Dan Evans has been handed a one-year ban after testing positive for cocaine, the International Tennis Federation has announced.
The former British number two failed the test at the Barcelona Open in April and announced the news at an emotional press conference in June.
The ban has been backdated meaning Evans will be eligible to play again on April 24 next year.
Evans did not deny taking cocaine, telling the ITF, which oversees the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, that he had done so on April 20.
The drug is only banned in competition and Evans denied taking it during the tournament, saying it had got into his system via permitted medication that he had stored in the same pocket of his washbag in which he had previously kept the cocaine.
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