Vondrousova, ex-Wimbledon champion, insists she has ‘never doped’
Key takeaways
- Vondrousova, who won Wimbledon in 2023, was issued a four-year ban from tennis after she refused to submit a sample.
- The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Monday blamed the 26-year-old Czech for failing to open the door to an anti-doping officer in December 2025.
- The 2023 Wimbledon winner claimed in April that she was scared when the officer rang the bell “without properly identifying themselves or following protocol”.
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Vondrousova, who won Wimbledon in 2023, was issued a four-year ban from tennis after she refused to submit a sample.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova was the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women's singles three years ago [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]By AFPPublished On 23 Jun 202623 Jun 2026Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova insisted she “never doped” after an anti-doping watchdog had banned her from tennis for four years.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on Monday blamed the 26-year-old Czech for failing to open the door to an anti-doping officer in December 2025.