2018 World TeamTennis season

The 2018 World TeamTennis season was the 43rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

2018 World TeamTennis season
League	World TeamTennis
Sport	Team tennis
Duration	15 July – 5 August 2018
Number of matches	Regular season: 42 (14 for each team) Postseason: 1
Number of teams	6
Regular season
Top seed	Philadelphia Freedoms
Season MVP	Taylor Townsend (Female) Marcin Matkowski (Male)
World TeamTennis Finals
Venue	Daskalakis Athletic Center
Champions	Springfield Lasers
Runners-up	Philadelphia Freedoms
Finals MVP	Miomir Kecmanović

The Springfield Lasers defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win their first King Trophy as WTT champions.[1]

Competition format

The 2018 World TeamTennis season included six teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Finals. The higher seed was treated as the "home" team in the WTT Finals and had the right to determine the order of play. The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.

Teams and players

Roster players compete (nearly) the entire season, Franchise and Wildcard players only a limited season. Substitute players are not listed.[2]

New York Empire	Orange County Breakers	Philadelphia Freedoms	San Diego Aviators	Springfield Lasers	Washington Kastles
Roster players
Dennis Novikov	Darian King	Kevin King	Marcus Willis	Miomir Kecmanović	Tennys Sandgren
Tatjana Maria	Yanina Wickmayer	Taylor Townsend	Naomi Broady	Vania King	Madison Brengle
Neal Skupski	Marcelo Demoliner	Fabrice Martin	Marcin Matkowski	Daniel Nestor	Robert Lindstedt
María José Martínez	Andreja Klepac	Raquel Atawo	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Abigail Spears	Nicole Melichar
Franchise and Wildcard players
Mardy Fish	Sam Querrey	Sloane Stephens	CoCo Vandeweghe	Jack Sock	Venus Williams
Steve Johnson		Gabriela Dabrowski	Taylor Fritz		Bob & Mike Bryan
					Frances Tiafoe
					Naomi Osaka
Coaches
Gigi Fernández	Rick Leach	Craig Kardon	John Lloyd	John-Laffnie de Jager	Murphy Jensen

• On 2 August 2018, the Springfield Lasers traded Marcelo Demoliner from the Orange County Breakers for Daniel Nestor.[3]

Standings

The top two teams qualified for the 2018 WTT Finals.[4]

Pos	Team	MP	W	L	Pct	MB
1	Philadelphia Freedoms	14	12	2	.857	0
2	Springfield Lasers	14	8	6	.571	4
3	Washington Kastles	14	7	7	.500	5
4	San Diego Aviators	14	7	7	.500	5
5	Orange County Breakers	14	6	8	.429	6
6	New York Empire	14	2	12	.143	10

Results table

Team	Match
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
New York Empire (NYE)	WAS	WAS	PHL	SPR	SAN	WAS	WAS	SPR	OCB	SPR	OCB	SAN	PHL	PHL
	18–22	20–21	17–21	22–23	18–23	18–20	14–24	17–25	14–22	20–21	16–22	21–17	13–23	19–15
Orange County Breakers (OCB)	PHL	SPR	WAS	PHL	SPR	SAN	SAN	PHL	NYE	SAN	NYE	SAN	SPR	WAS
	16–23	22–16	18–22	20–16	20–19	17–19	20–21	14–26	22–14	18–23	22–16	19–24	17–20	23–17
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL)	OCB	SAN	NYE	OCB	WAS	SPR	SPR	OCB	SAN	WAS	WAS	SPR	NYE	NYE
	23–16	22–17	21–17	16–21	21–14	24–19	23–12	26–14	25–12	23–18	23–19	20–18	23–13	15–19
San Diego Aviators (SAN)	SPR	PHL	SPR	WAS	NYE	OCB	OCB	WAS	PHL	OCB	NYE	OCB	WAS	SPR
	21–12	17–22	20–22	25–13	23–18	19–17	21–20	20–21	12–25	23–18	17–21	24–19	18–19	18–25
Springfield Lasers (SPR)	SAN	OCB	SAN	NYE	OCB	PHL	PHL	NYE	WAS	NYE	WAS	PHL	OCB	SAN
	12–21	16–22	22–20	23–22	19–20	19–24	12–23	25–17	22–15	21–20	22–21	18–20	20–17	25–18
Washington Kastles (WAS)	NYE	NYE	OCB	SAN	PHL	NYE	NYE	SAN	SPR	PHL	PHL	SPR	SAN	OCB
	22–18	21–20	22–18	13–25	14–21	20–18	24–14	21–20	15–22	18–23	19–23	21–22	19–18	17–23
Color Key: Win  • Loss  • Home  • Away Reference:[5]

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	GP	GW	GL	Pct	Player	Team	GP	GW	GL	Pct
Men's singles	Springfield Lasers	102	57	45	.559	Miomir Kecmanović	SPR	96	52	44	.542
Women's singles	Philadelphia Freedoms	99	69	30	.697	Taylor Townsend	PHL	82	60	22	.732
Men's doubles	Orange County Breakers	110	62	48	.564	Marcelo Demoliner	OCB	101	57	44	.564
Women's doubles	Philadelphia Freedoms	107	63	44	.589	Taylor Townsend	PHL	92	53	39	.576
Mixed doubles	San Diego Aviators	114	61	53	.535	Marcin Matkowski, Anna-Lena Grönefeld	SAN	114	61	53	.535

• Most Valuable Players[7]
  Female MVP: Taylor Townsend
  Male MVP: Marcin Matkowski

WTT Finals

Date	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Venue	Finals MVP	Ref.
5 August 2018	Springfield Lasers	Philadelphia Freedoms	19–18	Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia	Miomir Kecmanović	[8]

Match summary

Event	Springfield Lasers	Philadelphia Freedoms	Score	Total score
Men's doubles	Miomir Kecmanović / Marcelo Demoliner	Kevin King / Fabrice Martin	5–3	5–3
Women's doubles	Abigail Spears / Vania King	Taylor Townsend / Raquel Atawo	5–2	10–5
Mixed doubles	Marcelo Demoliner / Abigail Spears	Fabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend	2–5	12–10
Women's singles	Vania King	Taylor Townsend	2–5	14–15
Men's singles	Miomir Kecmanović	Kevin King	5–3	19–18

See also

• Team tennis

References

1. "Lasers stun Freedoms, 19-18, for first World TeamTennis title". Tennis.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
2. "2018 Teams". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
3. "Orange County Breakers make trade, play spoiler against Washington". Daily Pilot - LA Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
4. "2018 League Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
5. "2018 Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
6. "2018 League Leaders". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
7. "Townsend, Matkowski Lead 2018 WTT Award Recipients". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
8. "Lasers Claim First WTT Championship In Dramatic Final". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

External links

• Official website