Marketa Vondrousova charged with refusing anti-doping test after revealing acute stress reaction: ‘I reached a breaking point’
Marketa Vondrousova, who won Wimbledon in 2023, hit out at a “serious intrusion into my privacy” during a doping control visit in December
Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has been charged with refusing a doping control test and revealed she suffered an Acute Stress Reaction during the incident. Vondrousova, who won the Wimbledon title in 2023, said the December incident occurred because she had "reached a breaking point after months of physical and mental stress. " In December, Vondrousova described a “serious intrusion into my privacy” from a doping control officer who arrived at 8:15 pm demanding an immediate test.
Tennis players are required to log their whereabouts for an allotted hour each day with anti-doping authorities so they can be tested outside of competition, although tests can also occur outside these set windows. “It is very tough for me to talk about this, but I want to be transparent with you about my mental health,” 26-year-old Vondrousova wrote on Instagram. “The recent doping control incident happened because I reached a breaking point after months of physical and mental stress.
” “For a long time, I've been dealing with injury, constant pressure and ongoing sleep issues that left me feeling exhausted and fragile. It slowly wore me down more than I probably realised at the time. “Years of hateful messages and threats have affected how safe I feel in my own space.
When someone rang my door late at night without properly identifying themselves or following protocol — I reacted as a person who felt scared. “In that moment, it was about feeling safe, not about avoiding anything. ” The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said it was aware of Vondrousova’s post and confirmed that she had been charged with refusing a doping test, but was was not serving a mandatory provisional suspension.