Youssef Hossam is an Egyptian tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after a decision made official 4 May, after a hearing held 9-11 March 2020.Hossam was found to have effected 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption program:eight cases of match-fixingsix cases of facilitating gamblingtwo cases of soliciting other players not to use best effortsthree failures to report corrupt approachestwo failures to co-operate with a TIU investigationThe news comes less than two years after his older brother Karim also received a lifetime ban.Hossam has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 291, achieved in 11 December 2017. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 562, achieved in 27 November 2017. Hossam has a career-high ranking of no. 8 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved in 4 April 2016.Hossam represented Egypt at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 9–2. Read More
"Egyptian tennis player Youssef Hossam has been banned from professional tennis for life following his conviction on multiple match-fixing and associated corruption charges," TIU said in a statement. ...
