The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has issued a 12-year suspension to Dutch tennis coach Max Wenders after he pleaded guilty to multiple match-fixing charges.
Sanctions are banned from April 28, 2021 and mean that you are prohibited from playing, coaching, or participating in tennis events approved or approved by the tennis governing body.
Wenders has coached many WTA players, including 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin.
Besides the match-fixing, Wenders also admitted to destroying the evidence requested by the ITIA and not reporting any fraudulent approaches.
Certain violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) include Section D1.d, which players and coaches attempt to devise or devise the outcome or other aspects of any event. It states that it should not be done.
Wenders was also found to be in breach of Section D.1.e of the 2018 TACP.
ITIA stated that Mr. Wenders did not follow section D.2.b.ii either. There, he must report to the ITIA as soon as possible an incident in which an individual has been offered money, profits, or compensation to influence the event.
Additionally, Wenders was found to have violated Section F.2.b. This section requires all individuals to cooperate fully with official investigations, including providing evidence at public hearings if requested.
The case was initially heard in April 2021 by Anti-Corruption Inquiry Professor Richard McLaren, who ruled that Wenders should also pay a fine of $12,000 (£9,854/€11,740).
The publication of the judgment has been postponed following submissions from the Wenders Legal Team, but is now lifted.
