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The Fifth Annual Elbow Beach Celebrity Tennis Classic is scheduled to have its usual slate of tennis and sporting greats attend.

These include Hana Mandlikova, Lori McNeil, Katrina Adams and Laila Ali.

Mandlikova is a tennis hall of fame entrant thanks in part to her four grand slam titles. The tennis great won the Australian Open twice, the French and U.S. Open's once each and was a finalist at Wimbledon twice. She was ranked as high as #3 in the world.

McNeil is a teaching pro now who won 10 titles during her 12-year career. She was ranked as high as #9 and had a career singles record of 436-309.

Adams, was ranked as high as #67 and is a director of tennis in Harlem and on the board of directors for the USTA. She did pair with Zina Garrison to win 21 WTA doubles titles.

Ali, is the daughter of Muhammad Ali, and is the undefeated super middleweight champion with a record of 24 wins and zero losses. She has won 21 of her fights by knockout.

Bacardi is the title sponsor and Butterfield Bank gave $15,000 for the Fifth Annual Elbow Beach Celebrity Tennis Classic scheduled for September 23 to 26.

Classic organizer David Lambert said: "The Elbow Beach Tennis Classic is currently in its fifth year. Funds from this event are invested in Bermuda's top junior team players that will partake in the International Tennis Federation world ranking junior tournaments."

Lambert said: "We are enjoying a high level of tennis both locally and internationally. Our Junior Davis Cup team held their position finishing 12th out of 17 earlier this year. Bermuda won promotion in Davis Cup. We had juniors do very well in the ITF world ranking tournament in Bermuda in which we won some titles. We also did well in the Dominican Republic where we played a Level 3 Tournament and most recently our 13-under team won the Caribbean Championships. All of these players have benefited from funds raised during the Elbow Beach Celebrity Tennis Classic."

He added that on September 25 there would be a KPMG Tennis Clinic at the W.E.R. Joell Tennis Stadium with selected students from all of Bermuda's schools.

"I hope people will come out and support this weekend. It's only an $8 entry for adults and that money will go to support the juniors," Lambert said.

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