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ITIA suspends two players following alleged anti-corruption breaches

May 20, 2022

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that Mick Lescure and Jules Okala have been provisionally suspended from the sport. Suspended by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer, Charles Hollander QC, the two French players are pending the full consideration of allegations against them of breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. The provisional action was granted under section F.3 of the …

Jonny Gray steps down as ITIA CEO following ‘significant contributions’

April 25, 2022

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced that Jonny Gray is set to leave his position as CEO of the organisation later this year – a role he took on in 2019. Gray was initially tasked with overseeing the creation of the ITIA as the replacement for the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), the sports integrity body of tennis’ global …

CVC targets merger of ATP and WTA tennis

June 8, 2021

WTA - (200229) -- DOHA, Feb. 29, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Ashleigh Barty of Australia hits a return during the women's singles semi-final match against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic at the 2020 WTA Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar, Feb. 28, 2020. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)

US private equity fund CVC Capital Partners is reported to be eyeing a disruptive shake-up of pro-tennis as it pursues a $600 million deal to merge the ATP men’s and WTA women’s tours. Sky News reports that CVC aims to combine the ATP and WTA organisations to form ‘One Tennis’ the new unified commercial identity for global tennis. As part …

ITIA launches new website for tennis integrity stakeholders

February 3, 2021

Tennis’ governing bodies have launched the International Tennis Integrity Authority (ITIA) new website to improve communication, information and engagement between all stakeholders protecting integrity across all levels of the sport. The formation of a new tennis integrity body was recommended by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) independent report into match-fixing and athlete corruption published in 2018. The damaging findings of the …

Net gains: How Sportradar is helping to bring tennis back

May 21, 2020

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Sportradar is preparing to support more tournaments to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the tennis ecosystem, notably the Generali Austrian Pro Series starting on Monday 25 May featuring the sport’s world number three Dominic Thiem (pictured). We spoke to Sportradar’s MD for Sports Partnerships David Lampitt to discuss how these tournaments are being handled and why both the integrity …

Scott Longley – Betting makes the right call on Tennis Integrity

January 21, 2020

Scott Longley details that stakeholder cooperation, combined with an understanding of big picture dynamics at stake, have seen betting progress on its support of tennis integrity, avoiding a further 2020 banana skin for industry incumbents… The move announced in December by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) confirming the continued collection and distribution of in-play …

Reformed TIU meets year-1 integrity goals ahead of critical 2020

January 17, 2020

Completing its first year under a new operating regime, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has today published its annual review detailing the development of its work and further directives protecting tennis competitions, athletes and wider stakeholders from corruption. Following a two-year investigation, the ‘Independent Review Panel’ (IRP) recommended that tennis’ combined governing bodies reform the TIU’s governance and working remit. …

Live data deal reached as ITF plans major integrity investment

December 17, 2019

ITF - Copyright: luckybusiness / 123RF Stock Photo

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has helped to salvage the sale of live scoring data for the $25k level of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour (WTT). In 2016, the four organisations principally responsible for governing professional tennis at the international level (ATP, WTA, ITF and Grand Slam Board) appointed an Independent Review Panel (IRP) to address …

Tennis appoints risk expert Jonny Gray as first TIU chief executive

October 17, 2019

The Tennis Integrity Supervisory Board (TISB) has appointed Jonathan (Jonny) Gray as its first Chief Executive of its Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) after completing a global search. Gray is set to take leadership of the TIU in February 2020, leading professional tennis’ integrity units monitoring ITF, ATP, WTA and Grand Slam tournaments, as well as protecting the athletes. A 14-year executive in …

Tennis alert drop off casts doubt on IRP data findings

October 10, 2019

Sportradar has suggested that the Independent Review Panel (IRP) would have delivered a different set of conclusions about corruption in tennis had it been completed a year later. David Lampitt, MD of Sports Partnerships at Sportradar, pointed to the “dramatic drop off in the number of integrity alerts for tennis over the last 12 months” as evidence that the situation …

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ITIA suspends two players following alleged anti-corruption breaches

Jonny Gray steps down as ITIA CEO following ‘significant contributions’

CVC targets merger of ATP and WTA tennis

ITIA launches new website for tennis integrity stakeholders

Net gains: How Sportradar is helping to bring tennis back

Scott Longley – Betting makes the right call on Tennis Integrity

Reformed TIU meets year-1 integrity goals ahead of critical 2020

Live data deal reached as ITF plans major integrity investment

Tennis appoints risk expert Jonny Gray as first TIU chief executive

Tennis alert drop off casts doubt on IRP data findings

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