Rado ProAm tournament of the Erste Bank Open 2021: tennis fever among professionals and celebrities
As part of this year's Erste Bank Open, Rado, as the official partner and timepiece, has again invited to the ProAm, the social opening event of the tennis tournament. Also this year tennis greats fought an exciting match with prominent amateurs in the Vienna Colony Club.
by PM
last edit: Oct 25, 2021, 10:30 am
This year, two teams led by tennis legends Thomas Muster and Barbara Schett competed against each other in a total of nine matches on the Rado Center Court.
The "Team Muster" included cabaret artist Viktor Gernot, gallery owner Alexander Giese, Erste Bank CEO Stefan Dörfler and Thomas Muster himself.
Ex-tennis professional Barbara Schett and her team held against it: tennis greats like Jürgen Melzer and Niki Hofmanova met tennis-loving celebrities from the fields of society and business, including entertainer "Tricky Niki", star violinist Julian Rachlin and Schönbrunn Group managing director Klaus Panholzer.
There were also familiar faces among the audience, such as the two “Dancing Stars” Lenka Pohoralek and Dimitar Stefanin. In the end, Team Schett won the tournament, Babsi Schett was able to look forward to the ProAm trophy.
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Honor for Jürgen Melzer
In the course of the Rado ProAm, tennis professional Jürgen Melzer was also honored for his services to tennis. He was able to look forward to a Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic, presented by Erste Bank Open tournament director Herwig Straka, Rado Austria brand manager Peter Gauss and Colony Club manager Johannes Graski.
Also new at ProAm 2021: Rado also measured the service speed of the individual players. Tennis pro Jürgen Melzer stood out in particular with a serve speed of 182 km / h.