The European Sports Security Association (ESSA), which represents several leading bookmakers, has released statistics for 2015 on sporting events with suspicious betting patterns. Tennis accounted for 73 of the 100 suspicious events.
That follows the pattern established in the first three quarters. Tennis accounted for 17 of 24 suspicious alerts in the first quarter, 19 of 23 alerts in the second quarter, and 13 of 18 in the third quarter, the majority among all sports.
Unlike previous quarters, the figures did not show the amount of events that were considered unusual but not suspicious. In the first three quarters, tennis had 123 of 195 unusual alerts among all sports.
Despite the prevalence of suspicious betting patterns involving tennis, ESSA also noted, "The majority of tennis events are fair."
For the first time, the figures were also provided on a geographic basis. In tennis, there were 19 alerts from Asia, 18 from Europe, 14 from North America, 11 from South America and nine from Africa, Two were unidentified.
Among countries, the highest was Turkey, with eight. After that was Argentina, Tunisia, the United States, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Spain.
The figures are based on betting with ESSA's member bookmakers.