The Newport Beach Breakers professional tennis team now has a cause to play for: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Under a recently struck pact, the team, co-owned by Billie Jean King, is set to give profits to the Hoag Hospital Foundation, the Newport Beach hospital’s fund-raising arm.
The deal also calls for the foundation to manage the Breakers.
The Breakers’ matches are set to be played at a 2,200-seat, ocean-view stadium that will be erected at the Newport Beach Country Club.
The regular season runs July 5 to 25, with playoffs and championship finals running July 27 to 29.
Pete Sampras, who is the all-time Grand Slam winner in men’s tennis, is going to play for the Breakers during the 2007 season. John McEnroe, Venus Williams and Anna Kournikova are the other marquee players that will be featured during the season.
