Jenson Brooksby found guilty in doping case, gets handed 18-month suspension from the Tour

Jenson Brooksby will be able to return to the tour only after January 2025.

Jenson Brooksby found guilty in doping case, gets handed 18-month suspension from the Tour

Jenson Brooksby (Image via Tennis Infinity)

American tennis player Jenson Brooksby has been handed an 18-month suspension by the International Tennis Integrity Association (ITIA) after three whereabouts failures in a twelve-month period. Brooksby failed to be present for a doping test on three instances in one year and hence was handed this suspension by an independent tribunal.

The 18-month suspension will be backdated to 5 July 2023 and end on 4 January 2025. This means that Brooksby is prohibited from playing in, coaching at, or attending any tennis event authorized or sanctioned by the tennis members of the ITIA: ATP, ITF, WTA, Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open.

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The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) can confirm that an independent tribunal has suspended American tennis player Jenson Brooksby for 18 months after it found the player had committed three whereabouts failures in a twelve-month period.
The independent organization announced on Tuesday in a statement.

The ITIA statement also revealed that while Brooksby accepted his whereabouts’ failure in the first and third attempts, he challenged the second one. The independent tribunal then reckoned that Brooksby’s degree of fault for the missed test was high. It also found that the DCO “took all reasonable steps to locate the player” in the disputed test while the player was negligent.

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Jenson Brooksby can appeal against the decision

While the independent tribunal at the ITIA has made its decision on Jenson Brooksby, the player stands a chance to defend himself and appeal against the verdict. Brooksby can appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), for which he has 21 days, and as it seems, the American will go to the CAS.

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Jenson Brooksby (Image via News18)

Jenson Brooksby has hinted that he will appeal against the decision while claiming that he has never consumed a banned substance and that the second missed test was not his fault. He also promised to be back soon.

Notably, a Three Whereabouts Failures – which can include missed tests or filing failures – within a rolling 12-month period can result in an Anti-Doping Rule Violation under article 2.4 of the TADP, which can carry a maximum sanction of a two-year suspension. Brooksby was found guilty of this and hence has been handed an 18-month suspension.

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