- Tomic caught in strike force investigation for two games
- Failed to reach the main draw of the Australian Open in 2022
Bernard Tomic’s phone was reportedly seized as part of a match-fixing investigation that focused on two tennis matches, including one that made headlines at the 2022 Australian Open qualifying.
A police strike force was created in 2022 to investigate Tomic, whose career has skyrocketed since reaching No. 17 in the world rankings in 2016, a report published in The age has stated.
Tomic was not charged. Daily Mail Australia does not suggest he is guilty of any criminal conduct
The 32-year-old suffered a straight sets defeat in the first round of Australian Open qualifying earlier this month, having returned to play in Melbourne for the first time in three years.
According to the publication, several bookmakers expressed concern about suspicious bets on two matches that Tomic lost.
The matches under the microscope were reportedly the Australian’s 6-1, 6-4 loss to Russian Roman Safiullin in the 2022 Australian Open qualifying tournament, and a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Frenchman Quentin Halys in Turkey at the end of 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 crime
The operation was reportedly led by New South Wales police, with assistance from their Victorian and Queensland counterparts and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
Daily Mail Australia asked New South Wales Police to confirm whether Tomic was the subject of an investigation and received the following response: “New South Wales Police does not have a current investigation into tennis match-fixing.”
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) also conducted a separate investigation and confiscated 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 that he was struggling on court due to Covid-19.
‘In the next two days I will test positive, I assure you,’ he said from his chair during the game.
“I will invite you to dinner if I do not test positive in three days, otherwise you invite me to dinner.”
Tomic rose to prominence when he became the youngest player, aged 16 in 2009, to win a men’s main draw match at the Australian Open, and then broke into the 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finals as a qualifier.

The former world junior number one is pictured during his loss in this year’s qualifying tournament for the Australian Open.
But the Queenslander has struggled to reach that potential, having earned just over $100,000 last year playing in Challenger and Future events in the backwaters of tennis.
Earlier this month, Tomic’s attempted comeback at the Australian Open ended when he was defeated in an embarrassing straight sets loss to Slovak Jozef Kovalik, ranked 128th in the world.
His big defeat came after he also endured a miserable exit when he played in his first tournament final in six years, losing 6-0, 6-1 in just 39 minutes to American Learner Tien at the Fairfield Challenger in San Francisco in October past.
Former junior world No. 1 Tomic said he didn’t have “the legs” to keep up with his 18-year-old opponent after a grueling tournament.
“Once I lost the first two or three games, mentally it was hard to stay the course,” Tomic said afterward.
“I’m sorry I can’t keep up with my legs.”