2020 World TeamTennis season
The 2020 World TeamTennis season was the 45th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.
| 2020 World TeamTennis season | |
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| League | World TeamTennis |
| Sport | Team tennis |
| Duration | 12 July – 2 August 2020 |
| Number of matches | Regular season: 63 (14 for each team) Postseason: 3 |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| TV partner(s) | CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, Tennis Channel, FITE TV, Facebook |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Philadelphia Freedoms |
| Season MVP |  Taylor Fritz (Male) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Female) |
| World TeamTennis playoffs | |
| Venue | The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs |
| Champions | New York Empire |
| Runners-up | Chicago Smash |
| Finals MVP | CoCo Vandeweghe |
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]
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- On 27 July, the New York Empire traded Vandeweghe and Melichar from the San Diego Aviators for Lisicki and Peschke.
- 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 |
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| 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]
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| 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]
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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 % |
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| 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
| Event | New York Empire | Philadelphia Freedoms | Score | Total score |
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| 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 |
| Event | Chicago Smash | Orlando Storm | Score | Total score |
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| 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
| Event | New York Empire | Chicago Smash | Score | Total score |
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| 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
- "World TeamTennis Announces 2020 Season To Be Played At Historic Greenbrier Resort, July 12-Aug. 2". World TeamTennis. 1 June 2020.
- "World TeamTennis Holding 45th Season At West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort With 500 Fans In Attendance". Forbes. 9 June 2020.
- "New York Wins a Match for the Ages, Defeats Chicago 21-20 in Supertiebreaker". World TeamTennis. 2 August 2020.
- "World TeamTennis Finals: New York tops Chicago with ultimate point finish to take home $1 million prize". CBS Sports. 2 August 2020.
- "WTT - About". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "WTT - Teams". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "Collins 'dismissed' from World TeamTennis over COVID-19 protocol breach". Reuters. 21 July 2020.
- "WTT - Standings". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- "WTT - Schedule". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- "WTT - Statistics". World TeamTennis. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
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