Kansas City, Mo. (Oct. 17, 2013) – Kansas City will host tennis legends John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Jim Courier and Michael Chang at the Champions Showdown to be played Wednesday, Feb. 5 at T-Mobile Center. The one-night tournament will feature three matches; two one-set semifinal matches, followed by a one-set championship match.

“I have great memories of playing for the USA in Kansas City in the 1991 Davis Cup semifinal match against Germany and it's going to be sweet to be back there battling against these icons,” said Courier, the  former world No. 1 and the current U.S. Davis Cup captain. "It's certainly going to be a tough tournament and with Mac and Lendl playing in the same arena, you know it's going to be a fiery night of tennis.”

Event tickets starting at $25 will be available beginning Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. online at www.t-mobilecenter.com, in person at T-Mobile Center box office or by charge-by-phone at 888-929-7849.

McEnroe won seven major singles titles in his career along with 10 other majors in doubles and mixed doubles. He won the U.S. Open four times and Wimbledon three times and helped the United States to the Davis Cup title five times. He captured 77 career singles titles and 78 career doubles titles, his last being in San Jose, California in 2006 at the age of 47. McEnroe, who will turn 55 on February 9, has continued his fine play, winning numerous champions events around the world in singles and doubles since his final full-time year on the ATP Tour in 1992. He also continues to entertain tennis audiences as one of the best television commentators in the sport’s history.

Lendl won eight major singles titles in his career, including three U.S. Open titles during his stretch of reaching the U.S. singles final a record eight straight years from 1982-1989. He reached 19 majors singles finals in his career, more than any player in tennis history except Roger Federer. Lendl won 94 career ATP singles titles, which is second all-time. Since January of 2012, Lendl has served as the coach of Andy Murray, guiding him to victories at the US Open, the Olympic Games and Wimbledon, becoming the first British man to win the title since 1936.

Courier won a pair of French and Australian Open singles titles in the early 1990s when he became the first American to reach the No. 1 ranking since McEnroe in 1985. Courier became the youngest player to reach all four major singles finals in a career when he reached the Wimbledon final in 1993 at age 22. He also guided the U.S. to Davis Cup titles in 1992 and 1995 and currently serves as the U.S. team captain. Courier competed in Kansas City in 1991 as a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team against Germany in the event’s semifinals at the Kemper Arena. He beat Carl-Uwe Steeb and lost to Michael Stich in the 3-2 U.S. victory.

Chang is best known for his historic win at the 1989 French Open where, at the age of 17, was the youngest man to win a major singles title, while also becoming the first American in 34 years to win at Roland Garros. He reached the world No. 2 ranking in 1996 and was the runner-up at the French Open in 1995 and the U.S. and Australian Open in 1996.

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