Austrian tennis player Daniel Koellerer lost his appeal against a life ban for match-fixing at world sport’s highest court on Friday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the 28-year-old’s challenge to a ban imposed by the Tennis Integrity Unit created by the sport’s professional tours, Grand Slam Committee and International Tennis Federation.

Koellerer allegedly “made invitations to other tennis players to fix matches on five occasions,” the court said in a statement.

“The panel ruled that the tennis governing bodies had met their burden of proof.”

However, the court decided Koellerer should not pay a $US100,000 fine previously ordered.

“The player did not benefit financially from any of the charges for which he has been found liable,” the panel of three arbitrators decided.

Koellerer was the first player banned for life for attempted corruption after being found guilty of violations from October 2009 to July 2010.

He challenged his expulsion from tennis at a two-day CAS hearing held last November.

The court upheld his ban, “acknowledging that the sanction was sufficiently high enough to reflect the seriousness of the corruption offences.”

Koellerer’s ranking peaked at No.55 in October 2009.