If you love

tennis and feel you haven't been served enough by the

action at Wimbledon, head out to the Peachtree City

Tennis Center next week for the drkoop.com Women's

Professional Championships. The event is a USTA Prudental

Securities Circuit event.

The

tournament, which starts on Sunday with qualifying, is an

annual event at the Tennis Center as well as Georgia's

oldest and longest running professional tournament. This

year's field will feature a great combination of young up

and comers and established veterans from all over the

world. Many of the tournament's former champions have

risen to the top fifty in the world, representing their

countries in Olympic and Federation Cup competitions.

Last year's

champion, Alina Jidkova is currently 90th in the world.

Each year, the tournament is also a way to raise money

for a local cause. Last year saw the largest attendance

the tournament has ever had. The David L. Harris

Foundation raised $3,500 from ticket sales alone. For

2000, the ticket receipts will go to the Fayette County

Council on Domestic Violence. Started in 1987, the FCCDV

makes sure that individuals experiencing domestic

violence and their families have a network of people to

alleviate the problem.

Qualifying

starts on Sunday and continues on Monday morning. On

Monday evening, the players will get matched up with

local celebrities and business owners for a Pro-Am. The

main draw action will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. After

a break in the afternoon, the main court will feature two

main events from 7-10 p.m. The finals of the drkoop.com

women's Professional Championships will be held on July

16.

The

Peachtree City Tennis Center, the 1999 Ga. Facility of

the Year, is excited to bring such a high level of tennis

to the community. Each year the quality of the players

and the crowds rise. Come out and see over 90 of the

finest women's professionals in the world play their

hearts out for the drkoop.com title.