If you thought the 2025 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters was all about tennis champions, fabulous hospitality and people watching, think again. For it has once again joined forces with the cancer charity GEMLUC. To raise much needed funds for research and equipment. Last year 37 204 euros were collected in the fight against cancer, as a result of the different actions highlighted by the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters during the tournament.
GEMLUC was founded in 1973 with the support of Princess Grace of Monaco. It stands for Groupement des Entreprises Monégasques dans la Lutte Contre le Cancer (Group of Monaco Companies United in the Fight against Cancer). And it is now under the honorary presidency of Princess Caroline of Hanover.
OBJECTIVES
GEMLUC is a non-governmental charitable organization. Its goal is to raise funds to:
• Support fundamental and clinical research
• Offer help to patients and their families
• Contribute to disease prevention, detection and cancer care
RESULTS
In the 52 years it has been operating, GEMLUC has been able to donate, thanks to contributions and legacies, several million euros to the Scientific Centre of Monaco. Enabling it to bolster its role as a major international player in cancer research.
And the funds also made possible the donation of equipment and materials to the Princess Grace Hospital Centre. Strengthening its status as a centre of cancerology excellence. In 2023 GEMLUC funded the implementation of Oncosafety, thereby enabling the safe administration of individual chemotherapy treatment at the Princess Grace Hospital.
SUPPORTERS
In addition to benefiting from the support of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, GEMLUC also counts the Monte-Carlo Country Club and the Automobile Club of Monaco among its ardent supporters.
And its most vocal spokesperson is undoubtedly Mélanie-Antoinette de Massy, the President of the Monegasque Tennis Federation and the Monte-Carlo Country Club. She has been instrumental in raising the profile of this cancer charity at various fund-raising events. Her passion for raising awareness of this charity stems from a very personal reason. As her mother, Baroness Elizabeth Ann de Massy, sadly passed away from cancer in June 2020.
Following her death, it was truly a necessity. I wanted to get involved in this cause. If, thanks to the tournament, we can give more visibility to Gemluc and in the long term, save lives, it will be a kind of victory.
For more information, and to make a donation, please visit: https://gemlucmonaco.com/
