STWF Sports | Dec. 11, 2025 – French tennis player Quentin Folliot has been banned from the sport for 20 years following one of the most significant corruption rulings issued by the International Tennis Integrity Association (ITIA) in recent years. The sanction comes after investigators determined the 26-year-old played a central role in a match-fixing syndicate that influenced matches across multiple events between 2022 and 2024.

Folliot becomes the sixth player sanctioned in connection with the sprawling investigation, joining Jaimee Floyd-Angele, Paul Valsecchi, Luc Fomba, Lucas Bouquet, and Enzo Rimoli—all of whom were found to be part of a coordinated effort to manipulate outcomes for illicit betting gains.

ITIA Investigation Finds 27 Violations

The ITIA accused Folliot of 30 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP), relating to 11 matches. Eight of those matches were ones he personally competed in.

The violations upheld by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer (AHO) Amani Khalifa paint a damning picture. Of the 30 charges, 27 were upheld, including:

• Match-fixing and contriving outcomes

• Receiving money to underperform

• Offering payments to other players to fix matches

• Providing inside information for betting purposes

• Conspiracy to corrupt

• Failure to cooperate with investigators

• Destruction of evidence

Only three charges—all tied to a doubles match in January 2024—were dismissed.

In addition to the two-decade ban, Folliot has been fined $70,000 and ordered to repay more than $44,000 in corrupt earnings.

AHO Khalifa issued a firm condemnation, stating that Folliot acted as “a vector for a wider criminal syndicate, actively recruiting other players and attempting to embed corruption more deeply into the professional tours.”

A Promising Career Derailed

For many, the scale of Folliot’s involvement is shocking given the modest trajectory of his career.

Born in Paris, Folliot achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 488 in 2022. He never fully broke onto the ATP Tour and spent the majority of his career on the ITF circuit, earning $60,047 in career prize money across singles and doubles.

His professional debut came in 2015 at the France F6 Futures event. Nearly a decade later, he played what is now likely his final professional match in March 2024, reaching the semifinals in Maceió, Brazil, before falling to eventual finalist Mateus Alves.

Despite years spent grinding through lower-tier tournaments, Folliot never competed in a Grand Slam main draw.

A Wake-Up Call for Tennis Integrity

Folliot’s case underscores the vulnerability of lower-tier tennis players—often underpaid and financially strained—to corruption schemes. While the ITIA continues to ramp up enforcement efforts, match-fixing networks have proven increasingly sophisticated, targeting players outside the spotlight to influence betting markets.

The ruling against Folliot is one of the harshest in recent memory and signals the ITIA’s determination to root out corruption at all levels of the sport.

For Folliot, it effectively ends his professional tennis career. For tennis, it serves as another reminder of the ongoing battle to protect the integrity of competition.

As the sport pushes forward, cases like Folliot’s highlight a stark truth: the fight against match-fixing is far from over.