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Complete coverage: Tennis match-fixing allegations

Jason Schneider For ESPN Magazine

A BuzzFeed-BBC report released on the eve of the 2016 Australian Open alleges that tennis authorities are ignoring evidence of top-ranked players' involvement in match-fixing at major tournaments. Building off an initial claim from 2008, the report sent shock waves throughout the sport.

Below are news stories, analysis and reaction on the report, including the initial claims from eight years ago:


Latest news


Analysis

  • 411: Six things you need to know about match-fixing. Read the story

  • Jim Caple: Reports of match-fixing allegations continue to shake tennis's foundation, but how did the sport reach this low point? Read the story

  • FiveThirtyEight: Why you'd have to be pretty dumb to fix a match this week. Read the story

  • Howard Bryant: Tennis' match-fixing scandal proves once again that as bad as cheating is for sports, the attempt to dismiss it might be even worse. Read the story

  • Peter Bodo: Andy Murray might have been onto something when he said it was "hypocritical" for tennis to take on betting companies as sponsors. The association is raising more questions for the sport's powers that be. Read the story

  • FiveThirtyEight: A look at why betting data alone can't identify match-fixers in tennis. Read the story

  • ESPN Radio: Former professional tennis player Mardy Fish talks about the reports of match-fixing. Listen

  • 411: The Tennis Integrity Unit and how it works. Read the story

  • Outside The Lines: A look back OTL's 2008 report on how tennis was then attempting to connect the dots in an infamous gambling scandal. Read the story


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  • Outside The Lines: Policing suspicious betting, match fixing in tennis is complicated by technology. Watch

  • Outside The Lines: David Purdum explains factors that lead to suspicious bets on tennis matches and how technology is adapting to attempt to eliminate corruption in the sport. Watch

  • ATP chairman Chris Kermode explains why the sport's governing bodies are commissioning a "completely independent review" of the Tennis Integrity Unit. Watch

  • Experts' take: Chris Fowler, Jason Goodall and Mary Joe Fernandez discuss whether circumstantial evidence on match-fixing should be released and explain some of the complexities in tennis betting. Watch

  • Timeline: The biggest dates from the tennis match-fixing reports. Watch

  • Mike & Mike: ESPN tennis analyst Patrick McEnroe says the Tennis Integrity Unit needs to come clean. Watch

  • Novak Djokovic responds to a report that he purposely lost a match in 2007, calling it "just speculation" and "absurd." Watch

  • Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams agree it's important to keep tennis as clean as possible amid corruption claims. Watch

  • Roger Federer says players need to maintain integrity of the sport. Watch

  • Chris Fowler joins Scott Van Pelt and breaks down the match-fixing issues hovering over the world of tennis. Watch

  • Chris McKendry talks to Chris Kermode of the ATP about allegations of widespread match-fixing among top players. Watch