2020 World TeamTennis season
LeagueWorld TeamTennis
SportTeam tennis
Duration12 July – 2 August 2020
Number of matchesRegular season: 63 (14 for each team)
Postseason: 3
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, Tennis Channel, FITE TV, Facebook
Regular season
Top seedPhiladelphia Freedoms
Season MVPUnited States Taylor Fritz (Male)
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Female)
World TeamTennis playoffs
VenueThe Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
ChampionsNew York Empire
  Runners-upChicago Smash
Finals MVPCoCo Vandeweghe
World TeamTennis seasons

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]

Chicago Smash
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
United States Evan King
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Brandon Nakashima
United States Rajeev Ram
United States Sloane Stephens
New York Empire
Belgium Kim Clijsters
Germany Sabine Lisicki[a]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke[a]
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
United States Jack Sock
United States Nicole Melichar[a]
United States CoCo Vandeweghe[a]
Orange County Breakers
United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United States Jennifer Brady
Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
United States Steve Johnson
Slovenia Andreja Klepač
United States Austin Krajicek
Orlando Storm
United States Danielle Collins[b]
Croatia Darija Jurak
United States Jessica Pegula
United States Tennys Sandgren
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom James Ward
Philadelphia Freedoms
United States Caroline Dolehide
United States Taylor Fritz
United States Sofia Kenin
France Fabrice Martin
United States Taylor Townsend
United States Donald Young
San Diego Aviators
United States Ryan Harrison
United States Christina McHale
United States Nicole Melichar[a]
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
United States CoCo Vandeweghe[a]
Germany Sabine Lisicki[a]
Czech Republic Květa Peschke[a]
Springfield Lasers
United States Hayley Carter
Belarus Olga Govortsova
United States Mitchell Krueger
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
United States Caty McNally
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
Vegas Rollers
United States Kristie Ahn
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
United States Asia Muhammad
Puerto Rico Monica Puig
United States Sam Querrey
Australia Ajla Tomljanović
Washington Kastles
El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo
United States Nicholas Monroe
United States Tommy Paul
United States Bernarda Pera
Australia Arina Rodionova
United States Venus Williams
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h On 27 July, the New York Empire traded Vandeweghe and Melichar from the San Diego Aviators for Lisicki and Peschke.
  2. ^ On 21 July, Collins was suspended from the remainder of the season for violating the COVID-19 protocols.[7]

Standings

The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.[8]

Pos Team MP W L GW GL
1 Philadelphia Freedoms 14 12 2 308 255
2 Orlando Storm 14 10 4 295 264
3 Chicago Smash 14 9 5 289 266
4 New York Empire 14 7 7 288 277
5 Washington Kastles 14 6 8 265 280
6 Orange County Breakers 14 5 9 270 288
7 Springfield Lasers 14 5 9 261 290
8 Vegas Rollers 14 5 9 257 300
9 San Diego Aviators 14 4 10 268 281

Results table

Color Key: Win  • Loss - Reference:[9]

Team Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
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) 		SPR LVR 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.[10]

Players

Men's singles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Taylor Fritz PHL 110 65 45 59.1%
2 Tennys Sandgren ORL 122 65 57 53.3%
3 Jack Sock NYE 111 57 54 51.4%
4 Sam Querrey LVR 115 58 57 50.4%
5 Brandon Nakashima CHI 116 58 58 50.0%
Women's singles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Kim Clijsters NYE 45 30 15 66.7%
2 Jessica Pegula ORL 69 45 24 65.2%
3 Sofia Kenin PHL 105 63 42 60.0%
4 Bernarda Pera WAS 65 36 29 55.4%
5 Jennifer Brady OCB 103 56 47 54.4%
Men's doubles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Ken Skupski ORL 96 54 42 56.3%
2 Taylor Fritz PHL 70 39 31 55.7%
3 Jack Sock NYE 111 61 50 55.0%
4 Tennys Sandgren ORL 110 60 50 54.5%
5 Neal Skupski NYE 119 64 55 53.8%
Women's doubles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 108 66 42 61.1%
2 Nicole Melichar SAN/NYE 101 61 40 60.4%
3 Eugenie Bouchard CHI 106 61 45 57.5%
Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 106 61 45 57.5%
5 Caroline Dolehide PHL 90 48 42 53.3%
Mixed doubles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Kim Clijsters NYE 56 35 21 62.5%
2 Neal Skupski NYE 73 42 31 57.5%
3 Bernarda Pera WAS 62 35 27 56.5%
4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 91 51 40 56.0%
5 Fabrice Martin PHL 108 59 49 54.6%
Overall
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Taylor Fritz PHL 180 104 76 57.8%
2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 197 112 85 56.9%
3 Neal Skupski NYE 192 106 86 55.2%
4 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 211 116 95 55.0%
5 Jack Sock NYE 267 145 122 54.3%

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

Event Rank Team GP GW GL Win %
Men's singles 1 Philadelphia Freedoms 110 65 45 59.1%
2 Orlando Storm 122 65 57 53.3%
3 Vegas Rollers 115 58 57 50.4%
Women's singles 1 Orlando Storm 105 63 42 60.0%
Philadelphia Freedoms 105 63 42 60.0%
3 Orange County Breakers 103 56 47 54.4%
Men's doubles 1 Orlando Storm 110 60 50 54.5%
2 New York Empire 119 64 55 53.8%
3 Vegas Rollers 118 61 57 51.7%
Women's doubles 1 San Diego Aviators 109 70 39 64.2%
2 Chicago Smash 106 61 45 57.5%
3 Springfield Lasers 107 57 50 53.3%
Mixed doubles 1 New York Empire 118 69 49 58.5%
2 Chicago Smash 113 61 52 54.0%
3 Philadelphia Freedoms 116 62 54 53.4%

Playoffs

Bracket

WTT Semifinals
1 August, The Greenbrier 		WTT Finals
2 August, The Greenbrier
      
1 Philadelphia Freedoms 18
4 New York Empire 22
4 New York Empire 21
3 Chicago Smash 20
2 Orlando Storm 13
3 Chicago Smash 24

Semifinals

New York Empire def. Philadelphia Freedoms 22–18
Event New York Empire Philadelphia Freedoms Score Total score
Men's doubles Jack Sock / Neal Skupski Taylor Fritz / Fabrice Martin 5–3 5–3
Women's singles CoCo Vandeweghe Sofia Kenin 4–5 9–8
Mixed doubles Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe Fabrice Martin (Taylor Fritz sub) / Taylor Townsend 5–1 14–9
Women's doubles Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe Caroline Dolehide / Taylor Townsend 3–5 17–14
Men's singles Jack Sock Taylor Fritz 5–4 22–18
Chicago Smash def. Orlando Storm 24–13
Event Chicago Smash Orlando Storm Score Total score
Men's doubles Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram Tennys Sandgren / Ken Skupski 5–1 5–1
Women's singles Sloane Stephens Jessica Pegula 4–5 9–6
Mixed doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram Jessica Pegula / Tennys Sandgren 5–3 14–9
Women's doubles Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands Darija Jurak / Jessica Pegula 5–3 19–12
Men's singles Brandon Nakashima Tennys Sandgren 5–1 24–13

Finals

New York Empire def. Chicago Smash 21–20[3]
Event New York Empire Chicago Smash Score Total score
Men's doubles Jack Sock / Neal Skupski Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram 5–2 5–2
Mixed doubles Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram 5–4 10–6
Men's singles Jack Sock Brandon Nakashima 0–5 10–11
Women's singles CoCo Vandeweghe Sloane Stephens 3–5 13–16
Women's doubles Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5–4 18–20
Extended Play 2–0 20–20
Supertiebreaker Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sloane Stephens 1–0(7–6) 21–20

Finals MVP: CoCo Vandeweghe

See also

References

  1. ^ "World TeamTennis Announces 2020 Season To Be Played At Historic Greenbrier Resort, July 12-Aug. 2". World TeamTennis. 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ "World TeamTennis Holding 45th Season At West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort With 500 Fans In Attendance". Forbes. 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "New York Wins a Match for the Ages, Defeats Chicago 21-20 in Supertiebreaker". World TeamTennis. 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ "World TeamTennis Finals: New York tops Chicago with ultimate point finish to take home $1 million prize". CBS Sports. 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ "WTT - About". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ "WTT - Teams". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Collins 'dismissed' from World TeamTennis over COVID-19 protocol breach". Reuters. 21 July 2020.
  8. ^ "WTT - Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. ^ "WTT - Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  10. ^ "WTT - Statistics". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

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