Partners
Ambassadors
Lizette Cabrera
Australia
Lizette Cabrera is an Australian professional tennis player of Filipino heritage, with a WTA career high Singles ranking of 134 (2017). Lizette debuted on the professional circuit in 2016 and has won 5 ITF titles to date, and has played in the Main Draw of the Australian Open in 2017 and the U.S Open in 2018.
Lizette was born and raised in Townsville, Australia, by her Filipino parents, both of which are from the Philippines. She took up tennis at the age of 12, and she and her family soon moved to Brisbane in order for Lizette to train full time at Tennis Australia’s National Academy as part of their development pathway program.
We are honoured and very proud to have Lizette as our first female P6F Ambassador, and importantly Lizette is passionate about supporting our programs, while also passionate about giving back the communities in the Philippines and connecting with her family heritage.
We look forward to supporting her as she helps us inspire the coaches and children we support across South East Asia and Australia.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Australia
Thanasi is an Australian professional tennis player with a career high ATP ranking of 69. He is also a member of the Australian Davis Cup team.
In 2014, Thanasi won his first round at the Australian Open defeating Igor Sijsling from the Netherlands before going on to lose to then world number 1, Rafael Nadal, in the second round.
He has played in the Main Draw of all four Grand Slams; the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. His biggest career win came in the 2nd Round of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Miami in 2018 defeating world number 1, Roger Federer, in 3 sets.
Ruben Gonzalez
Philippines
Ruben Gonzales is a Filipino professional doubles and singles Davis Cup tennis player.
He has a career ATP doubles ranking of 141. Ruben also played U.S College tennis for the University of Illinois and received the Illinois Scholar Athlete Award in his junior year before going on to become a professional tennis player.
He is a proud Filipino and very passionate about supporting the development of tennis and encouraging physical activity and healthy living in his home country of the Philippines. We are delighted and privileged to have him as a P6F Ambassador.
Yen Hsun-Lu
Taiwan
Yen-hsun Lu is a Taiwanese former Top 40 ATP professional tennis player with a career high of 33, who goes by the nickname Rendy. Lu has won more ATP Challenger Tour titles than any other player in tennis history.
His favourite surface is hard court, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights have come on grass courts, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
We are honoured to have Yen-hsun as a P6F Ambassador as he is passionate about youth development and community involvement and is a great role model to many aspiring young athletes in his home country of Taiwan.
Treat Huey
Philipinnes
Treat Huey is a proud Filipino-American professional tennis player with an ATP career high Doubles ranking of 18.
He is a Wimbledon and Australian Open Semi Finalist and has also claimed 8 ATP Tour Finals qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in 2016 where he and doubles partner, Max Mirnyi, lost to American doubles great – Bob and Mike Bryan – denying them a Semi Final berth.
He has proudly represented the Philippines in the Davis Cup on several occasions and is a recipient of the prestigious Davis Cup Commitment Award.
He also played U.S College tennis for the University of Virginia from 2005-08 where he was a 2-time All-American.
We are incredibly privileged and honoured to have Treat as a P6F Ambassador who brings humility and passion, to help support and encourage the development of tennis through coaching and physical education in his home country of the Philippines, and to lso help us inspire and develop children across disadvantaged and remote communities across South East Asia.
Heath Davidson OAM
Australia
Heath Davidson is an Australian Paralympics Gold Medalist in tennis winning the Men’s gold medal in the Quad Doubles at the 2016 Rio Paralympics with fellow Australian compatriot Dylan Alcott.
With a career high singles ranking of No.4 in the world, Heath started playing wheelchair tennis at the age of 14, however, after 10 years he retired from the sport.
In 2015, he returned to the sport and by 2016 he was a gold medalist at Rio Paralympics partnering with Australian and World No. 1 Dylan Alcott.
In recognition of this achievement, he shared Tennis Australia’s Most Outstanding Athlete with a Disability with Dylan. He was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2017.
We are honoured to have Heath as a P6F Ambassador as he is passionate about supporting and helping inspire children with disability through sport and physical activity. In his role as a P6F Ambassador, Heath will engage and connect with our Cambodian Mission and Community School partners to help support and encourage children with disability to play tennis and to stay active.