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Tennis Player Bensoussan Gets Three-Year Ban, $12K Fine for Match-Fixing

7/17/2026

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Samuel Bensoussan, a tennis player, was banned from May 2025 to May 2028 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his appeal.
Tribunal fined him $12,000 (£8,880) and barred him from all tennis events during the suspension.
Investigators linked Bensoussan to a Belgian syndicate that fixed at least 375 matches, leading to his and three others' sanctioning despite the ITIA's request for a six-and-a-half-year ban and a peak ranking of No. 405.

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Samuel Bensoussan, a tennis player, was banned from May 2025 to May 2028 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his appeal.
Tribunal fined him $12,000 (£8,880) and barred him from all tennis events during the suspension.
Investigators linked Bensoussan to a Belgian syndicate that fixed at least 375 matches, leading to his and three others' sanctioning despite the ITIA's request for a six-and-a-half-year ban and a peak ranking of No. 405.