- Tomic was caught up in strike force investigation over two matches
- Failed to make the main draw of the Australian Open in 2022
Bernard Tomic’s phone was reportedly seized as part of an investigation into match-fixing that focused on two tennis matches, including a headline-grabbing contest at the 2022 Australian Open qualifying.
A police strike force was created in 2022 to probe Tomic, whose career has spiralled since reaching a career-high ranking of world No.17 in 2016, a report in The Age has claimed.
Tomic was not charged. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest that he is guilty of any criminal conduct
The 32-year-old stumbled to a straight-sets defeat in round one of Australian Open qualifying earlier this month, having returned to play in Melbourne for the first time in three years.
Multiple bookmakers raised concerns about suspicious betting on two matches Tomic lost, according to the publication.
The fixtures under the microscope were allegedly the Australian’s 6-1 6-4 loss to Russian Roman Safiullin at the 2022 Australian Open qualifying tournament, and a 6-0 6-1 loss to Frenchman Quentin Halys in Turkey in late 2021.
Bernard Tomic is pictured during his 2022 Australian Open qualifying tournament match against Roman Safiullin, which was reportedly the subject of a police investigation

Tomic (pictured during the match against Safiullin) has not been charged with any offence
The operation was reportedly led by NSW Police, with help from their Victorian and Queensland counterparts and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
Daily Mail Australia asked NSW Police to confirm whether Tomic was the subject of a probe and got the following reply: ‘The NSW Police Force does not have a current investigation into tennis match fixing.’
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) also ran a separate probe, seizing Tomic’s phone, the publication stated.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Tennis Australia for comment.
Tomic’s antics during the 2022 loss to Safiullin made headlines at the time, with the fallen star telling the chair umpire he was struggling on court because of Covid-19.
‘In the next two days I will test positive, I’m telling you,’ he said from his chair during the match.
‘I’ll buy you dinner if I don’t test positive in three days, otherwise you buy me dinner.’
Tomic shot to fame when he became the youngest player, aged 16 in 2009, to win a men’s main-draw match at the Australian Open, then stormed into the 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finals as a qualifier.

The former junior world No.1 is pictured during his loss in this year’s qualifying tournament for the Australian Open
But the Queenslander has struggled to fulfil that potential, having last year earned just over $100,000 playing in Challenger and Future events in tennis’s backwaters.
Earlier this month, Tomic’s Australian Open comeback bid ended when he was beaten in an embarrassing straight-sets loss to Slovakia’s Jozef Kovalik, who is ranked 128 in the world.
His heavy loss came after he also endured a miserable outing when he contested his first tournament final for six years, going down 6-0, 6-1 in just 39 minutes to America’s Learner Tien in the Fairfield Challenger in San Francisco last October.
Former junior world No. 1 Tomic said he didn’t have ‘the legs’ to keep up with his 18-year-old opponent after an exhausting tournament.
‘Once I lost the first two or three games, it was tough mentally staying on track,’ Tomic said afterwards.
‘I’m sorry I couldn’t keep up with my legs.’
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