{"id":70068,"date":"2025-08-15T11:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70068\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:16:08","slug":"australian-doubles-player-thomas-fancutt-cops-10-month-doping-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70068\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian doubles player Thomas Fancutt cops 10-month doping suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Tennis<\/a> Integrity Agency (ITIA) has issued a 10-month doping ban to Australian doubles player Thomas Fancutt.<\/p>\n

Fancutt said he “unknowingly violated an anti-doping rule” when taking an intravenous vitamin infusion in December 2024, which also coincided with his career-high world doubles ranking of 107 in the same month.<\/p>\n

The limit under doping rules is 100ml in a 12-hour period. The ITIA stated the breach was unintentional.<\/p>\n

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Fellow Australian Max Purcell’s 18-month ban also followed an IV infusion of vitamins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The ITIA sent the player (Fancutt) a notice of a potential anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) on 7 March 2025,” the ITIA said.<\/p>\n

“Following a full investigation by the ITIA … Fancutt admitted to the breach, and the ITIA accepted that the breach was not intentional.<\/p>\n

“The ITIA considered relevant precedents across all WADC-compliant sports, in addition to the player’s early admission and full co-operation.”<\/p>\n

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Thomas Fancutt.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

While he’ll be able to play again within 12 months, Fancutt will have to forfeit results and prize money he’s amassed over more than a year.<\/p>\n

“To the International tennis community, at the end of my 2024 season, I unknowingly violated an anti-doping rule by receiving a 500ml IV infusion to combat severe fatigue,” Fancutt wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

“The contents of the infusion were solely Vitamin B, Vitamin C and magnesium. The IV infusion amount however exceeded 100mls which regardless of its content is prohibited under anti-doping regulations, something I was completely unaware of at the time.<\/p>\n

“I have always taken great pride in being a clean athlete, and this situation has been devastating for me. While I am deeply disappointed by the suspension, I remain fully committed to the sport and look forward to returning to competition as soon as this matter is resolved.<\/p>\n

“During the time, I am fully cooperating with the ITIA and am incredibly grateful for the support of the PTPA and everyone standing by me. I appreciate your understanding and support, and I can’t wait to be back on tour.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has issued a 10-month doping ban to Australian doubles player Thomas Fancutt.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-70068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}