Improving Lives Through Racket Sports
 
The Queen’s Club Foundation (“QCF”), the official charity of The Queen’s Club, is delighted to announce that Pippa Horn has agreed to join the QCF’s team of Ambassadors.  

Pippa Horn is a sports presenter, commentator and host. Formerly a tennis player, Pippa now works in media for broadcasters such as Eurosport, Discovery, BBC Sport and more. She has hosted stadium courts at some of the biggest events in the tennis calendar such as the Australian Open, Indian Wells, the Cincinnati Open and the Cinch Championships.

Pippa is looking forward to supporting The QCF and has already been involved in the charity, interviewing one of the QCF community club stars,  Para-Standing and wheelchair player, Leo-Charlesworth Mark on Centre Court at the Queen’s Club in the 2024 cinch Championships.
The QCF delivers excellence in outreach across Hammersmith & Fulham and beyond with the mission of “improving lives through racket sports”. The charity, in addition to providing outreach events in all the racket sports played at Queen’s, offers free weekly tennis and squash classes for children in the local community, including inclusive classes for children with special educational needs and disabilities. In the last year alone, The QCF has worked with over 1,000 children and young people improving lives through racket sports.

Pippa said: "I am so excited to be working with the QCF to give back to a sport that has provided me with so much, throughout the course of my life. During the cinch Championships, I witnessed firsthand the life changing work that the QCF is delivering to children in local communities, so I was very honoured to be asked to become an ambassador. I really believe that tennis has the power to change the trajectory of someone’s life, regardless of their circumstances, so I am delighted to join forces with the QCF and help them in their mission to improve even more lives, through tennis”

Kate Maurici, Head of Foundation, said: “Pippa is a hugely talented woman.  Her background as a player and then her rapid rise in the broadcasting arena at major events makes her an inspirational ambassador, in particular to the women and girls on our programme.  Her interest in our disability programmes in particular is something we are excited to harness and make use of to promote even more inclusive tennis and we are delighted to have her on board.”
 
To find out more about The QCF, and how you can support further, please visit www.queensclubfoundation.co.uk