Doping controversy hits Australian tennis: Provisional suspension for another player
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The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced today that Australian tennis player Thomas Fancutt has been provisionally suspended on a voluntary basis under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP).
Fancutt, 30, who reached a career-high doubles ranking of No. 107 in December 2024, admitted to violating Article 2.2 of the TADP concerning the use of a Prohibited Method. As a result, he chose to accept a provisional suspension on 19 March 2025, which takes immediate effect. Any time served under this suspension will be credited against any future sanction.
During the provisional suspension, Fancutt is barred from playing, training, or attending any tennis event authorised or sanctioned by ITIA members, including the ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon, and the USTA, as well as any national association.
A few months ago, another Australian tennis player had been suspended, none other than Max Purcell – the men's doubles champion at Wimbledon 2022 and the US Open 2024. The 26-year-old player "admitted to violating Article 2.2 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme concerning the use of a prohibited method and requested to be provisionally suspended on December 10, 2024."
Tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg suggested that both cases could be related due to the category they fall under — prohibited method — something unusual in this type of suspension.
New announcement from the ITIA is an intriguing one.
— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) March 21, 2025
Following Max Purcell, a second Australian has been suspended under the uncommon “prohibited method” category of offenses.
Like Purcell, Thomas Fancutt also opted in.
Could there be a connection between the two cases? pic.twitter.com/XYxyljo13H
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