2020 World TeamTennis season explained

2020 World TeamTennis season
League:World TeamTennis
Sport:Team tennis
Duration:12 July – 2 August 2020
No Of Matches:Regular season: 63 (14 for each team)
Postseason: 3
No Of Teams:9
Tv:CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, Tennis Channel, FITE TV, Facebook
Season:Regular season
Top Seed:Philadelphia Freedoms
Mvp: Taylor Fritz (Male)
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Female)
Finals:World TeamTennis playoffs
Finals Venue:The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
Finals Champ:New York Empire
Finals Runner-Up:Chicago Smash
Finals Mvp:CoCo Vandeweghe
Seasonslistnames:World TeamTennis
Prevseason Link:2019 World TeamTennis season
Prevseason Year:2019
Nextseason Link:2021 World TeamTennis season
Nextseason Year:2021

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

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]

width=200Chicago Smash
Evan King
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Brandon Nakashima
Rajeev Ram
Sloane Stephens
width=200New York Empire
Kim Clijsters
Sabine Lisicki
Květa Peschke
Neal Skupski
Jack Sock
Nicole Melichar
CoCo Vandeweghe
width=200Orange County Breakers
Luke Bambridge
Jennifer Brady
Gabriela Dabrowski
Steve Johnson
Andreja Klepač
Austin Krajicek
width=200Orlando Storm
Danielle Collins
Darija Jurak
Jessica Pegula
Tennys Sandgren
Ken Skupski
James Ward
width=200Philadelphia Freedoms
Caroline Dolehide
Taylor Fritz
Sofia Kenin
Fabrice Martin
Taylor Townsend
Donald Young
width=200San Diego Aviators
Ryan Harrison
Christina McHale
Nicole Melichar
Jonny O'Mara
CoCo Vandeweghe
Sabine Lisicki
Květa Peschke
width=200Springfield Lasers
Hayley Carter
Olga Govortsova
Mitchell Krueger
Robert Lindstedt
Caty McNally
Jean-Julien Rojer
width=200Vegas Rollers
Kristie Ahn
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
Asia Muhammad
Monica Puig
Sam Querrey
Ajla Tomljanović
width=200Washington Kastles
Marcelo Arévalo
Nicholas Monroe
Tommy Paul
Bernarda Pera
Arina Rodionova
Venus Williams

Standings

The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.[7]

Team
1Philadelphia Freedoms14122308255
2Orlando Storm14104295264
3Chicago Smash1495289266
4New York Empire1477288277
5Washington Kastles1468265280
6Orange County Breakers1459270288
7Springfield Lasers1459261290
8Vegas Rollers1459257300
9San Diego Aviators14410268281

Results table

Color Key:

Win Loss - Reference:[8]
TeamMatch
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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)		SPRLVR 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.[9]

Players

Men's singles
RankPlayerTeam
1Taylor FritzPHL1106545
2Tennys SandgrenORL1226557
3Jack SockNYE1115754
4Sam QuerreyLVR1155857
5Brandon NakashimaCHI1165858
Women's singles
RankPlayerTeam
1Kim ClijstersNYE453015
2Jessica PegulaORL694524
3Sofia KeninPHL1056342
4Bernarda PeraWAS653629
5Jennifer BradyOCB1035647
Men's doubles
RankPlayerTeam
1Ken SkupskiORL965442
2Taylor FritzPHL703931
3Jack SockNYE1116150
4Tennys SandgrenORL1106050
5Neal SkupskiNYE1196455
Women's doubles
RankPlayerTeam
1CoCo VandewegheSAN/NYE1086642
2Nicole MelicharSAN/NYE1016140
3Eugenie BouchardCHI1066145
Bethanie Mattek-SandsCHI1066145
5Caroline DolehidePHL904842
Mixed doubles
RankPlayerTeam
1Kim ClijstersNYE563521
2Neal SkupskiNYE734231
3Bernarda PeraWAS623527
4Bethanie Mattek-SandsCHI915140
5Fabrice MartinPHL1085949
Overall
RankPlayerTeam
1Taylor FritzPHL18010476
2Bethanie Mattek-SandsCHI19711285
3Neal SkupskiNYE19210686
4CoCo VandewegheSAN/NYE21111695
5Jack SockNYE267145122
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

EventRankTeam
Men's singles1Philadelphia Freedoms1106545
2Orlando Storm1226557
3Vegas Rollers1155857
Women's singles1Orlando Storm1056342
Philadelphia Freedoms1056342
3Orange County Breakers1035647
Men's doubles1Orlando Storm1106050
2New York Empire1196455
3Vegas Rollers1186157
Women's doubles1San Diego Aviators1097039
2Chicago Smash1066145
3Springfield Lasers1075750
Mixed doubles1New York Empire1186949
2Chicago Smash1136152
3Philadelphia Freedoms1166254

Playoffs

Semifinals

New York Empire !! width=300
Philadelphia Freedoms !width=60 Score !Total score
Men's doublesJack Sock / Neal SkupskiTaylor Fritz / Fabrice Martin5–35–3
Women's singlesCoCo VandewegheSofia Kenin4–59–8
Mixed doublesJack Sock / CoCo VandewegheFabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend5–114–9
Women's doublesNicole Melichar / CoCo VandewegheCaroline Dolehide / Taylor Townsend3–517–14
Men's singlesJack SockTaylor Fritz5–422–18
Chicago Smash !! width=300
Orlando Storm !width=60 Score !Total score
Men's doublesBrandon Nakashima / Rajeev RamTennys Sandgren / Ken Skupski5–15–1
Women's singlesSloane StephensJessica Pegula4–59–6
Mixed doublesBethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev RamJessica Pegula / Tennys Sandgren5–314–9
Women's doublesEugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-SandsDarija Jurak / Jessica Pegula5–319–12
Men's singlesBrandon NakashimaTennys Sandgren5–124–13

Finals

New York Empire !! width=300
Chicago Smash !width=60 Score !Total score
Men's doublesJack Sock / Neal SkupskiBrandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram5–25–2
Mixed doublesJack Sock / CoCo VandewegheBethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram5–410–6
Men's singlesJack SockBrandon Nakashima0–510–11
Women's singlesCoCo VandewegheSloane Stephens3–513–16
Women's doublesNicole Melichar / CoCo VandewegheEugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands5–418–20
Extended Play2–020–20
SupertiebreakerBethanie Mattek-Sands / Sloane Stephens1–0(7–6)21–20

Finals MVP: CoCo Vandeweghe

See also

External links

Notes and References

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

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