Big-name tennis returns to Caesars Palace on October 12, 2015, evoking memories of when Alan King's Tennis Classic was celebrity central in the 1970s and '80s.

It was also where a small ballboy started raising eyebrows when he played the big boys. Andre Agassi went on to big things.

Agassi will be back on October 12, 2015, and he's bringing his wife, Steffi Graf, who will be matched with Martina Navratilova in a battle of icons. They met 18 times over nearly a decade, with each winning nine matches.

The event is the Mylan World Team Tennis Smash Hits, an AIDS benefit co-hosted by Elton John and Billie Jean King. The auction includes a piano bench signed by Elton and King.

The charity extravaganza raised more than $1 million in London last year. That brought the total to $13 million for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and other AIDS charities since 1993. Andy Roddick, the last American to hold the year-end world No. 1 (2003), is also participating.

The VIP reception and auction starts at 5:30 p.m.

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