2020 World TeamTennis season

The 2020 World TeamTennis season is the 45th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

2020 World TeamTennis season
League	World TeamTennis
Sport	Team tennis
Duration	12 July – 2 August 2020
Number of matches	Regular season: 63 (14 for each team) Postseason: 3
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, Tennis Channel, FITE TV, Facebook
Regular season
Top seed	Philadelphia Freedoms
Season MVP	Taylor Fritz (Male) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Female)
World TeamTennis playoffs
Venue	The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
Champions	New York Empire
Runners-up	Chicago Smash
Finals MVP	CoCo Vandeweghe

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches are held at The Greenbrier “America’s Resort” in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.[1][2]

The New York Empire won their first King Trophy as WTT champions with a 21–20 win in a Supertiebreaker over the Chicago Smash in the WTT Finals.[3][4]

Competition format

The 2020 World TeamTennis season includes nine teams. Each team plays a 14-match regular-season schedule.
The matches consist of five sets, with one set each of men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The first team to reach five games wins each set. A nine-point tiebreaker is played if a set reaches four games all. One point is awarded for each game won and scoring is cumulative. If necessary, Extended Play and a Supertiebreaker are played to determine the winner of the match.[5]
The top four teams in the regular season (12–30 July) will qualify for the World TeamTennis playoffs. The winner of the WTT Finals will be awarded the King Trophy.

Teams and players

The roster players compete for the entire season.[6]

Chicago Smash Eugenie Bouchard Evan King Bethanie Mattek-Sands Brandon Nakashima Rajeev Ram Sloane Stephens

New York Empire Kim Clijsters Sabine Lisicki[lower-alpha 1] Květa Peschke[lower-alpha 1] Neal Skupski Jack Sock Nicole Melichar[lower-alpha 1] CoCo Vandeweghe[lower-alpha 1]

Orange County Breakers Luke Bambridge Jennifer Brady Gabriela Dabrowski Steve Johnson Andreja Klepač Austin Krajicek

Orlando Storm Danielle Collins[lower-alpha 2] Darija Jurak Jessica Pegula Tennys Sandgren Ken Skupski James Ward

Philadelphia Freedoms Caroline Dolehide Taylor Fritz Sofia Kenin Fabrice Martin Taylor Townsend Donald Young

San Diego Aviators Ryan Harrison Christina McHale Nicole Melichar[lower-alpha 1] Jonny O'Mara CoCo Vandeweghe[lower-alpha 1] Sabine Lisicki[lower-alpha 1] Květa Peschke[lower-alpha 1]

Springfield Lasers Hayley Carter Olga Govortsova Mitchell Krueger Robert Lindstedt Caty McNally Jean-Julien Rojer

Vegas Rollers Kristie Ahn Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Asia Muhammad Monica Puig Sam Querrey Ajla Tomljanović

Washington Kastles Marcelo Arévalo Nicholas Monroe Tommy Paul Bernarda Pera Arina Rodionova Venus Williams

1. On 27 July, the New York Empire traded Vandeweghe and Melichar from the San Diego Aviators for Lisicki and Peschke.
2. On 21 July, Collins was suspended from the remainder of the season for violating the COVID-19 protocols.[7]

Standings

The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.[8]

Pos	Team	MP	W	L	GW	GL
1	Philadelphia Freedoms	14	12	2	308	255
2	Orlando Storm	14	10	4	295	264
3	Chicago Smash	14	9	5	289	266
4	New York Empire	14	7	7	288	277
5	Washington Kastles	14	6	8	265	280
6	Orange County Breakers	14	5	9	270	288
7	Springfield Lasers	14	5	9	261	290
8	Vegas Rollers	14	5	9	257	300
9	San Diego Aviators	14	4	10	268	281

Results table

Color Key: Win  • Loss - Reference:[9]

Team	Match
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Chicago Smash (CHI)	LVR	ORL	OCB	NYE	ORL	SAN	PHL	SPR	WAS	NYE	LVR	OCB	PHL	SAN
	24–18	16–21	23–16	22–21	24–19	20–16	19–23	18–15	21–15	21–16	22–18	16–23	21–22	22–23
New York Empire (NYE)	WAS	PHL	ORL	CHI	SPR	OCB	SPR	SAN	LVR	CHI	WAS	ORL	OCB	PHL
	20–21	25–17	24–16	21–22	21–15	15–24	17–25	20–19	25–17	16–21	25–15	21–23	21–19	17–23
Orange County Breakers (OCB)	SAN	PHL	CHI	LVR	ORL	SAN	NYE	LVR	WAS	PHL	SPR	CHI	NYE	SPR
	16–23	16–25	16–23	25–13	23–22	14–20	24–15	19–21	11–25	21–22	24–21	23–16	19–21	19–21
Orlando Storm (ORL)	SPR	LVR	CHI	NYE	SAN	OCB	CHI	WAS	LVR	PHL	SPR	SAN	NYE	WAS
	21–18	15–24	21–16	16–24	22–21	22–23	19–24	23–17	22–16	23–13	24–17	19–15	23–21	25–15
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL)	OCB	SPR	NYE	WAS	WAS	SPR	CHI	LVR	OCB	ORL	SAN	SAN	CHI	NYE
	25–16	24–12	17–25	25–17	22–14	23–17	23–19	25–16	22–21	13–23	20–18	24–19	22–21	23–17
San Diego Aviators (SAN)	OCB	LVR	WAS	ORL	LVR	OCB	CHI	NYE	SPR	WAS	PHL	ORL	PHL	CHI
	23–16	21–23	19–21	21–22	20–15	20–14	16–20	19–20	18–22	16–23	18–20	15–19	19–24	23–22
Springfield Lasers (SPR)	ORL	PHL	WAS	LVR	NYE	PHL	NYE	CHI	SAN	OCB	ORL	LVR	WAS	OCB
	18–21	12–24	20–18	18–20	15–21	17–23	25–17	15–18	22–18	21–24	17–24	24–19	16–24	21–19
Vegas Rollers (LVR)	CHI	ORL	SAN	OCB	SPR	SAN	WAS	OCB	PHL	ORL	NYE	CHI	SPR	WAS
	18–24	24–15	23–21	13–25	20–18	15–20	18–24	21–19	16–25	16–22	17–25	18–22	19–24	19–16
Washington Kastles (WAS)	NYE	SAN	SPR	PHL	PHL	LVR	ORL	OCB	CHI	SAN	NYE	SPR	LVR	ORL
	21–20	21–19	18–20	17–25	14–22	24–18	17–23	25–11	15–21	23–16	15–25	24–16	16–19	15–25

Statistics

The tables below show the WTT players and teams with the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events.[10]

Players

Men's singles Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win % 1 Taylor Fritz PHL 110 65 45 59.1% 2 Tennys Sandgren ORL 122 65 57 53.3% 3 Jack Sock NYE 111 57 54 51.4% 4 Sam Querrey LVR 115 58 57 50.4% 5 Brandon Nakashima CHI 116 58 58 50.0%

Women's singles Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win % 1 Kim Clijsters NYE 45 30 15 66.7% 2 Jessica Pegula ORL 69 45 24 65.2% 3 Sofia Kenin PHL 105 63 42 60.0% 4 Bernarda Pera WAS 65 36 29 55.4% 5 Jennifer Brady OCB 103 56 47 54.4%

Men's doubles Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win % 1 Ken Skupski ORL 96 54 42 56.3% 2 Taylor Fritz PHL 70 39 31 55.7% 3 Jack Sock NYE 111 61 50 55.0% 4 Tennys Sandgren ORL 110 60 50 54.5% 5 Neal Skupski NYE 119 64 55 53.8%

Women's doubles Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win % 1 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 108 66 42 61.1% 2 Nicole Melichar SAN/NYE 101 61 40 60.4% 3 Eugenie Bouchard CHI 106 61 45 57.5% Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 106 61 45 57.5% 5 Caroline Dolehide PHL 90 48 42 53.3%

Mixed doubles Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win % 1 Kim Clijsters NYE 56 35 21 62.5% 2 Neal Skupski NYE 73 42 31 57.5% 3 Bernarda Pera WAS 62 35 27 56.5% 4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 91 51 40 56.0% 5 Fabrice Martin PHL 108 59 49 54.6%

Overall Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win % 1 Taylor Fritz PHL 180 104 76 57.8% 2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 197 112 85 56.9% 3 Neal Skupski NYE 192 106 86 55.2% 4 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 211 116 95 55.0% 5 Jack Sock NYE 267 145 122 54.3%

Note: Only players who played in at least 40% of their team's total number of games in a particular event are considered. (Overall at least 30% of team's total games)

Most Valuable Players
Male MVP: Taylor Fritz (Philadelphia Freedoms)
Female MVP: Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Chicago Smash)

Teams

Event	Rank	Team	GP	GW	GL	Win %
Men's singles	1	Philadelphia Freedoms	110	65	45	59.1%
	2	Orlando Storm	122	65	57	53.3%
	3	Vegas Rollers	115	58	57	50.4%
Women's singles	1	Orlando Storm	105	63	42	60.0%
		Philadelphia Freedoms	105	63	42	60.0%
	3	Orange County Breakers	103	56	47	54.4%
Men's doubles	1	Orlando Storm	110	60	50	54.5%
	2	New York Empire	119	64	55	53.8%
	3	Vegas Rollers	118	61	57	51.7%
Women's doubles	1	San Diego Aviators	109	70	39	64.2%
	2	Chicago Smash	106	61	45	57.5%
	3	Springfield Lasers	107	57	50	53.3%
Mixed doubles	1	New York Empire	118	69	49	58.5%
	2	Chicago Smash	113	61	52	54.0%
	3	Philadelphia Freedoms	116	62	54	53.4%

Playoffs

Bracket

	WTT Semifinals 1 August, The Greenbrier					WTT Finals 2 August, The Greenbrier
	1	Philadelphia Freedoms	18
	4	New York Empire	22
						4	New York Empire	21
						3	Chicago Smash	20
	2	Orlando Storm	13
	3	Chicago Smash	24

Semifinals

New York Empire def. Philadelphia Freedoms 22–18

Event	New York Empire	Philadelphia Freedoms	Score	Total score
Men's doubles	Jack Sock / Neal Skupski	Taylor Fritz / Fabrice Martin	5–3	5–3
Women's singles	CoCo Vandeweghe	Sofia Kenin	4–5	9–8
Mixed doubles	Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe	Fabrice Martin (Taylor Fritz sub) / Taylor Townsend	5–1	14–9
Women's doubles	Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe	Caroline Dolehide / Taylor Townsend	3–5	17–14
Men's singles	Jack Sock	Taylor Fritz	5–4	22–18

Chicago Smash def. Orlando Storm 24–13

Event	Chicago Smash	Orlando Storm	Score	Total score
Men's doubles	Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram	Tennys Sandgren / Ken Skupski	5–1	5–1
Women's singles	Sloane Stephens	Jessica Pegula	4–5	9–6
Mixed doubles	Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram	Jessica Pegula / Tennys Sandgren	5–3	14–9
Women's doubles	Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Darija Jurak / Jessica Pegula	5–3	19–12
Men's singles	Brandon Nakashima	Tennys Sandgren	5–1	24–13

Finals

New York Empire def. Chicago Smash 21–20[3]

Event	New York Empire	Chicago Smash	Score	Total score
Men's doubles	Jack Sock / Neal Skupski	Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram	5–2	5–2
Mixed doubles	Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe	Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram	5–4	10–6
Men's singles	Jack Sock	Brandon Nakashima	0–5	10–11
Women's singles	CoCo Vandeweghe	Sloane Stephens	3–5	13–16
Women's doubles	Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe	Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands	5–4	18–20
Extended Play			2–0	20–20
Supertiebreaker		Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sloane Stephens	1–0^(7–6)	21–20

Finals MVP: CoCo Vandeweghe

See also

• Team tennis

References

1. "World TeamTennis Announces 2020 Season To Be Played At Historic Greenbrier Resort, July 12-Aug. 2". World TeamTennis. 1 June 2020.
2. "World TeamTennis Holding 45th Season At West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort With 500 Fans In Attendance". Forbes. 9 June 2020.
3. "New York Wins a Match for the Ages, Defeats Chicago 21-20 in Supertiebreaker". World TeamTennis. 2 August 2020.
4. "World TeamTennis Finals: New York tops Chicago with ultimate point finish to take home $1 million prize". CBS Sports. 2 August 2020.
5. "WTT - About". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
6. "WTT - Teams". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
7. "Collins 'dismissed' from World TeamTennis over COVID-19 protocol breach". Reuters. 21 July 2020.
8. "WTT - Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
9. "WTT - Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
10. "WTT - Statistics". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

External links

• Official website