According to the investigation, Quentin Folliot committed 27 violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program
The French Quentin Folliotaged 26, was suspended by International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for 20 years after being convicted of participating in a match-fixing scheme. According to the entity, which announced the sanction last Thursday 11, he will also have to pay a fine of US$170,000 (R$378,000) and return more than US$44,000 (R$238,000).
According to the ITIA investigation, Folliot was a central figure in a network of players acting on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate. The tennis player denied 30 charges related to 11 tennis matches between 2022 and 2024, but 27 were upheld after a hearing.
In addition, the Frenchman, who reached 488th place in the ATP rankings in 2022, has committed 27 violations of tennis’ anti-corruption program. He is the sixth player convicted in this investigation.
“The charges included planning match outcomes, receiving money without using best efforts for betting purposes, offering money to other tennis players, providing inside information, conspiring to commit corruption, failing to cooperate with an ITIA investigation and destroying evidence,” read an excerpt of the ITIA statement.
During the period of suspension, Folliot is prohibited from playing, training or participating in any tennis events authorized or sanctioned by members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, National Tennis Federations, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association. As he was provisionally suspended on May 17, 2023, the sanction is retroactive and continues until May 16, 2044, when the tennis player will be 45 years old.
After the suspension was announced, the tennis player posted an iconic photo of former Manchester City footballer Mario Balotelli, in which he took off his shirt to celebrate a goal and showed a t-shirt underneath with the words “Why always me?”, in response to the criticism he received.
Folliot, once considered a promise of French tennis, last played professionally in March 2024, in Bahia, when he was beaten in the first round of the M25 in Feira de Santana.
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