Just completed: A smashing Success!
Chevy Chase Bank Tennis Challenge 

Presented by The Baltimore Sun

DATE: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 7 PM

PLACE: Baltimore Arena -- Baltimore, Maryland

FORMAT: SALOMON SMITH BARNEY LEGENDS MATCH (Pro-Set)

Female Legends Player (TBD) & Male Legends Player (TBD) vs. Pam Shriver & Male Legends Player (TBD)

followed by

FEATURE SINGLES MATCH (Best-of-Three Sets)

Lindsay Davenport vs. Anna Kournikova

followed by

ORIOLES CHALLENGE MATCH (Pro-Set)

Brady Anderson & Feature Singles Player (TBD) vs. Orioles Player (TBD) & Feature Singles Player (TBD)

The Salomon Smith Barney Legends Doubles Match will start off the evening. The Feature Singles Match will follow in a best-of-three sets contest. The final match of the evening will be the Orioles Challenge Doubles Match featuring Baltimore Orioles baseball players and the Feature Singles Players.

BENEFICIARIES: Proceeds from the Tennis Challenge are donated by the Baltimore Community Foundation to area children's charities, including Campaign For Our Children, Baltimore Tennis Patrons, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Living Classroom Foundation, and Maryland Special Olympics. In it's first 13 years, the Tennis Challenge has raised over $2 million for various children's charities.

Pam Shriver's 14th Annual Chevy Chase Bank Tennis Challenge

The History.

Over the past decade, Pam Shriver's Charity Tennis Challenge has become Baltimore's premier charitable sporting event and a cornerstone on area planning calendars. With community-wide support, the Chevy Chase Bank Tennis Challenge presented by The Baltimore Sun funds diversified activities all targeted "For A Child's Benefit". Since 1986, $2 million has been donated to area children's charities.

The Tennis Challenge has been played at the Baltimore Arena since 1990 and has attracted enthusiastic "standing room only" crowds. The event has also been televised on Home Team Sports, the Baltimore/Washington Fox Sports Net affiliate since 1992. The Event is also syndicated nationally to all Fox Sports Net affiliates.

The Players.

The Tennis Challenge's list of alumni reads like a "Who's Who" in Tennis. Past participants include Lindsay Davenport, Jana Novotna, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, Gabriela Sabatini, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and, of course, Pam Shriver. Renowned celebrities like "Dr. J" (Julius Erving), Kenny Rogers, Cal Ripken, Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Alomar and Brady Anderson have played in the Tennis Challenge's celebrity doubles match.

The Charities.

Founded in 1986 to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Pam Shriver's leadership and guidance has enabled the Chevy Chase Bank Tennis Challenge to expand its charitable commitment to the community. In 1993, the Tennis Challenge Fund was established at the Baltimore Community Foundation. A publicly supported endowment for the Greater Baltimore region, the Community Foundation awards charitable grants to non-profit organizations throughout Central Maryland. The Tennis Challenge fund targets non-profits which work to enhance and improve the lives of the region's youth through education, physical fitness and health/mental health. Under the guidance of the Community Foundation and the Tennis Challenge's executive committee, grants have been awarded to the following non-profits among others, since the Tennis Challenge fund was established:

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Funds research and works to improve the quality of life for children and young adults afflicted with cystic fibrosis, the most common fatal genetic disease in the United States.

Baltimore Museum of Industry: Devoted to the industrial, maritime and labor heritage of Baltimore, the museum educates youngsters on the vital role of industry in the history, culture and urban fabric of this area and promotes understanding of the impact of technology on work and people.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Maryland: Helps youth become productive and responsible adults through building-centered programs and neighborhood based services. The Club is committed to serving disadvantaged and at-risk youth as a priority.

Campaign For Our Children: Established to address the high rate of teen pregnancy in Maryland, Campaign For Our Children teaches abstinence and responsibility through its public service announcements.

Girl Scouts of Central Maryland: Inspires girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service so that they may become happy and resourceful citizens.

Greater Baltimore Tennis Patrons: Gives youngsters the opportunity to learn how to play tennis and whose mission is to use tennis to raise self-esteem, teach teamwork and physical fitness.

Kennedy-Krieger Institute: An international leader in researching and treating brain disorders, the Kennedy-Krieger Institute brings together clinicians, educators, therapists and social workers to address the current needs of the child and the family and works to develop research programs that, with time, will provide an even more effective intervention.

Living Classrooms Foundation: Utilizing maritime settings, the Living Classrooms Foundation provides hands-on education and job training, with a special emphasis on at-risk youth and groups from diverse backgrounds. Key objectives of all programs are career development, cooperative learning, community service, elevating self-esteem and fostering multicultural exchange.

Maryland Special Olympics: Provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with mental retardation, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship.