| 2018 World TeamTennis season | |
| League: | World TeamTennis |
| Sport: | Team tennis |
| Duration: | 15 July – 5 August 2018 |
| No Of Matches: | Regular season: 42 (14 for each team) Postseason: 1 |
| No Of Teams: | 6 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Top Seed: | Philadelphia Freedoms |
| Mvp: |  Taylor Townsend (Female)  Marcin Matkowski (Male) |
| Finals: | World TeamTennis Finals |
| Finals Venue: | Daskalakis Athletic Center |
| Finals Champ: | Springfield Lasers |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Philadelphia Freedoms |
| Finals Mvp: |  Miomir Kecmanović |
| Seasonslistnames: | World TeamTennis |
| Prevseason Link: | 2017 World TeamTennis season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2017 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2019 World TeamTennis season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2019 |
The 2018 World TeamTennis season was the 43rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.
The Springfield Lasers defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win their first King Trophy as WTT champions.[1]
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.
Roster players compete (nearly) the entire season, Franchise and Wildcard players only a limited season. Substitute players are not listed.[2]
| Washington Kastles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster players | ||||||
| Tennys Sandgren | ||||||
| Madison Brengle | ||||||
 Robert Lindstedt | ||||||
| Nicole Melichar | ||||||
| Franchise and Wildcard players | ||||||
| Venus Williams | ||||||
| Bob & Mike Bryan | ||||||
| Frances Tiafoe | ||||||
 Naomi Osaka | ||||||
| Coaches | ||||||
| Craig Kardon | Murphy Jensen |
The top two teams qualified for the 2018 WTT Finals.[4]
| Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Freedoms | 14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 0 | |
| 2 | Springfield Lasers | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | |
| 3 | Washington Kastles | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | |
| 4 | San Diego Aviators | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | |
| 5 | Orange County Breakers | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | |
| 6 | New York Empire | 14 | 2 | 12 | .143 | 10 |
| Team | Match | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14< | --Win : bgcolor=#DFE7FF | scoreLoss: bgcolor=#FFDFDF | score--> |
| New York Empire (NYE) | WAS | WAS | PHL | SPR | SAN | WAS | WAS | SPR | OCB | SPR | OCB | SAN | PHL | PHL | ||
| 18–22 | 20–21 | 17–21 | 22–23 | 18–23 | 18–20 | 14–24 | 17–25 | 14–22 | 20–21 | 16–22 | 21–17 | 13–23 | 19–15 | |||
| Orange County Breakers (OCB) | PHL | SPR | WAS | PHL | SPR | SAN | SAN | PHL | NYE | SAN | NYE | SAN | SPR | WAS | ||
| 16–23 | 22–16 | 18–22 | 20–16 | 20–19 | 17–19 | 20–21 | 14–26 | 22–14 | 18–23 | 22–16 | 19–24 | 17–20 | 23–17 | |||
| Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL) | OCB | SAN | NYE | OCB | WAS | SPR | SPR | OCB | SAN | WAS | WAS | SPR | NYE | NYE | ||
| 23–16 | 22–17 | 21–17 | 16–21 | 21–14 | 24–19 | 23–12 | 26–14 | 25–12 | 23–18 | 23–19 | 20–18 | 23–13 | 15–19 | |||
| San Diego Aviators (SAN) | SPR | PHL | SPR | WAS | NYE | OCB | OCB | WAS | PHL | OCB | NYE | OCB | WAS | SPR | ||
| 21–12 | 17–22 | 20–22 | 25–13 | 23–18 | 19–17 | 21–20 | 20–21 | 12–25 | 23–18 | 17–21 | 24–19 | 18–19 | 18–25 | |||
| Springfield Lasers (SPR) | SAN | OCB | SAN | NYE | OCB | PHL | PHL | NYE | WAS | NYE | WAS | PHL | OCB | SAN | ||
| 12–21 | 16–22 | 22–20 | 23–22 | 19–20 | 19–24 | 12–23 | 25–17 | 22–15 | 21–20 | 22–21 | 18–20 | 20–17 | 25–18 | |||
| Washington Kastles (WAS) | NYE | NYE | OCB | SAN | PHL | NYE | NYE | SAN | SPR | PHL | PHL | SPR | SAN | OCB | ||
| 22–18 | 21–20 | 22–18 | 13–25 | 14–21 | 20–18 | 24–14 | 21–20 | 15–22 | 18–23 | 19–23 | 21–22 | 19–18 | 17–23 | |||
| Color Key: Win Loss Home Away Reference:[5] | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Player | Team | ||||||||||
| Men's singles | Springfield Lasers | 102 | 57 | 45 | .559 | Miomir Kecmanović | SPR | 96 | 52 | 44 | .542 | |
| Women's singles | Philadelphia Freedoms | 99 | 69 | 30 | .697 | Taylor Townsend | PHL | 82 | 60 | 22 | .732 | |
| Men's doubles | Orange County Breakers | 110 | 62 | 48 | .564 | Marcelo Demoliner | OCB | 101 | 57 | 44 | .564 | |
| Women's doubles | Philadelphia Freedoms | 107 | 63 | 44 | .589 | Taylor Townsend | PHL | 92 | 53 | 39 | .576 | |
| Mixed doubles | San Diego Aviators | 114 | 61 | 53 | .535 | Marcin Matkowski, Anna-Lena Grönefeld | SAN | 114 | 61 | 53 | .535 | |
| Date | width=190 | Champion ! | width=190 | Runner-up ! | width=60 | Score ! | Venue | Finals MVP | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2018 | 19–18 | Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia | [8] |
Match summary
| width=150 | Event | width=300 | Springfield Lasers | width=300 | Philadelphia Freedoms | width=100 | Score | width=100 | Total score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | Miomir Kecmanović / Marcelo Demoliner | Kevin King / Fabrice Martin | 5–3 | 5–3 | |||||
| Women's doubles | Abigail Spears / Vania King | Taylor Townsend / Raquel Atawo | 5–2 | 10–5 | |||||
| Mixed doubles | Marcelo Demoliner / Abigail Spears | Fabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend | 2–5 | 12–10 | |||||
| Women's singles | Vania King | Taylor Townsend | 2–5 | 14–15 | |||||
| Men's singles | Miomir Kecmanović | Kevin King | 5–3 | 19–18 |