Andy Roddick, Pete Sampras and Anna Kournikova will join Elton John and Billie Jean King at the Smash Hits charity benefit September 14, 2006.

Five sets of tennis, using the World TeamTennis format, will be played at the Bren Center on the UC Irvine campus. Roddick and Sampras, who retired in 2002, will play the featured men's singles match.

Elton and Billie Jean will play a celebrity doubles match and captain two teams. Kournikova, no longer a regular on the women's tour, is set to play both doubles and mixed doubles.

The 14th annual event, last held in California in 2004, is expected to raise more than $500,000 for John's AIDS Foundation and the AIDS Services Foundation Orange County.

"Pete was a big part of Smash Hits in the early years and to have him back again along with Andy and Anna gives us the makings of a very entertaining and thrilling night of tennis," said Ilana Kloss, CEO and commissioner of World TeamTennis.

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