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International Tennis Federation is Established
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First Athlete to Die in Olympic Competition Due to Doping
Danish cyclist, Knut Jensen died at the Summer Olympics in Rome during the 100km team time trial race. -
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world Tour Established
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Anabolic Steroids banned by the IOC
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Andre Agassi and Methamphetamine
The eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi revealed that he used crystal meth periodically for "a year or so". He wrote a letter to the ATP tour to explain the positive test, saying he accidentally drank from a soda spiked with meth by his assistant "Slim." The tour accepted his explanation and threw out the case. Agassi felt ashamed for lying to the tour as he explains in his book "Open" published in 2009. -
Petr Korda tests positive for nandrolone
The 1998 Australian Open champion and former world number two, Czech, Petr Korda was found to have used nandrolone at the 1998 Wimbledon championships. He convinced the International Tennis Federation (ITF) that he did not knowingly use nandrolone. He escaped a suspension because of "exceptional circumstances", ATP points (100) as well as the prize money ($660,000) he won were taken from him and he was banned by the Czech Tennis Association from playing in his home country for a year. -
World Anti-Doping Agency Founded
"WADA works in conjunction with five International Standards aimed at bringing harmonization among anti-doping organizations in various technical areas, namely:
testing; laboratories; Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs); the List of Prohibited Substances and Methods; and the protection of privacy and personal information." -
ATP Commission instructs ATP Trainers to cease the distribution of products
After the incident of October 2002 where a laboratory in Montreal found 37 players with the same analytical fingerprint (and stopped counting). Sparked by the Czech's former number 1 player Bohdan Ulihrach who tested positive for nandrolone. Richard Young decided these players tested positive because of mineral supplements, electrolytes, and other supplements given to the players by ATP trainers. -
Greg Rusedski tests positive for Nandrolone
Case thrown away. Two months after ATP officials say their tour stopped distributing supplements. The ATP's problem is that the fingerprint of the substance that Rusedski ingested is the same as the other seven previous positive tests. Rusedski could have received a two year ban which would have ended his career given the time this event occurred. The tribunal ruled that it would be unfair to allow the action to proceed because the ATP may have caused the positive test. -
John McEnroe and steroids
Former world number one John McEnroe and now a highly respected sports commentator, said he unknowlingly took steroids for six years during his career. He said "the kind they used to give to horses and found that was too strong for even horses." He was never prosecuted for the use of this drug, nor was he ever caught during his reign for the use of steroids. -
Madrid, Spain - Eufemiano Fuentes arrested by Guardia Civil
The Spanish doctor who was heavily involved with the Operación Puerto doping case. He admitted to working with hundreds of professional athletes performing blood auto-transfusions. Spain lacking anti-doping laws, Fuentes was charged with "endangering public health." Court ordered 186 bags of blood with code names to be destroyed. Tennis players struck back at the court's decision. -
Richard Gasquet and Cocaine
World number 23, French player Richard Gasquet tested positive for cocaine in March of 2009. A urine sample was taken at the Sony Ericsson Open in Florida. The Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted his claim that he tested positive for cocaine by kissing a woman in a nightclub. The World Anti-Doping Agency and International Tennis Federation, wanted Gasquet banned for up to two years, he served a two and a half month ban. -
Suspension of Wayne Odesnik
Wayne Odesnik, a 27-year-old American tennis player, was caught importing HGH into Australia in 2010. While he didn’t test positive for the drug, Odesnik was suspended for two years. His punishment was cut in half because he gave “substantial assistance” to the ITF. -
Dimitar Kutrovsky receives 12 month ban
Dimitar Kutrovsky from Bulgaria, came to the U.S. in 2006 on a full scholarship to play tennis at the University of Texas at Austin, was banned for 12 months afte rtesting positive for dimethylexanamine (DMAA). A sales clerk at GNC (aware he was subject to drug testing) suggested he use Jack3d which contains the banned substance. On top of the ban, he lost all of the points he earned on the tour and dropped out of the rankings. When he resumed his career he had to start from scratch. -
Top Players tested more often
Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Victoria Azarenka, and Novak Djokovic were all tested eleven or more times by the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme in 2013. Most players outside of the top 50 are not tested. However, players from certain nations regardless of their ranking were tested. Three Chinese players, Li Na, Peng Shuai, and Zheng Jie. Also Italians, Czechs, and top Spanish and French players. This is because some drugs are legal and more accessible in other countries. -
2014 Prohibited List Amended
World Anti-Doping Agency confirm amendment to Section S.2.1 of the 2014 prohibited list, adding the two noble gases xenon and argon to the list. Despite the fact that experts have yet to find effective tests for athletes who uses these gases. Athletes were breathing these gases to improve the growth of red blood cells that boost stamina. -
Bradley Mousley receives one year ban due to the use of MDMA
18 year old Bradley Mousley, number one teen player in Australia is banned for one year after the use of MDMA . He took the ecstasy tablet at an 18th birthday party on March 28th where he bought and took the tablet. This was the first time the use of this drug created the basis for a case. Ecstasy is banned in competition, however, it is permitted outside of competition under hte World Anti-Doping Code.
