Dutch tennis coach Max Wenders has been banned from the sport for 12 years after admitting multiple match-fixing charges.
The coach has been banned by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). He also admitted to destroying evidence requested by the ITIA (then the Tennis Integrity Unit) and failing to report a corrupt approach.
The case was originally heard by Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Professor Richard McLaren in April 2021, who ruled that Wenders should also pay a $12,000 fine. Publication of the sanction was delayed after submissions from the coach’s legal team, but McLaren has now lifted the prohibition.
Wenders is now banned from playing in, coaching at or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the sport’s governing bodies for a period of 12 years. That period began on 28 April 2021, the date of the decision.