Nine-time Grand Slam winner Monica Seles and former French Open
doubles champions Luke and Murphy Jensen will host the inaugural Bank
of the West Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic Saturday at Riviera Tennis Club.
Three-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medalist Jennifer
Capriati, former UCLA star Justin Gimelstob, former WTA Tour player
Carling Bassett-Seguso and former ATP doubles star Robert Seguso,
actors David Duchovny, Eric Braeden and Scott Foley, actress Donna
Mills and musician Gavin Rossdale are among the other tennis and
entertainment stars expected to participate in the event.
"I am excited to have the opportunity to participate in the Bank of
the West Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic along with Luke and Murphy,"
said Seles, who was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1991-92.
The fun-filled day of tennis and an 'Evening with the Stars' gala will
raise money for a number of Jensen designated youth-oriented
charities, including Jensen-Schmidt Tennis Academy for Down Syndrome,
the National Down Syndrome Society and The Riviera Foundation.
The event gets underway with a tennis pro-am from 9-11:30 a.m.,
followed by a kids' clinic from 12-1:30 p.m. A pro-celebrity
exhibition will be played from 1:30-4:30 p.m. The activities climax
with the 'Evening with the Stars' gala from 7-11 p.m. at Riviera
Country Club. The gala will feature top entertainment and a live auction.
"I am honored to be asked to co-host the Bank of the West
Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic," Luke Jensen said. "It is going to be a
special day and night that will benefit three great causes and we are
especially excited to have Monica join us for the event."
"I'm still a tennis player, but I also have been studying very hard to
become an actor, so the fact that I can be a part of an event that
will bring tennis players and celebrities together in L.A. is just way
too cool," Murphy Jensen added.