Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Nick Kyrgios Serves Reduced Suspension After Mallorca Cocaine Test
Nick Kyrgios is a professional tennis player from Australia.
A test found cocaine in his sample at a tournament in Mallorca.
He said he had used it socially during a night out before playing.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency accepted that the use happened outside competition.
Cocaine is still banned during competition under sports anti-doping rules.
Kyrgios initially faced a three-month suspension.
His suspension was reduced to one month after he joined an approved treatment program.
He apologized and said he made a huge mistake.
Nick Kyrgios accepted and served a one-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine.
The positive test came at an ATP Tour event in Mallorca, Spain, in June.
His default three-month suspension was reduced after he entered an International Tennis Integrity Agency-approved treatment program.
Kyrgios said the cocaine use occurred socially before he was due to play.
He will forfeit prize money and ranking points earned at the Mallorca event.
- Who
- Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios.
- What
- He accepted and served a reduced one-month suspension after testing positive for cocaine.
- When
- The positive test occurred in June; he was provisionally suspended from August 4, and the suspension ends Thursday subject to completion of the treatment program.
- Where
- At an ATP Tour event in Mallorca, Spain.
- Why
- The suspension followed a positive cocaine test; it was reduced after Kyrgios entered an approved treatment program and the use was accepted as outside competition.
- Athlete
- Nick Kyrgios
- Substance
- Cocaine
- Event location
- Mallorca, Spain
- Test timing
- June
- Suspension
- One month, reduced from a three-month default suspension
- Reduction condition
- Participation in an International Tennis Integrity Agency-approved treatment program
- Penalties
- Forfeiture of prize money and ranking points from the Mallorca event