Teymuraz Gabashvili has accepted a 20-month ban after failing a drugs test earlier on this year.
The Russian tested positive at a Challenger level tournament in June in Kazakhstan for the diuretic furosemide, which in sports is used to mask the presence of other substances.
But in Gabashvili's case the ITF ruled that he only used the substance once "and would not have obtained any competitive advantage from that use in competitions taking place after that date."
He is a former World No.43 reaching that point in 2016 and was briefly the best player in Russia with runs to the fourth round in 2010 and 2015 at the French Open.
Teymuraz #Gabashvili has committed a violation of the Programme. He must serve a period of ineligibility of twenty months and that period starts on 18 November 2021, and so ends at midnight on 17 July 2023.
A decision has been issued under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme that Teymuraz Gabashvili has committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation. Full details: tinyurl.com/Gabashvili
