Serbian tennis player Stefan Milicevic gets 24-year ban for match fixing
The ITIA said Milicevic fixed six matches, tried to fix six more, and recruited other players into a corrupt network.
- On Thursday, the International Tennis Integrity Agency issued a 24-year suspension to Serbian player Stefan Milicevic for match-fixing, one of the most severe punishments outside a lifetime ban.
- The 29-year-old was charged with fixing six matches, including five he played, and attempting to fix six additional matches between 2022 and 2024 while recruiting professional players "as part of a corrupt network."
- Alongside the suspension, the ITIA fined Milicevic £53,000 after he "did not engage" in the investigation despite seven separate attempts to contact him, extending his ban until October 2050.
- Milicevic primarily competed in lower-tier events and never reached a singles ranking higher than 1,338, while the agency has not disclosed specific matches fixed or identified other involved players.
- In December, French player Quentin Folliot was banned for 20 years after the ITIA discovered he was a central figure in a match-fixing syndicate operating during the same period.
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Serbian Tennis Player Banned for 24 Years for Allegedly Fixing Matches
A 29-year-old Serbian tennis player has been handed a 24-year ban for alleged match-fixing offenses and other breaches of tennis’ anti-corruption rules, marking one of the harshest punishments imposed in the sport outside a lifetime suspension. Stefan Milićević, who reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 1,338, now faces a ban that will keep him […]
Stefan Milicevic, 29, rigged six games – including five in which he participated – and tried to manipulate another six between 2022 and 2024, ITIA reported. "Milicevic was also accused of recruiting or attempting to recruit multiple professional players as part of a corrupt network during the same period, which resulted in several other players rigging matches," the entity added in a statement. Milicevic, whose best ATP ranking was a modest 1,33…
29-year-old Stefan Milićević actually wanted to play tennis for a few years, but that won't happen.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has suspended Serbian tennis player Stefan Milicevic for 24 years and fined him $70,000 for serious violations of anti-corruption rules in tennis. According to the ITIA investigation, the 29-year-old was involved in a corrupt network, recruiting or attempting to recruit professional tennis players to manipulate matches. The investigation found that Milicevic was involved in the manipulation of six…
Stefan Milićević was fined for serious violations of anti-corruption rules. In addition to a nearly quarter-century ban from performing, he must also pay $70,000.
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