest efforts, and failure to report corrupt approaches.”

It continued: “Aboian, who reached a career-high world singles rating of 229 in April 2025, accepted an agreed sanction with the ITIA and waived their proper to a listening to earlier than an impartial Anti-Corruption Listening to Officer (AHO). Time served beneath provisional suspension will likely be credited in opposition to the participant’s interval of ineligibility. Having been provisionally suspended since 19 September 2025, Aboian’s suspension will finish on 18 June 2032, topic to reimbursement of excellent fines.

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