Dominican Chair Umpire Banned Six Years for Rating Fixing

By Tennis Now | @TennisNow | Monday, March 10, 2025

Photograph credit: Corleve/Mark Peterson

A chair umpire who repeatedly scammed the scoring system has been banned.

Dominican chair umpire Juan Gabriel Castro has been suspended six years and fined $6,000 following 12 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company introduced as we speak.

Castro, a national-level official, didn’t reply to the ITIA’s discover of cost, which associated to 3 matches, during which the official was alleged to have manipulated scoring entry to contrive the scorecard and facilitate corruption.

Underneath the 2025 TACP, a ‘Deemed Sanction’ could also be issued to people who elect not to reply to the ITIA’s investigations and arbitration course of. People have 10 enterprise days to attraction the imposition of a Deemed Sanction to an impartial Anti-Corruption Listening to Officer. Castro didn’t attraction.

Time served underneath provisional suspension is credited in opposition to the interval of ineligibility. Castro has been provisionally suspended since November 7, 2024, as such, their suspension will finish on November 6, 2030.

Through the interval of ineligibility, Castro is prohibited from officiating at or attending any tennis occasion authorised or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any nationwide affiliation.   



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