Maximilian Abel

Maximilian Abel (born 28 February 1982) is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. In 2008, Abel received a two-year suspension by the International Tennis Federation, for testing positive for cocaine.

Junior career Abel was runner-up to Andy Roddick at the 1999 Orange Bowl, in the 18 and under category. En route to the final he had wins over Feliciano López and Mardy Fish.

Professional career Abel reached the final of the Campos do Jordão Challenger tournament in 2002, which he lost to Ricardo Mello.

He lost to Bohdan Ulihrach in four sets at the 2003 US Open, which would be his only Grand Slam main draw appearance.

Abel was arrested in 2008 and in March 2009 was sentenced to three years in prison, convicted of credit card fraud. In September 2012, Abel made his comeback at a Challenger tournament in Istanbul. After another conviction of multiple fraud and theft related to his problem gambling, he was sentenced to prison until March 2018. In June 2017 this sentence was extended by another two years and ten months. Shortly before July 2022, Abel was sentenced to another 4 years and 10 months plus one year and 11 months in prison for credit card fraud.