Tennis Legends to Hit Santa Fe for Day of Tennis, Community and Celebration
October 14, 2026
Santa Fe, N.M. — The First Serve New Mexico Foundation on October 17 is hosting a day of clinics while supporting youth in the Santa Fe community at the Forked Lightning Racquet Club featuring more than 20 tennis legends and fan favorites over the past five decades.
The outstanding lineup of legends who have shaped history with a combined 154 major titles feature Martina Navratilova, Stefanie Graf, Andre Agassi, Mats Wilander, Tracy Austin, along with Bob and Mike Bryan. Other former major winners include Luke and Murphy Jensen, Mark Knowles and Justin Gimelstob.
Former ATP Tour pros Jan-Michael Gambill, Brad Gilbert, John Isner, Steve Johnson, Brian MacPhie, T.J. Middleton, Nick Monroe, Sam Querrey, and others will also be on-hand to hit and offer tennis tips to kids at the Forked Lightning Racquet Club.
The second-year club was named “Featured Facility of the Year” by the USTA the organization’s top honor for a tennis facility — in the 2026 Outstanding Facility Awards Program.
Angelique Cook Lowry, president of First Serve New Mexico, said, “This year’s event is spectacular with many legends in the sport coming to Santa Fe to support the foundation. It will be a thrill for the FSNM kids to have the opportunity to meet and hit with many of the former pros.”
First Serve New Mexico provides an after-school program and summer camp to Santa Fe Public School (SFPS) students, home schooled students, and charter school students grades 3-12 across Santa Fe. The programs are at no cost to students or their families thanks to immense organizational fundraising efforts and the generosity of private donors and grantors who support the mission.
First Serve is not a “drop-in” program that kids come and go from, students make a commitment to attend, participate, and put forth their best efforts for a minimum period of one full school year. Many come for six or more years.
Tutoring and tennis instruction is conducted primarily out of the Forked Lightning Racquet Club. Elementary-aged students attend a two-day-per-week program while middle school and high school students attend a four-day-per-week program during the school year. The unique program combines academic tutoring, life skills coaching, and tennis //instruction to create a robust curriculum that prepares the young student athletes for the world.
The event on Saturday is closed to the public.