LONDON — Tennis coach and former top-10 player Mark Philippoussis has been fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for breaching betting sponsorship rules.
The ITIA said Wednesday that the Australian was also given a four-month suspended ban "after receiving payment for providing a voiceover to promotional content for a gaming operator.''
It said Philippoussis did not contest the charge and had fully cooperated with the investigation.
"As a sport, tennis has decided that accredited individuals should not have commercial relationships with betting companies,'' ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse said. "Whilst this case is clearly not one of corruption, it is a rule that players, coaches, and others in the sport need to be aware of.''
Philippoussis was runner-up to Pat Rafter at the 1998 U.S. Open and lost to Roger Federer in the 2003 Wimbledon final. He has worked with Stefanos Tsitsipas as a coach.
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