Sports season
The 2019 World TeamTennis season was the 44th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.
The Springfield Lasers defeated the New York Empire in the WTT Finals to defend the King Trophy as WTT champions.[ 1] [ 2]
A men's doubles match between the Las Vegas Rollers and Philadelphia Freedoms
The 2019 World TeamTennis season included eight teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top four teams in the regular season (14–31 July) qualified for the World TeamTennis playoffs at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, with the semifinals on 2 August and the WTT Finals on 3 August.[ 3] The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.
Teams and players
^ a b Lepchenko was traded from the Washington Kastles to New York Empire on 29 July.
^ a b Ward was traded from the Orange County Breakers to the San Diego Aviators on 28 July.
^ a b López was traded from Orlando Storm to the Philadelphia Freedoms on 20 July.
^ a b Christian was traded from the San Diego Aviators to the Washington Kastles on 16 July.
^ a b Song was traded from the Vegas Rollers to the Springfield Lasers on 2 August.
^ a b Brady was traded from the Vegas Rollers to the Washington Kastles on 24 July.
Standings
The top four teams qualified for the 2019 WTT Semifinals.[ 4]
Results table
Team
Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
New York Empire (NYE)
SAN
LVR
SPR
OCB
WAS
WAS
ORL
LVR
OCB
SAN
ORL
SPR
PHL
PHL
11–23
24–16
13–25
15–22
22–13
22–16
23–18
20–24
20–19
15–22
22–18
22–19
15–25
21–16
Orange County Breakers (OCB)
ORL
PHL
NYE
SAN
SPR
PHL
NYE
LVR
SAN
LVR
WAS[ a]
ORL
SPR
WAS
19–22
15–23
22–15
24–17
18–19
20–19
19–20
19–18
14–22
16–17
25–11
19–18
16–22
15–25
Orlando Storm (ORL)
LVR
OCB
SPR
SAN
PHL
PHL
NYE
WAS
WAS
SPR
NYE
OCB
LVR
SAN
21–20
22–19
15–23
15–25
19–24
15–23
18–23
19–23
21–18
23–15
18–22
18–19
18–22
18–21
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL)
SPR
SAN
OCB
LVR
ORL
ORL
LVR
SAN
OCB
WAS
WAS
SPR
NYE
NYE
20–22
25–11
23–15
21–16
24–19
23–15
21–18
23–16
19–20
24–17
20–17
22–20
25–15
16–21
San Diego Aviators (SAN)
NYE
PHL
WAS
ORL
LVR
OCB
SPR
PHL
SPR
NYE
OCB
LVR
WAS
ORL
23–11
11–25
20–19
25–15
15–23
17–24
24–20
16–23
17–22
22–15
22–14
23–18
25–7
21–18
Springfield Lasers (SPR)
PHL
ORL
NYE
WAS
LVR
SAN
OCB
SAN
ORL
WAS
PHL
NYE
OCB
LVR
22–20
23–15
25–13
21–17
19–18
20–24
19–18
22–17
15–23
20–23
20–22
19–22
22–16
21–20
Vegas Rollers (LVR)
ORL
WAS
NYE
PHL
SAN
SPR
PHL
NYE
OCB
OCB
SAN
WAS
ORL
SPR
20–21
22–18
16–24
16–21
23–15
18–19
18–21
24–20
18–19
17–16
18–23
21–10
22–18
20–21
Washington Kastles (WAS)
LVR
SAN
SPR
NYE
NYE
ORL
ORL
PHL
PHL
SPR
OCB[ a]
LVR
SAN
OCB
18–22
19–20
17–21
13–22
16–22
23–19
18–21
17–24
17–20
23–20
11–25
10–21
7–25
25–15
Color Key: Win • Loss • Home • Away - Reference:[ 5]
^ a b Match in Washington was postponed due to rain and played at Orange County ([1] )
Statistical leaders
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
Vegas Rollers
111
64
47
58%
Sam Querrey
LVR
60
31
29
52%
Women's singles
Vegas Rollers
106
58
48
55%
Taylor Townsend
PHL
108
58
50
54%
Men's doubles
San Diego Aviators
104
57
47
55%
Jonny O'Mara
SAN
104
57
47
55%
Women's doubles
Philadelphia Freedoms
93
66
27
71%
Raquel Atawo , Taylor Townsend
PHL
93
66
27
71%
Mixed doubles
New York Empire
104
59
45
57%
María José Martínez
NYE
98
58
40
59%
Playoff bracket
WTT Finals
Finals MVP: Robert Lindstedt
See also
References
External links
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