180 YEARS OF

Winner of the
youth tournament,
Longines Future
Tennis Aces 2011:
Marko Osmakcic,
holding his trophy
Superstars and members of the new tennis generation: Mansour Bahrami, Andre Agassi
and Jim Courier with the best players of the tournament, Marko Osmakcic (Switzerland)
and Artem Dubrivny (Russia), before an exhibition match in Roland-Garros
However, the involvement of Longines is not limited to
providing technical equipment, but includes a close relationship
to the players. And who would be a better ambassador
than one of the most successful tennis players of all
time? Andre Agassi has been the face of Longines on sand
courts around the world. With assistance from Longines
he promotes the sport of tennis and raises funds for his
charitable organization, the Andre Agassi Foundation for
Education.
Agassi’s wife, the renowned German tennis player
Stefanie Graf, is also a Longines ambassador. She heads a
charitable organization, Children for Tomorrow, with
the goal of supporting and initiating projects that provide
assistance to children and families who have be-
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come victims of war, persecution, exile and violence.
(You nd more information on the organizations of Graf
and Agassi in chapter „Ambassadors of Elegance.“)
For the annual Longines Future Tennis Aces tournament
Longines invites children under the age of 13 to the
Roland-Garros stadium to compete. Winners proceed
to an exhibition match against two legendary ex-professional
players.
Slightly older is the group of gied players supported
by the Longines Rising Tennis Stars program. Since the
French Open in Spring 2011, the sponsoring program
has beneted 17- to 23-year-old players from the entire
world. It’s one way Longines ensures that future talent
does not remain undiscovered due to nancial hardship
or from lack of support.
Watch tower:
Longines was
present at the
1954 Football
World Cup in
Switzerland.
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