This archive report was first published on 10 September 2019.
On September 9, 2019, the Tennis Integrity Unit handed Brazil's Diego Matos a life ban from professional tennis and fined him Sh 12.9 million ($125,000) for match-fixing.
Matos, a 31-year-old tennis player, was found guilty of contriving the outcome of 10 matches played in 2018 at ITF level tournaments in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Portugal, and Spain.
He was also found guilty of not cooperating with the Tennis Integrity Unit investigation, refusing to comply fully with requests to provide his mobile phone for forensic examination and failing to supply financial records.
Matos has been ordered to repay Sh1.2 million ($12,000) he received from tournaments in Ecuador.
He had been provisionally suspended from tennis since December 2018 and is currently ranked 373 in doubles, with a highest singles ranking of 580 in April 2012.
