2018 World TeamTennis season | |
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League | World TeamTennis |
Sport | Team tennis |
Duration | 15 July – 5 August 2018 |
Number of matches | Regular season: 42 (14 for each team) Postseason: 1 |
Number of teams | 6 |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Philadelphia Freedoms |
Season MVP | ![]() ![]() |
World TeamTennis Finals | |
Venue | Daskalakis Athletic Center |
Champions | Springfield Lasers |
Runners-up | Philadelphia Freedoms |
Finals MVP | ![]() |
The 2018 World TeamTennis season was the 43rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.
The Springfield Lasers defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win their first King Trophy as WTT champions.[1]
Competition format
[edit]The 2018 World TeamTennis season included six teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Finals. The higher seed was treated as the "home" team in the WTT Finals and had the right to determine the order of play. The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.
Teams and players
[edit]Roster players compete (nearly) the entire season, Franchise and Wildcard players only a limited season. Substitute players are not listed.[2]
- On 2 August 2018, the Springfield Lasers traded Marcelo Demoliner from the Orange County Breakers for Daniel Nestor.[3]
Standings
[edit]The top two teams qualified for the 2018 WTT Finals.[4]
Pos | Team | MP | W | L | Pct | MB |
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1 | Philadelphia Freedoms | 14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 0 |
2 | Springfield Lasers | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 |
3 | Washington Kastles | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 |
4 | San Diego Aviators | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 |
5 | Orange County Breakers | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 |
6 | New York Empire | 14 | 2 | 12 | .143 | 10 |
Results table
[edit]Team | Match | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
New York Empire (NYE) | WAS | WAS | PHL | SPR | SAN | WAS | WAS | SPR | OCB | SPR | OCB | SAN | PHL | PHL |
18–22 | 20–21 | 17–21 | 22–23 | 18–23 | 18–20 | 14–24 | 17–25 | 14–22 | 20–21 | 16–22 | 21–17 | 13–23 | 19–15 | |
Orange County Breakers (OCB) | PHL | SPR | WAS | PHL | SPR | SAN | SAN | PHL | NYE | SAN | NYE | SAN | SPR | WAS |
16–23 | 22–16 | 18–22 | 20–16 | 20–19 | 17–19 | 20–21 | 14–26 | 22–14 | 18–23 | 22–16 | 19–24 | 17–20 | 23–17 | |
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL) | OCB | SAN | NYE | OCB | WAS | SPR | SPR | OCB | SAN | WAS | WAS | SPR | NYE | NYE |
23–16 | 22–17 | 21–17 | 16–21 | 21–14 | 24–19 | 23–12 | 26–14 | 25–12 | 23–18 | 23–19 | 20–18 | 23–13 | 15–19 | |
San Diego Aviators (SAN) | SPR | PHL | SPR | WAS | NYE | OCB | OCB | WAS | PHL | OCB | NYE | OCB | WAS | SPR |
21–12 | 17–22 | 20–22 | 25–13 | 23–18 | 19–17 | 21–20 | 20–21 | 12–25 | 23–18 | 17–21 | 24–19 | 18–19 | 18–25 | |
Springfield Lasers (SPR) | SAN | OCB | SAN | NYE | OCB | PHL | PHL | NYE | WAS | NYE | WAS | PHL | OCB | SAN |
12–21 | 16–22 | 22–20 | 23–22 | 19–20 | 19–24 | 12–23 | 25–17 | 22–15 | 21–20 | 22–21 | 18–20 | 20–17 | 25–18 | |
Washington Kastles (WAS) | NYE | NYE | OCB | SAN | PHL | NYE | NYE | SAN | SPR | PHL | PHL | SPR | SAN | OCB |
22–18 | 21–20 | 22–18 | 13–25 | 14–21 | 20–18 | 24–14 | 21–20 | 15–22 | 18–23 | 19–23 | 21–22 | 19–18 | 17–23 | |
Color Key: Win • Loss • Home • Away Reference:[5] |
Statistical leaders
[edit]The table below shows the WTT team and the player who had the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events. Only players who played in at least 40% of the total number of games played by their team in a particular event are eligible to be listed.[6]
Event | Team | Player | |||||||||
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Team | GP | GW | GL | Pct | Player | Team | GP | GW | GL | Pct | |
Men's singles | Springfield Lasers | 102 | 57 | 45 | .559 | Miomir Kecmanović | SPR | 96 | 52 | 44 | .542 |
Women's singles | Philadelphia Freedoms | 99 | 69 | 30 | .697 | Taylor Townsend | PHL | 82 | 60 | 22 | .732 |
Men's doubles | Orange County Breakers | 110 | 62 | 48 | .564 | Marcelo Demoliner | OCB | 101 | 57 | 44 | .564 |
Women's doubles | Philadelphia Freedoms | 107 | 63 | 44 | .589 | Taylor Townsend | PHL | 92 | 53 | 39 | .576 |
Mixed doubles | San Diego Aviators | 114 | 61 | 53 | .535 | Marcin Matkowski, Anna-Lena Grönefeld | SAN | 114 | 61 | 53 | .535 |
- Most Valuable Players[7]
Female MVP: Taylor Townsend
Male MVP: Marcin Matkowski
WTT Finals
[edit]Date | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Venue | Finals MVP | Ref. |
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5 August 2018 | Springfield Lasers | Philadelphia Freedoms | 19–18 | Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia | Miomir Kecmanović | [8] |
Match summary
Event | Springfield Lasers | Philadelphia Freedoms | Score | Total score |
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Men's doubles | Miomir Kecmanović / Marcelo Demoliner | Kevin King / Fabrice Martin | 5–3 | 5–3 |
Women's doubles | Abigail Spears / Vania King | Taylor Townsend / Raquel Atawo | 5–2 | 10–5 |
Mixed doubles | Marcelo Demoliner / Abigail Spears | Fabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend | 2–5 | 12–10 |
Women's singles | Vania King | Taylor Townsend | 2–5 | 14–15 |
Men's singles | Miomir Kecmanović | Kevin King | 5–3 | 19–18 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lasers stun Freedoms, 19-18, for first World TeamTennis title". Tennis.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Teams". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Orange County Breakers make trade, play spoiler against Washington". Daily Pilot – LA Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 League Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 League Leaders". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "Townsend, Matkowski Lead 2018 WTT Award Recipients". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- ^ "Lasers Claim First WTT Championship In Dramatic Final". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 5 August 2018.