- Stefan Milićević won’t be allowed near a sanctioned tennis event again until 2050, the longest fixed-term ban the ITIA has handed down.
- A career No. 1,338 who hadn’t played since late 2023, he is accused of fixing his own matches and pulling other players into the scheme.
LONDON – Serbian tennis player Stefan Milićević has been banned from playing tennis competitively until 2050 after being charged with fixing matches from 2022 to 2024.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced the 24-year ban on October 15 after finding that six different matches were fixed during that timeframe and he was playing in five of them.
He was also hit with a $70,000 fine for significant breaches of tennis’ anti-corruption rules.
He has even been charged with convincing other tennis players to fix their matches as well in the investigation into his tennis betting habits. He is officially banned from playing tennis run by the WTA, ATP, ITF, national associations, or Grand Slam tournaments.
The ITIA has not disclosed what exact matches were fixed for sports betting purposes or who his opponents were during these fixed matches.
1338 was his highest career world singles ranking (from 2014). Match records show his last listed professional match was a doubles loss in Serbia in November 2023. The ITIA’s charges run through 2024 and include matches he did not play in.
There is no evidence that he has made a case in his defense at this time. ITIA rules do state that a non-responding player has a ten-business-day window to appeal.
