The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) can today confirm that Swedish tennis player Dragos Nicolae Madaras has been banned from the sport for a period of four years and six months and fined $2,500 for breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).
The ITIA charged Madaras with violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) following a series of incidents in which Madaras refused to submit a personal device for examination when asked to do so by ITIA investigators.
Instead of handing over their cell phone for examination, Madaras handed the device over to their brother, Patrick, who had obtained accreditation at an event under the guise of being an associate of Dragos. Patrick also refused to submit the device, before leaving the scene.
A hearing was held before the independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Charles Hollander KC on 28 February 2024, where AHO Hollander found that Dragos Madaras had breached sections F.2.b (failure to co-operate) and D.1. l (accreditation by false statement) of TACP.
Madaras has been provisionally suspended from 17 August 2023 and time served under provisional suspension will be credited towards their period of ineligibility. Therefore, their suspension will expire on February 16, 2028.
During the period of ineligibility, the player is prohibited from playing, training or attending any tennis event sanctioned or sanctioned by ITIA members (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.
Patrick Madaras, who has no professional role in tennis, has also been found to have breached TACP section F.2.b and has been suspended from participating in any tennis event sanctioned or sanctioned by members of the ITIA or any national association for a period of two years and six months.
The ITIA is an independent body established by tennis members to promote, encourage, strengthen and safeguard the integrity of professional tennis worldwide.
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