LONDON, February 3, 2025 (ITIA Press Release)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled on two appeals under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP).

The CAS partially upheld the appeal of Swedish tennis player Dragos Madaras, reducing their period of ineligibility from four years and six months to two years. The CAS dismissed an appeal from Leny Mitjana, a tennis player from France, against a 10-year TACP suspension.

In the case of Madaras, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 191 in July 2023, an appeal hearing was held via video conference on 24 September 2024.

The CAS panel upheld a breach of section F.2.b (failure to co-operate) found by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Charles Hollander KC at the first instance hearing, but determined that a reduction in sanction was appropriate.

As such, the player’s period of ineligibility runs from 17 August 2023, when they were provisionally suspended, and will end on 16 August 2025.

In the case of Mitjana, who reached a career-high world singles ranking of 458 in 2018, an appeal hearing was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 6 September 2024. The CAS panel upheld the sanction imposed by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Phillippe Cavalieros at first instance, while the player was found liable for a further 11 breaches of the TACP – bringing their total to 22.

Mitjana’s period of ineligibility remains unchanged, beginning on 22 December 2023, and will end at midnight on 21 December 2033.

During their periods of ineligibility, the players are prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any national association.