pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thomas-muster/m099/overview'Thomas Muster/arsquo;s biggest prizes, including his iconic 1995 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a trophy, have successfully been auctioned as part of the lsquo;Champions of Viennarsquo; campaign./p
pThe euro;244,500 raised will go to the LICHT INS DUNKEL emergency aid fund and benefit families in need. The lsquo;Champions of Viennarsquo; campaign was a significant highlight of the lsquo;Official Tennis Experiencersquo;, a celebration of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/vienna/337/overview'Erste Bank Open/arsquo;s 50th anniversary last month./p
pldquo;A sensational result that I would have never expected,rdquo; said Muster, who became the first Austrian to win a Grand Slam singles title in 1995. ldquo;My goal was to exceed the highest individual donation to date, but the fact that it has now more than doubled exceeds all my expectations./p
pldquo;Irsquo;m particularly happy that we can help so many people that havenrsquo;t had it so good.rdquo;/p
pimg alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thomas-muster/m099/overview'Thomas Muster/a" style="width:100%;" src="/-/media/images/news/2024/11/07/12/33/muster-trophy-auction-2024-2.jpg?w=100%25" /em style="vertical-align: super;"subsupPhoto Credit: Florian Rogner Photography/sup/sub/em/p
pAs expected, Musterrsquo;s 1995 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a winnerrsquo;s trophy raised the largest sum. All of the trophies will be handed over to their new owners personally by Muster during a meet and greet on the day of the gala for LICHT INS DUNKEL on 15 November./p
pldquo;From day one, the enthusiasm in the lsquo;Official Tennis Experiencersquo;, where the trophies were on display for the first time, was palpable,rdquo; said a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/vienna/337/overview'Erste Bank Open/a tournament director Herwig Straka. ldquo;It was certainly not an easy and very emotional decision for Thomas to give away his biggest trophies, but looking at the amount raised, it was spot on.rdquo;/p
p[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p
