Kevin Anderson wins 2019 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award

Anderson won it due to supporting a number of charitable causes including First Serve; an organisation to help under-served children in Palm Beach County; he previously also helped to empower children living in extreme poverty in Zambia through Spark Ventures.

Previous winners of the award include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

“It means a lot. Obviously we spend a lot of time out here on the court and it’s very competitive, but I think it’s really important to try to give back as much as you can and fortunately as my career has gone on I feel I’ve been able to create a bit of a platform and I’ve tried to use that time as much as I can to give back,” Anderson told the crowd.

“I couldn’t do this without my wife [Kelsey] as well. She’s been instrumental and we share the same vision. Hopefully as the years go by we’ll be able to increase our efforts off the court.”

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