Wheel of Fortune to Feature “Tennis Week” for the First Time

The popular television game show Wheel of Fortune has teamed up with the Tennis Channel to present viewers with the show’s first-ever "Tennis Week," airing on May 30 to June 3, 2011. Tennis Channel worked with the WTA, ATP and USTA to provide the featured prizes on the Wheel which include luxury vacation packages surrounding upcoming major tennis tournaments around the world: the French Open in Paris, the Australian Open in Melbourne, the U.S. Open in New York, the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, and the Sony Ericsson Championships in Istanbul.

Former world number one-ranked female professional tennis player and Tennis Channel commentator Tracy Austin came to visit Pat Sajak and Vanna White on set to kick off "Tennis Week" on Wheel of Fortune. Throughout the week, some of the world’s top tennis players, past and present, including Billie Jean King, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki, Lindsay Davenport and Martina Navratilova will make appearances in show opening segments, bumper segments, closing packages and prize packages.

Also, as part of "Tennis Week," Vanna White was invited to the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells to tape some segments for the five shows, including a tennis lesson from the top-ranked men’s doubles team, the Bryan Brothers. Tennis Channel cameras were on location and in the studio to capture behind-the-scenes footage for a special "Tennis Week" news and notes that is currently airing on Tennis Channel and is also posted on TennisChannel.com.