World Team Tennis

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World Team Tennis is a league of team tennis in the United States. The league was established in 1974 as Professional World Team Tennis and suspended play after the 1978 season. The league resumed play in 1981 as TeamTennis and has fluctuated between four and twelve professional teams since then. In 1992 the name was changed again to World TeamTennis (WTT). In 2005, twelve professional teams competed. Billie Jean King became commissioner of the league in 1984 following her retirement from competition.

Contents

1 History

1.1 1974-1978
1.2 1981-1991
1.3 1992-1999
1.4 2000-present

1.4.1 Eastern Conference
1.4.2 Western Conference

2 Champions
3 External link

History

1974-1978

Baltimore Banners (1974)
Boston Lobsters (1974)
Chicago Aces (1974)
Cleveland Nets (1974-1977) / New Orleans Nets (1978)
Denver Racquets (1974) / Phoenix Racquets (1975-1978)
Detroit Loves (1974) / Indiana Loves (1975-1978)
Florida Flamingos (1974)
Hawaii Leis (1974-1976) / Sea-Port Cascades (1977) / Seattle Cascades (1977)
Houston E-Z Riders (1974)
Los Angeles Strings (1974-1978)
Minnesota Buckskins (1974)
New York Sets (1974-1976) / New York Apples (1977-1978)
Philadelphia Freedoms (1974) / Boston Lobsters (1975-1978)
Pittsburgh Triangles (1974-1976)
San Francisco Golden Gaters (1974-1978)
Toronto-Buffalo Royals (1974)
San Diego Friars (1975-1978)
Soviet National Team (Pennsylvania Keystones)(1977)
Anaheim Oranges (1978)

The Soviet National team was originally named the Pennsylvania Keystones and were to play in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The name was changed before the beginning of the season.

1981-1991

Professional league play resumed in 1981 as TeamTennis with four California teams, expanding to eight teams in 1982. In 1985 a recreational league for non-professionals was added which was co-branded with the professional league.

1992-1999

In 1992, the current name World TeamTennis was adopted.

2000-present

In 2000, the current logo was adopted.

The league consists of 12 teams:

Eastern Conference

Boston Lobsters
Delaware Smash
Hartford Foxforce
New York Buzz
New York Sportimes
Philadelphia Freedom

Western Conference

Houston Wranglers
Kansas City Explorers
Newport Beach Breakers
Sacramento Capitals
St. Louis Aces
Springfield Lasers

Champions

1974 Denver Racquets 55-48 Philadelphia Freedoms
1975 Pittsburgh Triangles 74-64 San Francisco Golden Gaters
1976 New York Sets 91-57 San Francisco Golden Gaters
1977 New York Apples 55-39 Phoenix Racquets
1978 Los Angeles Strings 108-93 Boston Lobsters
1979-1980 Play suspended
1981 Los Angeles Strings
1982 Dallas Stars
1983 Chicago Fyre
1984 San Diego Buds
1985 San Diego Buds
1986 San Antonio Racquets
1987 Charlotte Heat
1988 Charlotte Heat
1989 San Antonio Racquets
1990 Los Angeles Strings
1991 Atlanta defeated Los Angeles
1992 Atlanta defeated Newport Beach
1993 Wichita defeated Newport Beach
1994 New Jersey defeated Idaho
1995 New Jersey Stars 28-20 Atlanta Thunder
1996 St. Louis Aces defeated Delaware Smash
1997 Sacramento Capitals (regular season record, championship match rained out)
1998 Sacramento Capitals 30-13 New York OTBzz
1999 Sacramento Capitals defeated Springfield Lasers
2000 Sacramento Capitals
2001 Philadelphia Freedoms defeated Springfield Lasers
2002 Sacramento Capitals
2003 Delaware Smash
2004 Newport Beach Breakers defeated Delaware Smash
2005 New York Sportimes defeated Newport Beach Breakers 21-18

External link

[World Team Tennis] (official site)

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