The 2008 World TeamTennis season was the 33rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.
20-585: American tennis team Chicago Smash [REDACTED] Sport Team tennis Founded 2020 League World TeamTennis Based in Chicago, Illinois Stadium Credit Union 1 Arena Colors Chicago Blue, Smash Red Owner World TeamTennis Head coach Kamau Murray General manager Jocelyn Davie Website chicagosmash .com [REDACTED] Current season The Chicago Smash
40-558: A wild card match with the winner facing the number 1 seed in the semifinals. The other semifinal match pitted the number 2 seed against the number 3 seed. The winners of the semifinal matches met in the WTT Final to decide the winner of the King Trophy and the league championship. Higher seeded teams were treated as "home" teams in playoff matches and had the right to determine order of play. The Houston Wranglers folded following
60-685: A worse record than the Springfield Lasers , who lost the Western Conference Championship Match. Therefore, the Freedoms were assigned the preliminary seventh draft position and the Lasers the eighth. The New York Buzz lost the 2007 WTT Final and were assigned the preliminary ninth draft position. The 2007 WTT champion Sacramento Capitals were assigned the preliminary tenth draft position. The addition of
80-3776: Is a World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise founded in 2020, owned by the league. The team was the third expansion teams in two years to enter the league in 2020 following the addition of the Orlando Storm and Vegas Rollers during the 2019 season. The Chicago Smash will play their home matches at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago , Illinois . Team rosters [ edit ] 2020 roster [ edit ] [REDACTED] Sloane Stephens [REDACTED] Bethanie Mattek-Sands [REDACTED] Evan King [REDACTED] Rajeev Ram [REDACTED] Eugenie Bouchard [REDACTED] Brandon Nakashima [REDACTED] Head Coach, Kamau Murray References [ edit ] ^ "New World TeamTennis Expansion Franchise Chicago Smash To Debut Summer 2020" . World TeamTennis . February 10, 2020. External links [ edit ] Official website v t e World TeamTennis (WTT) Current champions (2021): Orange County Breakers Seasons 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Current teams Chicago Smash New York Empire Orange County Breakers Orlando Storm Philadelphia Freedoms San Diego Aviators Springfield Lasers Vegas Rollers Washington Kastles Former teams Austin Aces (2014–2015) Baltimore Banners (1974) Boston Lobsters (1974) Boston Lobsters (1974–1978) Boston Lobsters (2005–2015) California Dream (1993–2015) Chicago Aces (1974) Cleveland Nets (1974–1976) Cleveland-Pittsburgh Nets (1977) Delaware Smash (1987–2008) Denver Racquets (1974) Detroit Loves (1974) Florida Flamingos (1974) Hartford FoxForce (2000–2006) Hawaii Leis (1974–1976) Houston E-Z Riders (1974) Houston Wranglers (2005–2007) Idaho Sneakers (1994–1997) Indiana Loves (1974–1978) Indiana Loves (1983) Kansas City Explorers (1993–2012) Las Vegas Neon (2014) Los Angeles Strings (1974–1978) Los Angeles Strings (1981–1993) Minnesota Buckskins (1974) New Jersey Stars (1987–1995) New Orleans Sun Belt Nets (1974–1978) New York Apples (1974–1978) New York Buzz (1995–2010) New York Hamptons (2000–2002) New York OTBzz (1995–1998) New York Sets (1974–1976) New York Sportimes (2000–2013) Newport Beach Breakers (2003–2011) Philadelphia Freedoms (1974) Phoenix Racquets (1974–1978) Pittsburgh Triangles (1974–1976) Sacramento Capitals (1988–2013) San Diego Buds (1981–1985) San Diego Friars (1975–1978) San Diego Friars (1981–1983) San Francisco Golden Gaters (1974–1978) Schenectady County Electrics (1999–2000) Sea-Port Cascades (1977) Seattle Cascades (1974–1978) St. Louis Aces (1994–2011) Texas Wild (2013–2014) Toronto-Buffalo Royals (1974) Wichita Advantage (1990–1995) Current stadiums Credit Union 1 Arena (Chicago) Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning (New York) Breakers Stadium at
100-519: Is closest to the first pick. There were seven nonplayoff teams in 2007, and ranked from worst record to best record, they were However, the Wranglers folded prior to the draft. Therefore, the Breakers, Aces, Lobsters, Sportimes, Smash and Explorers were assigned the preliminary first through sixth draft positions. The Philadelphia Freedoms lost the 2007 Eastern Conference Championship Match and had
120-408: Is the only major sport with men and women playing together on the same team. The Washington Kastles season will be an exciting summertime addition to our local economy and a fun activity for our entire community." The team was named after Kastle Systems, LLC, a provider of building and office security systems, of which Ein is the majority owner and managing member. The 2008 WTT Marquee Player Draft
140-473: The 2007 season. Owner Linda McIngvale said, "This is not the right type of community for the Wranglers. We're just too big of a city with too many options. There's a jillion other things to do in the summertime in Houston." The team sold fewer than half of the 4,500 available tickets for a match that featured Anna Kournikova playing for the visitors. Late in the 2007 season, attendance at Wranglers' home matches
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180-539: The Marquee Player Draft. Teams could protect up to four players to which they held the rights from the previous season or acquired in a trade. Rights to roster players could be traded from one team to another before or during the draft, and the acquiring team could protect and then select those players. In addition, the rights to make a selection in a particular position within the draft could be traded from one team to another. The selections made are shown in
200-534: The Palisades Tennis Club (Orange County) USTA National Campus (Orlando) Michael J. Hagan Arena (Philadelphia) Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (San Diego) Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex (Springfield) Orleans Arena (Vegas) Kastles Stadium at Union Market (Washington) Other related articles Team tennis No-line court v t e Sports teams based in
220-538: The Western Conference had five teams. Each team played a 14- match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top teams in each conference were the conference champions. WTT Championship Weekend matches were played at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California . The conference champions and runners-up qualified for the playoffs. In addition, there
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#1732781131936240-708: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 574236990 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:05:32 GMT 2008 World TeamTennis season The New York Buzz defeated the Kansas City Explorers , 21–18, in the WTT Final to win the King Trophy as WTT champions. The 2008 World TeamTennis season included 11 teams split into two conferences (Eastern and Western). The Eastern Conference had six teams, and
260-523: The expansion Washington Kastles resulted in 11 teams in the league, and the Kastles were assigned the sixth draft position putting them in the middle with five teams drafting before them, and five teams drafting after them. This resulted in the Explorers, Freedoms, Lasers, Buzz and Capitals each moving down one position. Teams could protect up to two marquee players or doubles teams to which they held
280-616: The order of play. July 24: #4 SACRAMENTO CAPITALS 22 , #5 Boston Lobsters 15 July 25: #1 KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS 21 , #4 Sacramento Capitals 10 July 26: #2 NEW YORK BUZZ 25 , #3 New York Sportimes 17 (overtime) July 27: #2 New York Buzz 21 , #1 KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS 18 Reference: There were seven WTT regular-season matches telecast nationally on the Tennis Channel . These matches all featured marquee players and were recorded and premiered between two and eight days after they were played. The WTT Final
300-466: The rights from the previous season or acquired in a trade. Rights to marquee players could be traded from one team to another before or during the draft, and the acquiring team could protect and then select those players. The selections made are shown in the tables below. The 2008 WTT Roster Player Draft was conducted in Miami on April 1, 2008. Teams selected in the same order as was determined for
320-462: The table below. Reference : Win • Loss • Home • Away *Indicates match went to overtime All playoff matches were played as part of WTT Championship Weekend at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California . Higher seeded teams (shown in CAPS below) were treated as "home" teams and had the right to determine
340-552: The tables below. Notes: WTT conducted its 2008 Roster-Exempt Player Draft on the same day as its Roster Player Draft. Teams drafted in the same order as in the Marquee Player Draft and the Roster Player Draft. Teams were permitted to select part-time players classified by the league as either roster-exempt based on their recent appearances in international team events or featured roster players based on WTT's discretion. The selections made are shown in
360-596: Was a wild-card team that was either the host team (the Sacramento Capitals ) or the team with the best record among teams that did not finish first or second in their conference, if the Capitals qualified based on finishing first or second. The teams were seeded 1 through 5, regardless of conference, with the top three seeds getting a bye to the WTT Semifinals. The fourth seed and the wild card met in
380-468: Was conducted in New York City on March 19, 2008. The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2007 with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The draft order is ordinarily determined as follows: Expansion teams select in the middle of each round. If there is an even number of teams, an expansion team selects in the middle position that
400-439: Was typically less than 1,000. The Washington Kastles joined the league as an expansion franchise , making their debut in 2008. The team was founded by a group led by venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mark Ein , a native of Washington, D.C. At the press conference announcing the team's creation, Ein said, "I am thrilled to bring World TeamTennis to our area. WTT tennis is great entertainment emphasizing fan interaction, and it
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