2018 World TeamTennis season

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2018 World TeamTennis season
League World TeamTennis
Sport Team tennis
Duration15 July – 5 August 2018
Number of matchesRegular season: 42 (14 for each team)
Postseason: 1
Number of teams6
Regular season
Top seed Philadelphia Freedoms
Season MVP Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend (Female)
Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski (Male)
World TeamTennis Finals
Venue Daskalakis Athletic Center
Champions Springfield Lasers
  Runners-up Philadelphia Freedoms
Finals MVP Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović
World TeamTennis seasons

The 2018 World TeamTennis season was the 43rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

Contents

The Springfield Lasers defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win their first King Trophy as WTT champions. [1]

Competition format

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

Roster players compete (nearly) the entire season, Franchise and Wildcard players only a limited season. Substitute players are not listed. [2]

New York Empire Orange County Breakers Philadelphia Freedoms San Diego Aviators Springfield Lasers Washington Kastles
Roster players
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Novikov Flag of Barbados.svg Darian King Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis Flag of Serbia.svg Miomir Kecmanović Flag of the United States.svg Tennys Sandgren
Flag of Germany.svg Tatjana Maria Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yanina Wickmayer Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naomi Broady Flag of the United States.svg Vania King Flag of the United States.svg Madison Brengle
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Demoliner Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin Flag of Poland.svg Marcin Matkowski Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of Spain.svg María José Martínez Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač Flag of the United States.svg Raquel Atawo Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Grönefeld Flag of the United States.svg Abigail Spears Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar
Franchise and Wildcard players
Flag of the United States.svg Mardy Fish Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz Flag of the United States.svg Bob & Mike Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Frances Tiafoe
Flag of Japan.svg Naomi Osaka
Coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach Flag of the United States.svg Craig Kardon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Lloyd Flag of South Africa.svg John-Laffnie de Jager Flag of the United States.svg Murphy Jensen

Standings

The top two teams qualified for the 2018 WTT Finals. [4]

PosTeamMPWLPctMB
1 Philadelphia Freedoms 14122.8570
2 Springfield Lasers 1486.5714
3 Washington Kastles 1477.5005
4 San Diego Aviators 1477.5005
5 Orange County Breakers 1468.4296
6 New York Empire 14212.14310

Results table

TeamMatch
1234567891011121314
New York Empire (NYE)WASWASPHLSPRSANWASWASSPROCBSPROCBSANPHLPHL
18–2220–2117–2122–2318–2318–2014–2417–2514–2220–2116–2221–1713–2319–15
Orange County Breakers (OCB)PHLSPRWASPHLSPRSANSANPHLNYESANNYESANSPRWAS
16–2322–1618–2220–1620–1917–1920–2114–2622–1418–2322–1619–2417–2023–17
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL)OCBSANNYEOCBWASSPRSPROCBSANWASWASSPRNYENYE
23–1622–1721–1716–2121–1424–1923–1226–1425–1223–1823–1920–1823–1315–19
San Diego Aviators (SAN)SPRPHLSPRWASNYEOCBOCBWASPHLOCBNYEOCBWASSPR
21–1217–2220–2225–1323–1819–1721–2020–2112–2523–1817–2124–1918–1918–25
Springfield Lasers (SPR)SANOCBSANNYEOCBPHLPHLNYEWASNYEWASPHLOCBSAN
12–2116–2222–2023–2219–2019–2412–2325–1722–1521–2022–2118–2020–1725–18
Washington Kastles (WAS)NYENYEOCBSANPHLNYENYESANSPRPHLPHLSPRSANOCB
22–1821–2022–1813–2514–2120–1824–1421–2015–2218–2319–2321–2219–1817–23
Color Key: Win •Loss •Home •Away Reference: [5]

Statistical leaders

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]

EventTeamPlayer
TeamGPGWGLPctPlayerTeamGPGWGLPct
Men's singlesSpringfield Lasers1025745.559 Miomir Kecmanović SPR965244.542
Women's singlesPhiladelphia Freedoms996930.697 Taylor Townsend PHL826022.732
Men's doublesOrange County Breakers1106248.564 Marcelo Demoliner OCB1015744.564
Women's doublesPhiladelphia Freedoms1076344.589Taylor TownsendPHL925339.576
Mixed doublesSan Diego Aviators1146153.535 Marcin Matkowski, Anna-Lena Grönefeld SAN1146153.535

WTT Finals

DateChampionRunner-upScoreVenueFinals MVPRef.
5 August 2018 Springfield Lasers Philadelphia Freedoms 19–18 Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia Miomir Kecmanović [8]

Match summary

EventSpringfield LasersPhiladelphia FreedomsScoreTotal score
Men's doubles Miomir Kecmanović / Marcelo Demoliner Kevin King / Fabrice Martin 5–35–3
Women's doubles Abigail Spears / Vania King Taylor Townsend / Raquel Atawo 5–210–5
Mixed doublesMarcelo Demoliner / Abigail SpearsFabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend2–512–10
Women's singlesVania KingTaylor Townsend2–514–15
Men's singlesMiomir KecmanovićKevin King5–319–18

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Lasers stun Freedoms, 19-18, for first World TeamTennis title". Tennis.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Teams". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Orange County Breakers make trade, play spoiler against Washington". Daily Pilot – LA Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 League Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "2018 Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "2018 League Leaders". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Townsend, Matkowski Lead 2018 WTT Award Recipients". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Lasers Claim First WTT Championship In Dramatic Final". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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