Match-fixing has earned Bárbara Gatica Avilés a three-year ban from tennis.
Former world No. 158 Gatica Avilés was hit with a three-year ban after admitting breaking the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) guidelines, the International Tennis Integrity Agency introduced at this time.
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The case was dominated on by impartial Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Raj Parker and the sanction implies that Gatica Avilés is prohibited from enjoying in or attending any tennis occasion sanctioned by the governing our bodies of tennis for a interval of three years, beginning on December 9, 2022 till December 8, 2025. In addition, she was fined $5,000.
The prices relate to a match in 2016, which Gatica admitted shedding intentionally in return for fee.
The 26 year-old Gatica Avilés was discovered responsible of the next breaches of the 2016 TACP:
Section D.1.d: “No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, contrive or attempt to contrive the outcome or any other aspect of any Event.”
Section D.1.b: “No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or facilitate any other person to wager on the outcome or any other aspect of any Event or any other tennis competition. For the avoidance of doubt, to solicit or facilitate to wager shall include, but not be limited to: display of live tennis betting odds on a Covered Person website; writing articles for a tennis betting publication or website; conducting personal appearances for a tennis betting company; and appearing in commercials encouraging others to bet on tennis.”
Section D.1.f: “No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or accept any money, benefit or Consideration with the intention of negatively influencing a Player’s best efforts in any Event.”
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