Personal Life
Knowles is married and has three children. He and his family host an annual charity event in the Bahamas, the Mark Knowles Celebrity Tennis Invitational, which has raised over $1,000,000 to date. The event celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010, bringing world no. 4 Andy Murray to the invitational, and followed suit with another star, Andy Roddick, at the 2011 edition. In the past, it has been attended by players such as Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, James Blake, Tommy Haasn and The Bryan Brothers.
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