RIA Eyewear, the New York-based performance eyewear company focused on racquet sports and golf, has signed former World No. 1 tennis player and Hall of Famer Kim Clijsters as its latest brand ambassador.
Clijsters, a six-time Grand Slam champion, joins RIA’s tennis pro ambassador team, which includes fellow multi-Grand Slam winners Jamie Murray (7-time Grand Slam Champion) and Bob and Mike Bryan (16-time Grand Slam Champions).
Clijsters achieved a career-high ranking of World No.1 in singles and doubles in 2003. Throughout her career, she won 41 singles titles, including three US Open titles and one Australian Open title. Clijsters also won the WTA Tour Championship singles title three times and was part of the Belgium Fed Cup winning team in 2001. In 2017, Clijsters was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
“Kim Clijsters is an icon in the world of sports, and we could not be more excited to have her as a RIA brand ambassador,” said Chris Hanson and Jordan Kemp, co-founders of RIA Eyewear. “Her influence and passion for sports resonate deeply with our mission, and we believe that together we can elevate the conversation around the importance of eyewear in the racquet sports community.”
The addition of Clijsters to RIA’s ambassador team comes as the company continues to grow its product portfolio in response to the success of its proprietary Court HD+ lens technology, designed with Zeiss, the lens optics manufacturer, to increase contrast on the court while providing 100 percent UVA/B protection. The lenses are not polarized to help tennis players maintain depth perception, which polarized sunglasses impede, making it harder to time the ball properly.
All of RIA’s performance frame styles are handmade in Italy and “built to withstand the most challenging court conditions.”
