The International Tennis Federation has extended its partnership with sports betting solutions firm Sportradar to monitor betting patterns across the sport.
Sportradar's Integrity Services have been added to the ITF's integrity protection measures, with the company's Fraud Detection System examining over 50,000 ITF Pro Circuit matches.
As part of the agreement, Sportradar’s intelligence and investigations capabilities can be utilised by the Tennis Integrity Unit, which is responsible for investigating breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program and in which the ITF is a partner.
The services provided will add to the ITF’s anti-corruption measures at Pro Circuit events. Current measures in place at this level include accredited areas, monitoring, training and mentoring of tournament and match officials, and increased video streaming of matches.
ITF president David Haggerty said: “We are pleased to be further developing our relationship with Sportradar in order to enhance our integrity protection measures. Combating match-fixing and other forms of corruption in tennis is crucial in ensuring the long-term health of the game.
“These new developments build on our long-term partnership to develop and provide ITF Pro Circuit data and content for fans worldwide. Sportradar brings added expertise and capabilities to existing anti-corruption measures, and shares our commitment and passion for protecting the integrity of the game.”
Sportradar founder and CEO Carsten Koerl added: “The ITF is taking the significant step of putting the highest level of integrity protection in place. I am proud that our long-term partner has done this by building on the measures already implemented around tour structure, tournaments, and umpires. This step, when aggregated with all the ITF’s other initiatives, should offer reassurance to players, fans and other stakeholders in tennis.”
