Vondrousova's outburst on anti-doping control methods: "A serious invasion of my privacy"

Marketa Vondrousova shared a message on social media, criticizing the method of some anti-doping controls, particularly the one she underwent in recent hours.

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Adrien Guyot

le 04/12/2025 à 08h41

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Vondrousova

Rising to 34th in the world rankings, Marketa Vondrousova hopes to continue this momentum in 2026. Winner of the WTA 500 in Berlin in recent months, the 26-year-old Czech also reached the quarter-finals of the US Open. However, the 2023 Wimbledon champion had an unpleasant experience with anti-doping control in recent hours. She shared the story on social media.

"Every day, we are required to be at home at a specific time for an anti-doping test. I follow this rule every day. Tonight (Wednesday), however, a tester arrived at 8:15 PM, told me that the time I had declared did not matter and that I had to be tested immediately.

"Rules must apply to everyone"

When I pointed out that this was outside my testing time slot and constituted a serious invasion of my privacy, I was told: 'That's the life of a professional athlete.' Is it normal for anti-doping agents to settle in our living room in the evening and wait for us to go to the bathroom? It's not about avoiding tests, but about respect.

Respect for the rules we follow and the privacy we are entitled to after a long day of training and competition. Rules must apply to everyone, even those who enforce them," Vondrousova wrote in an Instagram story published in recent hours.