BAUSCH & LOMB CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Defending Champion Monica Seles
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BAUSCH & LOMB CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 10-16, 2000 at Amelia Island Plantation

Defending champion Monica Seles headlines the initial player field for the 2000 Bausch & Lomb Championships at Amelia Island Plantation April 10-16.

This tournament annually features some of the best names in women's tennis. Past champions include Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Gabriela Sabatini.

Joining Seles in this year's draw will be former Bausch & Lomb champions

Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce, Aranxta Sanchez Vicario and Conchita Martinez, along with Anna Kournikova, Amanda Coetzer and Alexandra Stevenson.

For the players, the Bausch & Lomb Championships is one of the most popular stops on the tour. The picturesque oceanfront setting of the Amelia Island Plantation, as well as the positioning on the WTA tour calendar (the start of the "clay court season") enables the Bausch & Lomb Championships to annually lure the top names in the women's game.

1998 champion Mary Pierce
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This year, the Bausch & Lomb Championships will continue its "Commitment to Community" campaign. The program will generate revenue in support of selected charities and causes in the Jacksonville and Fernandina areas,

1997 champion Lindsay Davenport
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including the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville,The Pilot Club of Jacksonville and Nassau, and the Amelia Island Montessori School. Since 1980, this tournament has contributed roughly $550,000 to the Jacksonville community.

Anna Kournikova
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Amanda Coetzer
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For the most up-to-date information regarding players, tickets or special events, please call (800) 486-8366 or visit the tournament website at www.blchamps.com.