A former Australian professional tennis player has avoided jail for fixing a match in Queensland in 2013 and then attempting to conceal his actions from police.
Nick Lindahl, 27, was convicted of using corrupt conduct information and fined $1000 in Burwood Local Court on Monday for his involvement in a match-fixing scandal at the Toowoomba Futures tournament in   September 2013. 
Lindahl was arrested by the NSW Organised Crime Squad at Liberty Grove, in Sydney's inner west, in   February last year, following a joint investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit, Victoria Police and NSW Police.
The court heard Lindahl told two men, Matthew Fox and Ryan Wolfenden, of his plan to tank his match against qualifier Andrew Corbitt knowing they would use the information to bet on the outcome.
Mr Fox stood to make up to $3800 if his bets were successful, but Sportingbet became suspicious and suspended betting when a flurry of bets were placed on what was considered a relatively minor tennis match between Lindahl and an unranked junior opponent.
Nine months later, in   June 2014, police intercepted a telephone call between Lindahl and Fox, in which Lindahl told his friend to delete computer files containing evidence of their communications so as to avoid detection by the Victorian police.
At an earlier appearance in   January, the court heard Lindahl instructed his friend "just get rid of everything ??? hide it".
For this offence, he was convicted on the charge of concealing his corrupt conduct and handed a 12-month good behaviour bond by Magistrate Michelle Goodwin.
Both charges carried a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.
Lindahl's convictions followed the successful prosecution of Fox by Victorian authorities in   December 2014, when he was convicted of corrupt conduct charges in the Melbourne Magistrate Court and fined $3500 for his involvement in the scam.
Born in Sweden, Lindahl grew up in Eleebana, a suburb of Lake Macquarie in NSW, and was one of Australia's most promising juniors.
As a 17-year-old, he was invited to attend Australia's Davis Cup squad for a training camp in Switzerland.
In 2009, he beat teenage sensation Bernard Tomic in the Australian Open play-offs to qualify for his second grand slam event.
A year later, after reaching a world ranking of 187, he switched allegiances to Sweden when he was banned from playing in the Australian Open wildcard play-offs for unspecified "unacceptable behaviour".