Tennis' anti-corruption authorities Thursday banned Russian player Sergei Krotiouk from tennis for life for match-fixing.

Krotiouk, whose career-high ranking was No. 486 in 2009, was also fined 60,000 U.S. dollars after being found guilty of 41 violations, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) revealed.

The 34-year-old became the third man in two years to receive the sanction.

Life bans in the last two years have also been handed out to Serbia's David Savic, a former world number 363, and Austria's Daniel Koellerer, who once rose to 55 in the world and reached the third round of the U.S. Open in 2009.

After an in-depth review into the betting-related corruption in tennis, the International Tennis Fedration, the ATP, the WTA and the Grand Slam Committee in 2008 jointly formed the TIU to combat corruption in the sport.

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