LONDON — French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt was banned from the men's tour for two months and fined $12,000 today after being found guilty of betting on matches.

The No. 152-ranked Montcourt bet on matches between June and September 2005. He did not bet on his own matches, only those involving other players. The ATP found no evidence he tried to affect the outcomes of the matches.

Montcourt, a winner of two Challenger titles this year, will start his suspension on Aug. 11.

"The ATP's Tennis Anti-Corruption Program is clear that gambling on any form of tennis match is prohibited," ATP executive vice president Gayle David Bradshaw said in a statement. "All in our sport have a duty to uphold all those rules designed to protect the integrity of tennis and the ATP will continue to instigate disciplinary proceedings against anyone found to have committed an offense."

Montcourt is the latest in a string of players suspended for betting on tennis. The ATP cracked own on gambling last year after an online betting site voided all bets on a match involving Nikolay Davydenko because of suspicious gambling patterns.

Last month, doubles specialists Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak were suspended. Five Italians have also been given similar bans. Other players said they were approached by people trying to influence a match.

Under new guidelines, players are required to report any suspicious contact from gambling syndicates within 48 hours. Sanctions include life bans for players found guilty of match fixing. Players, their families and entourages also could be banned from betting on matches.