Chris Evert and Friends Bring Fun Afternoon of Tennis Back to Delray Beach

Written by: Staff on 7th November 2010

Chris Evert and Friends Bring Fun Afternoon of Tennis Back to Delray Beach |

Chris Evert’s 21^st annual Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic got under way Saturday at the Delray Beach Tennis Center with Evert teaming with legendary news man Stone Phillips to defeat comedian Jon Lovitz and tennis legend Murphy Jensen 6-4.

Longtime Evert rival Martina Navratilova got the best of the event’s host, teaming with Alan Thicke to post a close 6-5 win over Evert and Olympic Gold Medalist Dan Jansen.

In one of the day’s longer matches, Gavin Rossdale and Murphy Jensen spoiled Scott Foley’s return to the event, winning 8-7 in an extended pro-set. Rossdale and Jensen rolled out to a quick 5-2 lead over Foley and Vince Spadea, before Spadea rallied with some excellent groundstrokes to even the match at seven games all and send the match into a tiebreak eventually won by Rossdale and Jensen.

American Idol winner David Cook marked his debut at the event, teaming with tennis great Sebastien Grosjean to post a 6-4 win over Navratilova and Jeffrey Donovan, star of the popular television series, Burn Notice.

Steve Doocy, co-host of the popular Fox & Friends morning show, joined with tennis Hall of Famer Gigi Fernandez to defeat actresses Maeve Quinlan and Elisabeth Shue 6-1 in the day’s first match.

Play continues Sunday at 11 a.m. with five matches on the schedule. Anna Kournikova will join the field for Sunday’s matches. Tickets are still available for Sunday at www.chrisevert.org.

Results from play on Saturday, Nov. 6

Steve Doocy and Gigi Fernandez def. Maeve Quinlan and Elisabeth Shue 6-1

Gavin Rossdale and Murphy Jensen def. Vince Spadea and Scott Foley 8-7

Chris Evert and Stone Phillips def. Murphy Jensen and Jon Lovitz 6-4

Sebastien Grosjean and David Cook def. Jeffrey Donovan and Martina Navratilova 6-4

Martina Navratilova and Alan Thicke def. Chris Evert and Dan Jansen 6-5

Sunday, Nov, 7 Schedule of Play

Match 1

Gigi Fernandez and Alan Thicke vs. Steve Doocy and Sebastien Grosjean (Bud Collins will umpire)

Match 2

Vince Spadea and Dan Jansen vs. Murphy Jensen and Stone Phillips (Bud Collins will umpire)

Match 3

Anna Kournikova and Gavin Rossdale vs. Chris Evert and Scott Foley (Jon Lovitz will umpire)

Match 4

Chris Evert and Jeffrey Donovan vs. Martina Navratilova and David Cook (Murphy Jensen will umpire)

Match 5

Martina Navratilova and Elisabeth Shue vs. Murphy Jensen and Jon Lovitz (Umpire is TBD)

Topics: Alan Thicke, American Idol Winner, Anna Kournikova, Celebrity Tennis, Chris Evert, Dan Jansen, Delray Beach Tennis, Delray Beach Tennis Center, Elisabeth Shue, Gigi Fernandez, Jeffrey Donovan, Jon Lovitz, Maeve Quinlan, Murphy Jensen, Olympic Gold Medalist, Scott Foley, Sebastien Grosjean, Stone Phillips, Tennis Hall Of Famer, Vince Spadea

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rachael Hutchinson says:

November 12, 2010 at 6:32 pm

I am coming to Delray beach from 9th feb 2011 for a week’s holiday and am a keen tennis player. I am a good club standard and a member of the Chichester tennis club in England. I would love to have a daily game with women or men of a similar standard who are in their 50s. Can you help me to achieve this?