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Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational set for December 3rd to 5th, 2009
By Vicky Knowles Andrews
Oct 14, 2009 - 11:33:22 PM

Winners of the 2009 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles crown, Mark Knowles and Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Getty Images)

Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamian tennis star Mark Knowles today announced that the 9^th Charity Invitational will be held from December 3rd to 5th this year.   Once again, the proceeds of the event will go to aid local children’s charities such as The Cancer Society, the Sassoon (Bahamas) Foundation for Pediatric Heart Care, The Special Olympics, The Association for the Physically Disabled, The Chance Foundation and the Mark Knowles Tennis Scholarship Fund.   To date over $400,000 has been distributed to various charities.  The aim this year is to increase total donations to $500,000.

The professional tennis exhibition, the Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational will be held at the National Tennis Centre, Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday 5^th December.

One of the highlight participants in this event will be Anna-Lena Groenefeld who partnered Mark to win the 2009 Wimbledon Mixed doubles Championships.

Anna-Lena’s Profile: Born in Germany. Current Singles Randing #63 and Doubles ranking #14. She had an outstanding junior career:   In 2002 she was the Singles Champion of both the Belgium and Frankfurt International Championships and a finalist at the Orange Bowl. As a result of her tennis successes in 2003, Gröenefeld had achieved the Junior World ranking of #1 in singles and doubles.  Winner of the 2009 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles crown alongside Mark Knowles. Has singles wins over Daniela Hantuchova, Alize Cornet and with doubles partner, Patty Snyder, has won several ladies doubles titles.

Apart from the   presenting sponsor, Kerzner International, some of the major sponsors to date include: Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Private Bank & Trust;   Pictet Bank & Trust Ltd; Serenity Point, Abaco; The Balmoral; The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism; American Airlines;  The Bank of the Bahamas, Everkey Global Fund,  Templeton Global Advisors, Odyssey Aviation, H3O and The Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture

There are a few sponsorship opportunities still available and interested parties should contact Vicky Andrews at vickyk@batelnet.bs or call: 242-357-9670