2019 World TeamTennis season

The 2019 World TeamTennis season was the 44th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

2019 World TeamTennis season
League	World TeamTennis
Sport	Team tennis
Duration	14 July – 3 August 2019
Number of matches	Regular season: 56 (14 for each team) Postseason: 3
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+
Regular season
Top seed	Philadelphia Freedoms
Season MVP	Raquel Atawo (Female) Neal Skupski (Male)
World TeamTennis playoffs
Venue	Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
Champions	Springfield Lasers
Runners-up	New York Empire
Finals MVP	Robert Lindstedt

The Springfield Lasers defeated the New York Empire in the WTT Finals to defend the King Trophy as WTT champions.[1][2]

Competition format

A men's doubles match between the Las Vegas Rollers and Philadelphia Freedoms

The 2019 World TeamTennis season included eight teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top four teams in the regular season (14–31 July) qualified for the World TeamTennis playoffs at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, with the semifinals on 2 August and the WTT Finals on 3 August.[3] The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.

Teams and players

New York Empire
Roster	Ulises Blanch	Kirsten Flipkens	Neal Skupski	María José Martínez
Franchise	John Isner	Sloane Stephens	Mardy Fish
Substitute	Varvara Lepchenko[lower-alpha 1]
Orange County Breakers
Roster	James Ward[lower-alpha 2]	Nicole Gibbs	Luke Bambridge	Andreja Klepač
Franchise	Victoria Azarenka	Steve Johnson	Eugenie Bouchard
Substitute	Petros Chrysochos	Noah Rubin
Orlando Storm
Roster	Evan King	Whitney Osuigwe	Ken Skupski	Darija Jurak
Franchise	Madison Keys	Feliciano López[lower-alpha 3]	Alison Riske
Philadelphia Freedoms
Roster	Adrián Menéndez	Taylor Townsend	Fabrice Martin	Raquel Atawo
Franchise	Danielle Collins	Donald Young	Feliciano López[lower-alpha 3]
Substitute	Adrian Mannarino	Tommy Paul	Mitchell Krueger	Christopher Eubanks
San Diego Aviators
Roster	Darian King	Christina McHale	Jonny O'Mara	Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Franchise	Taylor Fritz	CoCo Vandeweghe	Ryan Harrison	Amanda Anisimova
Substitute	Kaitlyn Christian[lower-alpha 4]	James Ward[lower-alpha 2]	Arina Rodionova	Danielle Lao
Springfield Lasers
Roster	Enrique López Pérez	Anna Blinkova	Jean-Julien Rojer	Abigail Spears
Franchise	Miomir Kecmanović
Substitute	Olga Govortsova	Robert Lindstedt	Evan Song[lower-alpha 5]
Vegas Rollers
Roster	Evan Song[lower-alpha 5]	Harriet Dart	Matt Reid	Asia Muhammad
Franchise	Bob & Mike Bryan	Sam Querrey	Reilly Opelka	Monica Puig
Substitute	Jennifer Brady[lower-alpha 6]	Sabrina Santamaria	Jovana Jakšić
Washington Kastles
Roster	Yoshihito Nishioka	Marta Kostyuk	Bruno Soares	Shelby Rogers
Franchise	Venus Williams	Nick Kyrgios	Frances Tiafoe
Substitute	Kaitlyn Christian[lower-alpha 4]	Nathan Pasha	Nicholas Monroe	Varvara Lepchenko[lower-alpha 1]
	Květa Peschke	Jennifer Brady[lower-alpha 6]	Nicole Melichar	Marcus Daniell
	Jared Hiltzik	Katrina Scott	Ashley Kratzer

1. Lepchenko was traded from the Washington Kastles to New York Empire on 29 July.
2. Ward was traded from the Orange County Breakers to the San Diego Aviators on 28 July.
3. López was traded from Orlando Storm to the Philadelphia Freedoms on 20 July.
4. Christian was traded from the San Diego Aviators to the Washington Kastles on 16 July.
5. Song was traded from the Vegas Rollers to the Springfield Lasers on 2 August.
6. Brady was traded from the Vegas Rollers to the Washington Kastles on 24 July.

Standings

The top four teams qualified for the 2019 WTT Semifinals.[4]

Pos	Team	MP	W	L	GW	GL
1	Philadelphia Freedoms	14	11	3	306	242
2	Springfield Lasers	14	9	5	288	268
3	San Diego Aviators	14	9	5	281	254
4	New York Empire	14	8	6	265	276
5	Vegas Rollers	14	6	8	273	266
6	Orange County Breakers	14	6	8	261	268
7	Orlando Storm	14	4	10	260	297
8	Washington Kastles	14	3	11	234	297

Results table

Team	Match
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
New York Empire (NYE)	SAN	LVR	SPR	OCB	WAS	WAS	ORL	LVR	OCB	SAN	ORL	SPR	PHL	PHL
	11–23	24–16	13–25	15–22	22–13	22–16	23–18	20–24	20–19	15–22	22–18	22–19	15–25	21–16
Orange County Breakers (OCB)	ORL	PHL	NYE	SAN	SPR	PHL	NYE	LVR	SAN	LVR	WAS[lower-alpha 1]	ORL	SPR	WAS
	19–22	15–23	22–15	24–17	18–19	20–19	19–20	19–18	14–22	16–17	25–11	19–18	16–22	15–25
Orlando Storm (ORL)	LVR	OCB	SPR	SAN	PHL	PHL	NYE	WAS	WAS	SPR	NYE	OCB	LVR	SAN
	21–20	22–19	15–23	15–25	19–24	15–23	18–23	19–23	21–18	23–15	18–22	18–19	18–22	18–21
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL)	SPR	SAN	OCB	LVR	ORL	ORL	LVR	SAN	OCB	WAS	WAS	SPR	NYE	NYE
	20–22	25–11	23–15	21–16	24–19	23–15	21–18	23–16	19–20	24–17	20–17	22–20	25–15	16–21
San Diego Aviators (SAN)	NYE	PHL	WAS	ORL	LVR	OCB	SPR	PHL	SPR	NYE	OCB	LVR	WAS	ORL
	23–11	11–25	20–19	25–15	15–23	17–24	24–20	16–23	17–22	22–15	22–14	23–18	25–7	21–18
Springfield Lasers (SPR)	PHL	ORL	NYE	WAS	LVR	SAN	OCB	SAN	ORL	WAS	PHL	NYE	OCB	LVR
	22–20	23–15	25–13	21–17	19–18	20–24	19–18	22–17	15–23	20–23	20–22	19–22	22–16	21–20
Vegas Rollers (LVR)	ORL	WAS	NYE	PHL	SAN	SPR	PHL	NYE	OCB	OCB	SAN	WAS	ORL	SPR
	20–21	22–18	16–24	16–21	23–15	18–19	18–21	24–20	18–19	17–16	18–23	21–10	22–18	20–21
Washington Kastles (WAS)	LVR	SAN	SPR	NYE	NYE	ORL	ORL	PHL	PHL	SPR	OCB[lower-alpha 1]	LVR	SAN	OCB
	18–22	19–20	17–21	13–22	16–22	23–19	18–21	17–24	17–20	23–20	11–25	10–21	7–25	25–15
Color Key: Win  • Loss  • Home  • Away - Reference:[5]

1. Match in Washington was postponed due to rain and played at Orange County ()

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]

Event	Team					Player
	Team	GP	GW	GL	Pct	Player	Team	GP	GW	GL	Pct
Men's singles	Vegas Rollers	111	64	47	58%	Sam Querrey	LVR	60	31	29	52%
Women's singles	Vegas Rollers	106	58	48	55%	Taylor Townsend	PHL	108	58	50	54%
Men's doubles	San Diego Aviators	104	57	47	55%	Jonny O'Mara	SAN	104	57	47	55%
Women's doubles	Philadelphia Freedoms	93	66	27	71%	Raquel Atawo, Taylor Townsend	PHL	93	66	27	71%
Mixed doubles	New York Empire	104	59	45	57%	María José Martínez	NYE	98	58	40	59%

• Most Valuable Players
  Female MVP: Raquel Atawo
  Male MVP: Neal Skupski

Playoff bracket

	WTT Semifinals 2 August, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas					WTT Finals 3 August, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
	1	Philadelphia Freedoms	18
	4	New York Empire	24
						4	New York Empire	19
						2	Springfield Lasers	20
	2	Springfield Lasers	21
	3	San Diego Aviators	19

WTT Finals

Springfield Lasers def. New York Empire 20–19

Event	Springfield Lasers	New York Empire	Score	Total score
Men's singles	Evan Song	Ulises Blanch	3–5	3–5
Women's doubles	Abigail Spears / Olga Govortsova	Kirsten Flipkens / María José Martínez	4–5	7–10
Mixed doubles	Robert Lindstedt / Abigail Spears	Neal Skupski / María José Martínez	5–2	12–12
Women's singles	Olga Govortsova	Kirsten Flipkens	3–5	15–17
Men's doubles	Evan Song / Robert Lindstedt	Neal Skupski / Ulises Blanch	5–2	20–19

• Finals MVP: Robert Lindstedt

See also

• Team tennis

References

1. "Hometown Boy Evan Song of Vegas Helps Springfield Lasers Repeat As Champions". World TeamTennis. 4 August 2019.
2. "Springfield Lasers repeat as World TeamTennis champs in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 4 August 2019.
3. "WTT - Rules And Glossary". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
4. "WTT - Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
5. "WTT - Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
6. "WTT - Statistics". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

External links

• Official website