By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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Lleyton Hewitt has been suspended for shoving an official at Davis Cup.
Former world No. 1 and Australian Davis Cup captain Hewitt has been hit with a two-week suspension and fined AU$30,000 for an incident that occurred final November, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company introduced in the present day. Hewitt is suspended from September 4th till October seventh, 2025, in order to not be “unduly punitive” by “impacting his Davis Cup schedule.”
The suspension dates additionally present Hewitt a possibility to enchantment although the ITIA notes “to this point, no enchantment has been lodged.”
Throughout the suspension, Hewitt is unable to participate in all tennis-related actions together with teaching, mentoring, enjoying, captaincy and different related roles.
The 44-year-old Hewitt was charged on January 6, 2025 for shoving a 60-year-old anti-doping official after Australia’s Davis Cup semifinal defeat to Italy in Malaga, Spain on November 23, 2024.
Corridor of Famer Hewitt denied the cost citing self protection. The ITIA, which mentioned the cost was introduced “following evaluation of video proof, witness statements, and interviews” held a listening to in Sydney on July 21-Twenty second chaired by Michael Heron.
“Anti-doping personnel play a elementary function behind the scenes in upholding the integrity of tennis, and they need to be capable to go about their roles with out worry of bodily contact,” ITIA CEO Karen Moorhoue mentioned. “On this case, that line was clearly crossed, and we had no different possibility however to take motion.”
Learn the entire ITIA statement on Hewitt’s case here.
