The MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation is a United States foundation created in 1994 by former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

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MaliVai Washington MaliVai "Mal" Washington ( ) (born June 20, 1969) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at Wimbledon in 1996, won four ATP titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in Octobe ...

to model achievement and life skills to children through playing tennis. Centered in

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, the organization also provides tutoring and mentoring to its youth audience. In the mid-2000s, the foundation broke ground on a Youth Tennis and Education Complex in Durkeeville that was expected to double the number of youth participants, previously about 1,000 per year.Jacksonville Business Journal: May 19, 2006-MaliVai Washington
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MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation website
Non-profit organizations based in Jacksonville, Florida Child-related organizations in the United States Sports foundations based in the United States Organizations established in 1994 {{US-sport-org-stub