HUGE TENNIS EVENT COMING TO LAS VEGAS. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. BILLIE JEAN KING, SIR ELTON JOHN, ANDRE AGASSI, STEFFI GRAF, JAMES BLAKE, ANDY RODDICK, LINDSAY DAVENPORT, MARDY FISH, TRACY AUSTIN & MARTINA NAVRATILOVA

Written by: on 10th October 2015
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HUGE TENNIS EVENT COMING TO LAS VEGAS. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE. BILLIE JEAN KING, SIR ELTON JOHN, ANDRE AGASSI, STEFFI GRAF, JAMES BLAKE, ANDY RODDICK, LINDSAY DAVENPORT, MARDY FISH, TRACY AUSTIN & MARTINA NAVRATILOVA  |

Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King have finalized their teams for the 23rd annual Mylan WTT Smash Hits, a charity tennis event set for October 12 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The two longtime friends have selected their lineups with Elton John taking Andy Roddick to head up his squad, while Las Vegas residents and Hall of Famers Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf will lead Team Billie Jean. The one-night event will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN).

 

Joining Roddick on Team Elton are former world No. 1s and Hall of Famers Martina Navratilova and Lindsay Davenport, along with American Mardy Fish. King rounded out her roster with a third Hall of Famer, Tracy Austin, and added former world No. 4 James Blake to join Graf and Agassi on her team.

 

Blake, who won 10 singles and seven doubles titles on the ATP World Tour, is also considered one of tennis’ most inspirational athletes. Blake staged a comeback in 2005 after suffering a fractured neck and illness and also started the James Blake Foundation to support early detection cancer research. Blake has played nine seasons of Mylan World TeamTennis and returns for his second Smash Hits event.

 

The all-star player lineup, which includes five Hall of Fame members, represents more than 700 singles and doubles titles plus 100 Grand Slam Championships and six Olympic medals.

 

The players will form two teams, coached by King and John, and play a Mylan World TeamTennis match including one set each of men’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Sets are first to five games with a 9-point tiebreaker at 4-4. Game scoring is no-ad and cumulative throughout the match. The evening is expected to begin with a celebrity doubles match featuring Elton John. The night will close with a singles set between Roddick and Blake. The two Americans faced off 12 times on the ATP World Tour with Roddick holding the lead 9-3.

 

Men’s doubles will include an all-American lineup with Roddick and Fish pairing up for Team Elton against Agassi and Blake for Team Billie Jean. Women’s doubles will showcase four Hall of Famers sharing the court when Davenport and Navratilova lead Team Elton against Graf and Austin. One of the evening’s highlights will be the mixed doubles set featuring Team Billie Jean’s Agassi and Graf taking on Fish and Navratilova.

 

Tennis action is set for 7:00 p.m. on a specially-constructed tennis court in the valet parking lot adjacent to Caesars Palace Drive. The overall series is tied 11-11 after Team Billie Jean posted a 22-16 victory over Team Elton in London last year.

 

Tickets for Mylan WTT Smash Hits are selling quickly for the event’s first appearance in Las Vegas. Only a limited number of premium reserved chair back seats remain at $125, and general admission seats are $45. Order tickets through www.WTTSmashHits.com or axs.com, or by calling The Colosseum at Caesars Palace box office at (866) 320-9763 or AXS at (888) 929-7849. For group sales of 10 or more tickets, call USTA Nevada at (702) 792-8384 x. 101.

 

Special VIP ticket packages, including VIP courtside seating and admission to the pre-match VIP Reception and Auction, will also be available for $500. John, King and all players will participate in the pre-match live auction, which will include an Elton John signed piano bench and King’s Wimbledon tickets, among other items. To buy VIP Reception ticket packages or for more information, call AFAN at (702) 383-8081.

 

Sponsorship packages are also available by contacting Natalee Jarrett at njarrett@wtt.com or (212) 586-3444 x. 111.

 

Caesars Palace, which is home to Elton John’s hit show “The Million Dollar Piano,” will also be offering packages that include tickets to Elton’s show and special room rates. All available packages are listed at www.WTT.com/SmashHotel.

 

TEAM LINEUPS & MATCH SCHEDULE (subject to change)

TEAM ELTON:                      Lindsay Davenport, Mardy Fish, Martina Navratilova, Andy Roddick

TEAM BILLIE JEAN:            Andre Agassi, Tracy Austin, James Blake, Steffi Graf

 

ORDER OF PLAY: 

*Celeb set:                       featuring Sir Elton John

 

Men’s Doubles:               Andy Roddick/Mardy Fish (Team Elton) vs. Andre Agassi/James Blake (Team BJK)

 

Women’s Doubles:         Lindsay Davenport/Martina Navratilova (Team Elton) vs. Steffi Graf/Tracy Austin (Team BJK)

 

Mixed Doubles:              Mardy Fish/Martina Navratilova (Team Elton) vs. Andre Agassi/Steffi Graf (Team BJK)

 

Men’s Singles:                Andy Roddick (Team Elton) vs. James Blake (Team BJK)

 

 

2015 Mylan WTT Smash Hits – Organizations & Charities 

 

About Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF)

At EJAF, we believe that AIDS can be beaten. We act on that belief by raising funds for effective programs and policies, and also by speaking out with honesty and compassion about the realities of people’s lives. Sir Elton John created EJAF over twenty years ago, first in the United States in 1992 and then in the United Kingdom in 1993. Through hard work and with the help of our network of kind, amazing, creative, and generous friends and supporters, the two foundations together have raised more than $321 million over the past two decades to combat stigma, prevent infections, provide treatment and services, and motivate governments to end AIDS. The U.S. foundation focuses its efforts on programs in the United States, the Americas, and the Caribbean, while the U.K. foundation funds HIV-related work in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Join us in speaking out, taking action, and contributing to our efforts to achieve a world without AIDS. For more information, please visit www.ejaf.org.

 

 

About Mylan World TeamTennis (WTT):

Mylan World TeamTennis showcases both the best in professional and recreational team tennis with the innovative team format co-founded by Billie Jean King in the 1970s. Mylan World TeamTennis features the best in professional team tennis competing for the King Trophy, the league’s championship trophy which is named after King. In July 2015, Mylan WTT became only the fifth major professional team sports league in the U.S. to reach the 40th season milestone. On the recreational side of the sport, the Mylan WTT Recreational League also operates team leagues and events. For more information, visit www.WTT.com.

 

About Caesars Palace

World-renowned Las Vegas hotel and casino, Caesars Palace features 3,960 hotel guest rooms and suites, including the 181-room Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace and Forbes Star Award-winning The Laurel Collection by Caesars Palace. The 85-acre resort offers 25 diverse dining options including the award-winning Bacchanal Buffet, as well as celebrity chef-branded restaurants by Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, Nobu Matsuhisa, Guy Savoy, and Searsucker Las Vegas, the restaurant from “Top Chef” finalist Brian Malarkey. The resort also features nearly 130,000 square-feet of casino space, a five-acre Garden of the Gods pool oasis, the luxurious Qua Baths & Spa and the new 75,000 square-foot OMNIA Nightclub. The 4,300-seat Colosseum, Billboard Magazine’s Venue of the Decade, spotlights world-class entertainers including Celine Dion, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Reba, Brooks & Dunn, Mariah Carey and Jerry Seinfeld. The Forum Shops at Caesars showcases more than 160 boutiques and restaurants.

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