Milićević hit with 24-year ban for tennis match-fixing ring — SkimNews
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- Stefan Milićević, a 29-year-old Serbian tennis player, received a 24-year ban from the ITIA for allegedly fixing multiple matches and recruiting other players into a 'corrupt network.'
- The ITIA charged Milićević with fixing six matches — five of his own — and attempting to fix six more between 2022 and 2024.
- Milićević was also charged with recruiting 'multiple professional players as part of a corrupt network,' a scheme the agency says resulted in additional players fixing matches during 2022–2024.
- Milićević, whose career-high singles ranking was No. 1,338 and who played only lower-tier events, did not cooperate with the ITIA's investigation and did not respond to its findings.
- The ITIA barred Milićević from tennis until 2050, fined him $70,000, and declined to disclose which specific matches were fixed or to name the other players involved.
Why it matters: The ban effectively ends Milićević's career, but the recruiting charges point to organized, networked corruption rather than isolated cheating — with unnamed players also implicated. ITIA's decision not to identify those other participants leaves the full scope of the alleged scheme undisclosed.
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