Leonardo Aboian, a 27-year-old tennis player from Argentina, has been handed a suspension lasting six years and nine months by the International Tennis Integrity Agency following his admission to 30 violations of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.
The ITIA confirmed that Aboian acknowledged manipulating eight of his own matches during a seven-year period spanning from 2018 to 2025.
His corrupt activities took place across both singles and doubles competitions at ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger level events.
The player will be unable to compete until June 2032 and faces a financial penalty of £30,000, though £18,500 of this amount has been suspended.
The Argentinian’s offences encompassed a range of corrupt activities during matches on the lower tiers of professional tennis.
Between 2018 and 2025, Aboian rigged eight contests in which he was competing, spanning both individual and paired events on the ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger circuits.
His financial sanction totals £30,000, although the ITIA has suspended £18,500 of this sum.
Aboian had been under provisional suspension since 19 September 2025, with this period being credited towards his overall ban.
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The player chose to accept an agreed sanction with the integrity body and waived his entitlement to appear before an independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer.
The ITIA statement outlined the full extent of Aboian’s misconduct, noting that he “admitted to all of the ITIA charges, including facilitating wagering, contriving the outcome of events, receiving payment not to give best efforts, and failure to report corrupt approaches.”
The integrity body confirmed that the 27-year-old had acknowledged “fixing eight of their own singles and doubles matches at ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger level between 2018 and 2025.”
According to the ITIA, Aboian “accepted an agreed sanction with the ITIA and waived their right to a hearing before an independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer.”
Aboian achieved his highest world singles ranking of 229 in April 2025, just months before his provisional suspension commenced.
His ban will conclude on 18 June 2032, conditional upon the repayment of outstanding fines, at which point he will be in his early thirties.
Throughout his period of ineligibility, the player is forbidden from participating in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event sanctioned by ITIA members, which include the ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, the French Tennis Federation, Wimbledon and the USTA.
This prohibition extends to events organised by any national tennis association.
