The Stars of Past and Present Show Their Support at the 30th Annual Legends Ball

September 15, 2010 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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Former world number one golfer Annika Sorenstam and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, wife of the late Arthur Ashe, presented Martina Navratilova with the Eugene L. Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the 30th Annual Legends Ball, held  Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Polly Scott also participated in the presentation of the award, which is given in honor of her late husband, Eugene, founder of Tennis Week magazine.

The Eugene L. Scott Award, presented annually since 2006, honors an individual who embodies Scott’s commitment to communicating honestly and critically about the game, and who has had a significant impact on the tennis world. Scott founded Tennis Week magazine and wrote the most widely read and well-respected column about the sport, “Vantage Point” until his death in March 2006. Previous recipients of the award have been: John McEnroe (2006); Andre Agassi (2007); Billie Jean King (2008); and Arthur Ashe and his wife Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe (2009).

The Legends Ball, held annually since 1980, brings the tennis world together to celebrate the history of the game and to honor some of the sport’s great contributors; all while raising money for the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum. This special night of celebration was held to honor a host of tennis luminaries including the Hall of Fame Class of 2010, which features the extraordinary doubles teams of Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva, Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde, mixed doubles champion Owen Davidson, Derek Hardwick, an influential tennis administrator and Brad Parks, the first ever wheelchair tennis inductee, who is also one of the pioneering founders of the wheelchair game. A legendary line-up of tennis greats were also n attendance, including more than a dozen Hall of Famers and tennis dignitaries. In addition to presenting the Eugene L. Scott Award, the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum also presented the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Award to Mercedes-Benz.

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Hall of Famers Gigi Fernandez, Stan Smith, Tony Trabert, Monica Seles, Vic Seixas, Mark Woodforde at the 2010 Legends Ball to benefit the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Cipriani 42nd Street in NY City on Sept. 10, 2010

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Ken Solomon, Chairman & CEO Tennis Channel; Stan Smith, Hall of Famer; Chris Clouser, Chairman of the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum; and Mike Goss, Legends Ball Co-Chair at the 2010 Legends Ball to benefit the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Cipriani 42nd Street in NY City on Sept. 10, 2010

 

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Legends Ball Co-Chairs John & Alexandra Ross with tennis Hall of Famer Ken Rosewall at the 2010 Legends Ball to benefit the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Cipriani 42nd Street in NY City on Sept. 10, 2010


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