LAKE CLUB HOSTS 2013 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS IN EXHIBITION MATCH

LAKE CLUB HOSTS 2013 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS
IN EXHIBITION MATCH

Fundraiser featuring World #1 Men’s Doubles Team to benefit children’s charities

Wilton, CT, July 22, 2013 – The Lake Club is welcoming back for the second consecutive year the world’s number one men’s doubles team Bob and Mike Bryan in a tennis exhibition to be held on Friday August 23rd. The exhibition against Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecäu, the sixth ranked doubles team in the world, will benefit two children’s charities – Norwalk Grassroots Tennis and the National Tennis Foundation.

With their win earlier this month at Wimbledon, the Bryan Brothers became the first pair in the Open Era and the first duo since 1951 to hold all four Grand Slam doubles titles simultaneously.  They also won the gold medal in last year’s Summer Olympics in London.  Bob and Mike Bryan are the all-time team record holder with 91 doubles championships, including 15 doubles Grand Slam titles. These include victories at the French Open (2003, 2013), US Open (2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012), Australian Open (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, 2013), and Wimbledon (2006, 2011, 2013). They also hold the U.S. Davis Cup doubles team record, and have been the world number one doubles team longer than anyone else in doubles history.

“We are very excited about having Bob and Mike Bryan back to the Lake Club again this year,” noted Berend van Toor, Director of Tennis at the Lake Club since 1999. “They are the greatest men’s doubles team ever, and the match-up with Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecau could be a preview of the U.S. Open finals in September.”

The exhibition match will benefit two noteworthy children’s charities, Norwalk Grassroots Tennis and the National Tennis Foundation, where a percentage of ticket sales will be donated to each charity.  Last year, the event was sold out and raised more than $50,000. Both non-profit groups offer after-school tennis programs to under privileged and inner city youth, and make the game of tennis more accessible to many children who otherwise would not have the opportunity to play. For more information on these charities, go to www.nationaltennisfoundation.org and www.norwalkgrassrootstennis.com.

In conjunction with The Lake Club, the Bryan Brothers exhibition is being sponsored by Callari Auto Group of BMW, Mini, Fiat and Volvo, American Business, Rangeley Capital, Moet-Hennessey, Events Party and Tent Rental and anonymous Lake Club member donors. 

About The Lake Club
A family club since 1958, The Lake Club is home to 300 families and is located at 165 Thayer Pond Road on 15 acres on the Wilton-New Canaan border. The year round facility offers its members leading programs for tennis, swimming, diving, paddle tennis, boating and social events. Facilities include 12 Har-tru tennis courts (four lighted for evening play), an eight lane, 25 meter swimming pool with 2 diving boards, children’s pool, and playground, spectator hut and 5 platform tennis courts, pavilion with snack bar, boating and fishing. For more information visit www.thelakeclub.org.  For membership inquiries, please contact the club via email at info@thelakeclub.org.

About Max Mirnyi
Max Mirnyi has reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in June 2003 and holds nine Grand Slam titles: Men's Doubles in the 2000 and 2002 US Open and in the 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2012 French Open; and mixed doubles in the 1998 and 2007 U.S. Opens and 1998 Wimbledon. He won the Olympic Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles in 2012. He earned the nickname "The Beast" during his time on tour.

About Horia Tecäu
Horia Tecäu is ranked the World No. 5 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, the highest doubles ranking of his career thus far. Tecäu reached the men's doubles finals of the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Wimbledon Championships with Robert Lindstedt and won the 2012 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Bethanie Mattek-Sands