A former Australian professional tennis player has pleaded guilty in a Sydney court to a corrupt betting charge in a scheme to fix a match in Queensland.



But Nick Lukas Lindahl will fight the allegation he tried to hide evidence related to match fixing.

Lindahl, 27, was arrested by the NSW Organised Crime Squad at Liberty Grove, in Sydney's inner west, in February last year.

His court appearance comes just days after allegations of widespread match fixing rocked the international tennis world on the eve of the Australian Open.

A BBC and BuzzFeed report claimed tennis authorities were repeatedly warned about a core group of 16 players, all of whom have been ranked in the top 50.