During the season, the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour will auction a wide range of tennis experiences and unique memorabilia. Proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity, Make-A-Wish Foundation®, Tennis Against Breast Cancer and First Serve.

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The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Charity Auction benefits the following charities:

Make-A-Wish Foundation®

Grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
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TABC

Formed to expand awareness of breast cancer and raise funds to find a cure
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First Serve

Empowering young people by providing local tennis facilities and schools with a life skills program.
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On November 11, 2006, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour announced a landmark global partnership to further gender equality and promote women's leadership in all spheres of society. The social responsibility program, which draws upon the history of the Tour and its players in fighting for equality, marks the high level of commitment by the Tour and players to raise awareness of gender equality issues and advance opportunities for women. It also represents the first time that UNESCO is partnering with a professional sports league. UNESCO, with a section specifically devoted to women's empowerment and gender equality, is committed to mainstreaming gender equality considerations in all its programs, globally and at the national level.

Multiple Grand Slam champion and former world No.1 Venus Williams volunteered to serve as the first global "promoter of gender equality" under the partnership. Tatiana Golovin also became an official promoter in May 2007, as did Zheng Jie, in September 2007.

For more information on UNESCO, visit www.unesco.org

In a long-term commitment to aid victims from the December 2004 tsunami disaster, Whirlpool and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour launched this innovative charitable program with Habitat for Humanity that provided housing to those affected by the tsunami disaster.

Through the Tour's partnership with Whirlpool, Habitat for Humanity International became the Tour's official European social cause. Habitat for Humanity is an international charity dedicated to eliminating poverty housing worldwide in the belief that simple decent shelter is a basic human right. Through a network of companies and volunteers, Habitat for Humanity has helped change the lives of millions of people all over the world and builds a new home every 24 minutes.