2021 World TeamTennis season
LeagueWorld TeamTennis
SportTeam tennis
DurationNovember 13 – 28, 2021
Number of matchesRegular season: 30 (12 for each team)
Postseason: 1
Number of teams5
Regular season
Top seedSpringfield Lasers
World TeamTennis final
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
ChampionsOrange County Breakers
  Runners-upSpringfield Lasers
Finals MVPSteve Johnson
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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]

Chicago Smash
United States Nicholas Monroe *
United States Sloane Stephens *
Chile Alexa Guarachi (Nov 17–28)
United States Tommy Paul (Nov 21–28)
United States Sabrina Santamaria (Nov 13–16)
United States Donald Young (Nov 13–20)
New York Empire
Belgium Kim Clijsters *
United States Marcos Giron (Nov 20–28)
United States Christopher Eubanks *
Belgium Kirsten Flipkens *
United States Quinn Gleason (Nov 24–28)
Mexico Hans Hach Verdugo (Nov 13–19)
Orange County Breakers
United States Amanda Anisimova (Nov 13–20)
United States Steve Johnson *
United States Austin Krajicek (Nov 17–28)
United States Desirae Krawczyk (Nov 22–28)
United States Nathaniel Lammons (Nov 13–15)
Germany Tatjana Maria *
San Diego Aviators
United States Taylor Fritz (Nov 13–18)
United States CoCo Vandeweghe *
United States William Blumberg *
United States Caroline Dolehide *
Barbados Darian King (Nov 19–21)
Australia Aleksandar Vukic (Nov 22–28)
Springfield Lasers
United States Mackenzie McDonald (Nov 13–20)
El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo *
United States Denis Kudla (Nov 21–28)
United States Catherine McNally (Nov 13–21)
United States Asia Muhammad *
Mexico Giuliana Olmos (Nov 22–28)

Standings

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

Pos Team MP W L GW GL
1 Springfield Lasers 12 8 4 248 214
2 Orange County Breakers 12 8 4 249 216
3 San Diego Aviators 12 5 7 223 242
4 Chicago Smash 12 5 7 222 245
5 New York Empire 12 4 8 213 238

Results table

Color Key: Win  • Loss - Reference:[8]

Team Match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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]

Event Team GP GW GL Pct Player Team GP GW GL Pct
Men's singles Orange County Breakers 97 55 42 57% Mackenzie McDonald SPR 47 30 17 64%
Women's singles Orange County Breakers 92 59 33 64% Amanda Anisimova OCB 51 35 16 69%
Men's doubles Springfield Lasers 90 50 40 56% Marcelo Arévalo SPR 83 48 35 58%
Women's doubles Springfield Lasers 91 55 36 60% Giuliana Olmos SPR 40 25 15 63%
Mixed doubles San Diego Aviators 99 53 46 54% Caroline Dolehide SAN 66 37 29 56%
Overall Springfield Lasers 462 248 214 54% Marcelo Arévalo SPR 172 93 79 54%

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 Champion Runner-up Score Finals MVP Ref.
November, 28 Orange County Breakers Springfield Lasers 21–13 Steve Johnson [3]

Match summary

Event Orange County Breakers Springfield Lasers Score Total score
Men's singles Steve Johnson Denis Kudla 5–2 5–2
Women's singles Tatjana Maria Asia Muhammad 5–2 10–4
Men's doubles Steve Johnson / Austin Krajicek Marcelo Arévalo / Denis Kudla 5–1 15–5
Mixed doubles Austin Krajicek / Desirae Krawczyk Marcelo Arévalo / Giuliana Olmos 1–5 16–10
Women's doubles Desirae Krawczyk / Tatjana Maria Asia Muhammad / Giuliana Olmos 5–3 21–13

See also

References

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

External links

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