Tennis · Sweden · ITF (Independent Tribunal under the ITF regulations)
Mikael Ymer: doping case, ban and appeal
Ban ended CAS imposed 18 months from 17 July 2023 but did not state an end date. The end date is calculated from the published start and length as January 2025, and the ITF reported on 27 January 2025 that he had returned and won an ITF event after serving the ban.1,2
Ban length18 months (CAS, 17 July 2023). The first instance tribunal had imposed no sanction.
Start17 July 2023
Violation
Three whereabouts failures within 12 months, on 22 April 2021, 10 August 2021 and 7 November 20211,2
Results disqualified
Not stated in the CAS release
Appeals
- CAS (appeal by ITF), 17 July 2023: Upheld in partThe Independent Tribunal "had exonerated the Player from any sanction despite three whereabouts failures committed in twelve months". The player accepted the first two failures and contested the third. CAS imposed 18 months starting on the day of its decision.1
Sources
- Court of Arbitration for Sport, Mikael Ymer declared ineligible for 18 months after three whereabouts failures, CAS media release 9033 (17 July 2023)
- ITF, Ymer makes winning return after 18-month anti-doping ban (27 January 2025)