International Tennis Integrity Agency

Name

International Tennis Integrity Agency

Legal name

International Tennis Integrity Agency

Website

https://tennisintegrityunit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Integrity / Anti-Doping Enforcement

NAICS

Medical Laboratories (621511), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Anti-Doping & Integrity Bodies (WADA, match-fixing/integrity units) (MPAKAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports Compliance, Governance & Integrity Services (Safeguarding, Anti-Doping, Match Integrity) (MPAKAKAM)

Keywords

• Anti-doping enforcement
• Match-fixing investigations
• Tennis integrity monitoring
• Athlete whereabouts compliance
• Sports regulatory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Roehampton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D

Core offering

The International Tennis Integrity Agency administers anti-doping testing and enforcement across professional tennis, including whereabouts reporting requirements for no-notice out-of-competition testing, investigations of anti-doping rule violations, and match-fixing/corruption probes across approximately 115,000 listed matches annually. Cases are prosecuted through independent tribunals, with sanctions such as multi-year bans imposed under the Tennis Anti-Doping Protocol and World Anti-Doping Code.

Product overview

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) is the regulatory body responsible for administering anti-doping testing and enforcement in professional tennis. ITIA's services include implementing whereabouts reporting requirements for no-notice out-of-competition testing, conducting doping control officers' home visits for sample collection, investigating anti-doping rule violations, and prosecuting cases through independent tribunals. ITIA reported 68 suspicious match alerts last year across approximately 115,000 listed matches on betting websites. The agency operates under the Tennis Anti-Doping Protocol and World Anti-Doping Code, imposing sanctions including multi-year bans for violations such as refusing tests or blood doping.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Tennis Anti-Doping Programme End-to-end anti-doping programme for professional tennis, covering whereabouts reporting by athletes, no-notice out-of-competition testing, sample collection by doping control officers, laboratory analysis, and prosecution of anti-doping rule violations. The programme is operated for professional players across ATP, WTA, ITF, and Grand Slam competitions and delivers athlete sample collection at training locations and during events.
• Match-Fixing and Corruption Investigation Service Investigation service that monitors professional tennis matches for suspicious betting patterns and corruption, generating alerts (68 suspicious match alerts in the prior year) and building cases against players, coaches, and associated parties. Investigative work has identified criminal syndicate networks linking over 180 players across at least 30 countries to 375 corrupted matches.
• Independent Tribunal and Sanctions Adjudication Adjudication service that prosecutes anti-doping and corruption cases through independent tribunals, imposes sanctions including multi-year bans, removes tournament results, orders return of prize money, and provides for appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Recent cases have resulted in four-year suspensions for refusing tests and for blood doping / possession of prohibited substances.

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Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Tennis Federation (ITF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ITIA works in conjunction with the ITF as one of the four major tennis governing bodies. The ITF governs international tennis competition and co-adminsters the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme alongside the ITIA.
• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ITIA works with the ATP as part of the governance structure for professional men's tennis. The ATP is one of the governing bodies that funds and oversees the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.
• Women's Tennis Association (WTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ITIA works with the WTA as part of the governance structure for professional women's tennis. The WTA is one of the governing bodies that funds and oversees anti-doping enforcement.
• Grand Slam TournamentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) are part of the tennis governing structure and co-sponsor the ITIA's anti-doping operations under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.
• Court of Arbitration for SportcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe CAS serves as the appellate body for ITIA tribunal decisions. Players sanctioned by the ITIA can appeal to CAS, which has jurisdiction over international sports doping disputes.
• National Anti-Doping OrganisationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Anti-Doping Organisations work with the ITIA on international anti-doping enforcement. The ITIA or national NADOs may appeal tribunal decisions to CAS.

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Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• International Testing Agency (ITA): Independent organization providing anti-doping services to multiple international federations. Increasingly a competitor or alternative service provider for sports that might otherwise build their own integrity unit, positioning it as a structural alternative to ITIA for any future cross-sport mandate.
• United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA): National Anti-Doping Organization responsible for testing and prosecuting doping violations for U.S. athletes, including American tennis players when delegated by ITIA. Operates under the same WADA Code and is one of ITIA's listed National Anti-Doping Organization partners.
• UK Anti-Doping (UKAD): UK national anti-doping agency headquartered alongside ITIA's listed base (Roehampton, London) and a co-operator on cross-border testing. Comparable function (anti-doping enforcement) and UK geographic overlap make UKAD a natural regional structural peer.
• World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA): Global umbrella body that sets the World Anti-Doping Code under which ITIA operates. WADA is the broader incumbent regulator overseeing anti-doping across all Olympic sports, while ITIA is the tennis-specific delegated body — making them direct structural counterparts in the anti-doping value chain.

Emerging players

• International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA): Global betting-industry body that shares suspicious-betting alerts with sports integrity units, including tennis. Directly adjacent to ITIA's match-fixing detection work and a likely data partner given ITIA's 115,000 monitored matches on betting platforms.
• Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA): Coalition promoting integrity standards across sport governance, including anti-doping and match-fixing. Complementary to ITIA's mandate; useful comparator for international integrity-policy frameworks ITIA could adopt or align with.
• Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF / ITA Cycling): Independent anti-doping body for cycling, now operated under the umbrella International Testing Agency. Closely mirrors ITIA's sport-specific delegated testing model and shares operational best practices for in- and out-of-competition controls.

Direct peers

• FIFA Integrity Unit: Internal integrity division of FIFA handling match-manipulation and doping investigations in football. Another sport-specific integrity body operating under the WADA framework, structurally comparable to ITIA at the federation level.
• Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU): Independent integrity unit for World Athletics, created using the same sport-specific model that inspired ITIA. It performs near-identical functions — anti-doping testing, investigations, and tribunal prosecution — for track and field, making it ITIA's closest functional peer.

Others

• International Tennis Federation (ITF): Governing body of tennis and one of ITIA's four funding partners. While not a competitor, the ITF co-administers the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme with ITIA and is the most relevant ecosystem counterpart for understanding ITIA's mandate and revenue model.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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