This article is about the tennis team that played in World TeamTennis (WTT) from 2005 to 2015. For the tennis team that played in WTT in 1974 and folded at end of that season, see Boston Lobsters (1974). For the tennis team that played as the Philadelphia Freedoms in 1974, and moved to Boston in 1975, see Boston Lobsters (1974–1978).
The most recent Boston Lobsters were a reincarnation of two previous WTT teams. The original Lobsters were a charter member of the league in 1974, and folded after just one season. The second Lobsters team were also a charter member of WTT in 1974, founded as the Philadelphia Freedoms. After the original Lobsters folded, businessman Robert Kraft purchased the Freedoms and moved them to Boston, renaming them the Lobsters. The second Lobsters team played in Boston for four seasons (1975–1978) before folding at the end of the 1978 season. WTT suspended operations shortly thereafter.
In 2005, local Boston businessman Bahar Uttam relaunched the team. The Lobsters made the Mylan WTT league's playoffs four times. In 2015, Uttam retired from the ownership position and the league took over operations of the Lobsters while seeking new local ownership.[1] On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that the Lobsters would cease operations and were subsequently replaced with a new franchise called the New York Empire.[2]
