{"id":300256,"date":"2023-11-23T18:08:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300256"},"modified":"2023-11-23T18:08:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T18:08:55","slug":"atp-tennis-official-slapped-with-10-year-ban-and-huge-fine-over-match-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/atp-tennis-official-slapped-with-10-year-ban-and-huge-fine-over-match-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP tennis official slapped with 10-year ban and huge fine over match corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/ATP-net-5081969.jpg?r=1700760507889\"><\/p>\n<p>A bronze-badge tennis official has been suspended for 10 years after admitting to four breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. Marko Ducman has also been slapped with a huge \u00a360,000 ($75,000) fine, with \u00a345k ($56k) of the amount suspended. Ducman has previously officiated at ATP, WTA and ITF events but will now be banned from attending any professional tennis event.<\/p>\n<p>The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced the 10-year and six-month ban on Thursday following an investigation that Ducman co-operated with. The international-level official waived their right to a hearing before an independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer and accepted an agreed sanction.<\/p>\n<p>Ducman\u2019s match corruption breaches include wagering on tennis matches and manipulating data from matches in which they were an official to facilitate betting. The umpire has been provisionally suspended since September 8.<\/p>\n<p>The ban will now be backdated, meaning it expires on March 7, 2034. In this time, the Slovenian umpire cannot attend or officiate at any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the ATP, ITF, WTA, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open, or any national association.\u202f<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Just in <\/strong> <strong>Djokovic names deciding factor behind tennis stars&#8217; fury after chat with bosses[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5081973.jpg?r=1700760507935\"><\/p>\n<p>The ITIA announced news of Ducman\u2019s provisional suspension on September 23. The decision was imposed under a section of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme which states: \u201cThere is a likelihood that the Covered Person has committed a Major Offense and in the absence of a Provisional Suspension, the integrity of tennis would be undermined and the harm resulting from the absence of a Provisional Suspension outweighs the Hardship of the Provisional Suspension on the Covered Person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ducman did not appeal the suspension at the time. He will not have to pay \u00a345k of his \u00a360k fine if he does not re-offend. The news comes just days after five tennis players were sanctioned for breaches of the Anti-Corruption Programme, linked to a recently concluded criminal case involving a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Australian Open chief drops Nick Kyrgios hint as Aussie at risk of missing event[QUOTES] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Rafael Nadal Australian Open update as chief &#8216;certain&#8217; Spaniard will play[UPDATE] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Emma Raducanu offered Serena Williams treatment with Carlos Alcaraz example[EXPERT] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5081981.jpg?r=1700760507982\"><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the ITIA said: \u201cSanctions were imposed by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Professor Richard McLaren, after all five players failed to contest the ITIA\u2019s charges against them, either at all or within the time limit set by the TACP. All of the following players\u2019 sanctions began on 30 September 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among them, Alberto Rojas Maldonado &#8211; who reached a career-high of No 992 in 2015 &#8211; was found to have committed 92 breaches of the TACP and received a lifetime ban. Christopher Diaz Figueroa, a former world No 326, was also banned from the sport for life.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/1838354\/ATP-official-Marko-Ducman-ITIA-ban-suspension-fine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bronze-badge tennis official has been suspended for 10 years after admitting to four breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ATP tennis official slapped with 10-year ban and huge fine over match corruption - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/tennis\/atp-tennis-official-slapped-with-10-year-ban-and-huge-fine-over-match-corruption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ATP tennis official slapped with 10-year ban and huge fine over match corruption - 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