Chilean tennis coach and ex-player Sebastián Rivera has been banned from the sport for life after being found guilty of numerous match-fixing offences.
Rivera was found guilty of 64 offences, the most ever detected for a player by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) or its predecessor, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU).
As a result, he has been permanently prohibited from attending or participating in, either as a coach or player, any tennis event authorised by an official governing body. Rivera has also been handed a $250,000 fine.
This case was ruled on by Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Jane Mulcahy QC. Rivera, according to the ITIA, “failed to engage meaningfully with the disciplinary process.”