By Alberto Amalfi | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, June 22, 2023

The life of a tennis pro is a journey.

The trip is over for Alexandra Riley and Nastja Kolar.

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Both Riley and Kolar have been banned from tennis for life for match-fixing and multiple acts of corruption over a five-year period.

Independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Ian Mill ruled that Kolar, from Slovenia, and Riley, from the United States, had committed 25 and 15 corruption offenses between 2015 and 2020, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced.

The pair had been provisionally suspended since March 2023 pending a decision on sanctions.



The players were  found guilty of "contriving aspects of matches, wagering, facilitating wagering, courtsiding, conspiracy, and failing to report corrupt approaches."

In addition to the lifetime bans, Kolar was fined $175,000 and Riley was fined $50,000.

The fine imposed on Kolar is close to the maximum $250,000 penalty for violations of the TACP, reflecting, in the words of AHO Mill, “corruption offenses of the highest order of severity over an extended period of time,” alongside noting that neither player showed any contrition or remorse for their actions.

Kolar, whose career WTA rankings peaked inside the top 200 for both singles and doubles, was found to have fixed six matches in which they participated, as well as conspiring with Riley to contrive aspects of four of their matches. T

This was in addition to wagering on tennis, facilitating wagering through courtsiding, and failing to report Corrupt Offenses by Riley, whose WTA singles ranking reached its highest point of 691 in 2015.


Riley contrived aspects of five matches they participated in, alongside facilitating wagering on matches in which they competed, facilitating wagering by courtsiding, failing to preserve evidence, and failing to report Corrupt Offenses by Kolar.

Read the full decision here.

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