French Tennis Player Quentin Folliot Suspended 20 Years By ITIA
French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been suspended from tennis for 20 years, fined $70,000 and ordered to repay corrupt payments totaling more than $44,000 in a decision handed down by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for 27 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
The press release from the ITIA reads:
“26-year-old Folliot was discovered through an ITIA investigation to be a central figure in a network of players operating on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate. Folliot is the sixth player to be sanctioned as a result of the investigation, following the cases of Jaimee Floyd-Angele, Paul Valsecchi, Luc Fomba, Lucas Bouquet and Enzo Rimoli.
Folliot, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 488 in August 2022, denied 30 charges relating to 11 tennis matches between 2022 and 2024, eight of which Folliot played in. Charges included contriving the outcome of matches, receiving money to not give best efforts for betting purposes, offering money to other players to fix matches, provision of inside information, conspiracy to corrupt, failure to co-operate with an ITIA investigation, and destruction of evidence.”
In a hearing held back in October, Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa characterized Folliot as a “vector for a wider criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other players and attempting to embed corruption more deeply into the professional tours.”
Folliot’s was provisionally suspended back in May of 2024, and his 20-year suspension includes time served since then, so he is suspended until May 2044.
According to the ITIA:
“During the period of ineligibility, Folliot is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.
The ITIA is an independent body established by its tennis members to promote, encourage, enhance, and safeguard the integrity of their professional tennis events.”
