2021 World TeamTennis season explained

2021 World TeamTennis season
League:World TeamTennis
Sport:Team tennis
Duration:November 13 – 28, 2021
No Of Matches:Regular season: 30 (12 for each team)
Postseason: 1
No Of Teams:5
Season:Regular season
Top Seed:Springfield Lasers
Finals:World TeamTennis final
Finals Venue:Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Finals Champ:Orange County Breakers
Finals Runner-Up:Springfield Lasers
Finals Mvp:Steve Johnson
Seasonslistnames:World TeamTennis
Prevseason Link:2020 World TeamTennis season
Prevseason Year:2020
Nextseason Link:2022 World TeamTennis season

The 2021 World TeamTennis season was the 46th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

All matches were held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California.[1]

This season included five teams. Four teams that competed in 2020 (Philadelphia Freedoms, Vegas Rollers, Orlando Storm and Washington Kastles), did not participate this year due to the revised format and the inability to host home matches, but are expected to return in the 2022 season.[2]

The Orange County Breakers won their third King Trophy as WTT champions with a 21–13 win over the Springfield Lasers in the WTT Finals.[3] [4]

Competition format

Each team played a 12-match regular-season schedule. The matches consisted 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 won each set. A nine-point tiebreaker was played if a set reaches four games all. One point was awarded for each game won and scoring was cumulative. If necessary, Extended Play and a super tiebreaker were played to determine the winner of the match.[5] The top two teams in the regular season will qualify for the WTT Finals on November 28. The winner of this final will be awarded the King Trophy.

Teams and players

* = Player competed for the full season.[6]

width=240Chicago Smash
Nicholas Monroe *
Sloane Stephens *
width=240New York Empire
Kim Clijsters *
Christopher Eubanks *
Kirsten Flipkens *
width=240Orange County Breakers
Steve Johnson *
Tatjana Maria *
width=240San Diego Aviators
CoCo Vandeweghe *
William Blumberg *
Caroline Dolehide *
width=240Springfield Lasers
Marcelo Arévalo *
Asia Muhammad *

Standings

The top two teams qualified for the 2021 WTT Finals.[7]

Team
1Springfield Lasers1284248214
2Orange County Breakers1284249216
3San Diego Aviators1257223242
4Chicago Smash1257222245
5New York Empire1248213238

Results table

Color Key:

Win Loss - Reference:[8]
TeamMatch
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Chicago Smash
(CHI)		SAN SPR OCB NYE SAN SPR OCB NYE SAN SPR OCB NYE
21–22 22–21 17–21 20–16 19–20 15–22 14–25 21–15 14–22 19–18 20–19 20–24
New York Empire
(NYE)		OCB SPR CHI SAN OCB SPR CHI SAN OCB SPR CHI SAN
17–22 18–21 16–20 13–20 16–18 19–16 15–21 20–16 15–24 17–21 24–20 23–19
Orange County Breakers
(OCB)		NYE SAN CHI SPR NYE SAN CHI SPR NYE SAN CHI SPR
22–17 20–21 21–17 17–20 18–16 22–20 25–14 18–25 24–15 20–17 19–20 23–14
San Diego Aviators
(SAN)		CHI OCB SPR NYE CHI OCB SPR NYE CHI OCB SPR NYE
22–21 21–20 15–22 20–13 20–19 20–22 15–25 16–20 22–14 17–20 16–23 19–23
Springfield Lasers
(SPR)		CHI NYE SAN OCB CHI NYE SAN OCB CHI NYE SAN OCB
21–22 21–18 22–15 20–17 22–15 16–19 25–15 25–18 18–19 21–17 23–16 14–23

Statistical leaders

The table below shows the WTT teams and players with the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events.[9]

EventTeamPlayerTeam
Men's singlesOrange County Breakers97554257%Mackenzie McDonaldSPR47301764%
Women's singlesOrange County Breakers92593364%Amanda AnisimovaOCB51351669%
Men's doublesSpringfield Lasers90504056%Marcelo ArévaloSPR83483558%
Women's doublesSpringfield Lasers91553660%Giuliana Olmos SPR40251563%
Mixed doublesSan Diego Aviators99534654%Caroline DolehideSAN66372956%
OverallSpringfield Lasers46224821454%Marcelo ArévaloSPR172937954%
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.)

WTT Finals

Date width=200 Champion !width=200 Runner-up !width=60 Score !width=120 Finals MVP !Ref.
November, 28 Orange County Breakers 21–13

Match summary

Event width=250 Orange County Breakers !width=250 Springfield Lasers !width=60 Score !Total score
Men's singlesSteve JohnsonDenis Kudla5–25–2
Women's singlesTatjana MariaAsia Muhammad5–210–4
Men's doublesSteve Johnson / Austin KrajicekMarcelo Arévalo / Denis Kudla5–115–5
Mixed doublesAustin Krajicek / Desirae KrawczykMarcelo Arévalo / Giuliana Olmos1–516–10
Women's doublesDesirae Krawczyk / Tatjana MariaAsia Muhammad / Giuliana Olmos5–321–13

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World TeamTennis Issues 2021 Schedule. Tennis Now. July 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: World TeamTennis 2021 Season Announcement. World TeamTennis. May 18, 2021.
  3. Web site: Orange County Wins Third Title in Franchise History With Win Over Springfield. World TeamTennis. 28 November 2021.
  4. Web site: World TeamTennis Finals: New York tops Chicago with ultimate point finish to take home $1 million prize. The Desert Sun. 29 November 2021.
  5. Web site: WTT - About. World TeamTennis. August 3, 2021.
  6. Web site: WTT - Teams. World TeamTennis. August 3, 2021.
  7. Web site: WTT - Standings. World TeamTennis. 14 November 2021.
  8. Web site: WTT - Schedule. World TeamTennis. 15 October 2020.
  9. Web site: WTT - Statistics. World TeamTennis. 22 November 2021.

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