2008 New York Buzz season

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2008 New York Buzz season
World TeamTennis champions
Eastern Conference champions
Conference1st Eastern
Record
2008 record10 wins, 4 losses
Home record6 wins, 1 loss
Road record4 wins, 3 losses
Games won–lost305–251
Team info
Owner(s)Nitty Singh
President/CEONitty Singh
General managerNitty Singh
CoachJay Udwadia
Stadium Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
(capacity: 4,000)
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The 2008 New York Buzz season was the 14th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).

Contents

Led by 2008 WTT Female Rookie of the Year Yaroslava Shvedova, the Buzz had 10 wins and 4 losses, winning the Eastern Conference championship. It went on to defeat the Kansas City Explorers, 21–18, in the WTT Final to win its first King Trophy as WTT champions.

Season recap

Drafts

For the third straight season, the Buzz passed on making a selection in the Marquee Player Draft. [1] In the Roster Player Draft, the defending Eastern Conference champions left 2007 WTT Championship Most Valuable Player Rik de Voest unprotected in the first round and instead chose Yaroslava Shvedova. Nathan Healey was taken in the second round, leaving Ashley Fisher unprotected. The Buzz protected Gabriela Navrátilová in the third round, which gave the team two full-time female players and forced it to leave Gréta Arn unprotected. Vladimir Obradović was the Buzz's final selection in the draft. The team did not select any roster-exempt players. The Buzz named Jay Udwadia as its new head coach. [2]

Move to Albany

On May 8, 2008, the Buzz announced that after 13 seasons at CDPHP Tennis Complex in Schenectady, New York, it would move its home matches to the larger Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena in Albany. Buzz ownership said that it moved to the air-conditioned indoor arena which seats about 4,000 people for tennis, because it has secure parking to serve the team's growing fan base and to "give the team much more visibility and awareness and help increase the level of hospitality the Buzz wish to provide." [3]

Briaud replaces Obradović

In June 2008, Vladimir Obradović suffered a knee injury that would cause him to miss the entire season. Just two days before the season opener, the Buzz signed Patrick Briaud to take Obradović's place on the roster. [4] [5]

Regular season

During the regular season, the Buzz did not have a winning streak of more than three matches but never lost consecutive matches. The team relied heavily on Yaroslava Shvedova and Nathan Healey, both of whom typically played three of the five sets in each match, while Gabriela Navrátilová and Patrick Briaud usually only played women's and men's doubles.

The Buzz started the season with two road victories before winning its home opener against the Boston Lobsters. On July 8, the Buzz visited the New York Sportimes and found themselves trailing, 15–10, after dropping the first three sets. Shvedova won the fourth set of women's singles, and Healey won the fifth set of men's singles to cut the Sportimes' lead to 21–20 and send the match to overtime. Jesse Witten took the first game of overtime from Healey to give the Sportimes the victory and hand the Buzz its first loss of the season, dropping its record to 3 wins and 1 loss. [6]

The Buzz bounced back the next evening at home against the expansion Washington Kastles, but not without falling behind early again. The Kastles won the first two sets and then sent Serena Williams onto the court to face Shvedova in women's singles. Williams took the set in a tiebreaker to give the Kastles a 15–11 lead. Shvedova and Healey won a tiebreaker in mixed doubles to cut the lead to 19–16, and Healey's 5–2 set win over Justin Gimelstob in men's singles tied the score at 21 all and sent the match to a super tiebreaker, which Healey won, 7–4, to improve the Buzz's record to 4 wins and 1 loss. [7]

Two nights later, the Buzz visited Washington for a rematch. The Buzz won three of the first four sets to build an 18–13 lead. But Robby Ginepri won the final set of men's singles, 5–3, over Healey and then won three straight games in overtime to send the match to a super tiebreaker. Ginepri completed the furious comeback by taking the super tiebreaker game, 7–4, to give the Kastles the win and drop the Buzz's record to 4 wins and 2 losses. [8]

The Buzz went on the road on July 15, to face the 7–0 Kansas City Explorers, the only undefeated team remaining in WTT. With the match tied at 13 all after three sets, Navrátilová and Shvedova dominated Rennae Stubbs and Květa Peschke, 5–0, in women's doubles. Briaud and Healey closed out a 23–17 victory by taking a tiebreaker in the final set of men's doubles. [9] The win improved the Buzz's record to 6 wins and 3 losses.

On July 18, the Buzz hosted the defending WTT Champion Sacramento Capitals in a rematch of the 2007 WTT Finals. Shvedova won the fourth set of women's singles, 5–2, and teamed with Navrátilová to win the opening set of women's doubles in a tiebreaker and with Healey to win the second set of mixed doubles, 5–3. Leading 18–14 after four sets, Briaud and Healey dropped the fifth set of men's doubles in a tiebreaker, but they won the second game of overtime to secure a 23–20 victory for the Buzz that improved its record to 7 wins and 3 losses. [10]

Coming off a road loss to the Philadelphia Freedoms that included an appearance by coach Jay Udwadia playing the tiebreaker game of the men's singles set, [11] the Buzz hosted the first-place Sportimes on July 20. The Sportimes could clinch the Eastern Conference championship with a win. Shvedova won the fourth set of women's singles, 5–1, and paired with Navrátilová for a 5–0 set win in women's doubles in the opening set and with Healey to take the second set of mixed doubles, 5–3. Briaud and Healey closed out a dominant 23–11 victory with a 5–2 set win in men's doubles. [12] The win clinched the second consecutive playoff appearance for the Buzz and improved its record to 8 wins and 4 losses.

After the win over the Sportimes, the Buzz closed the regular season by winning all five sets in each of its final two matches to finish with 10 wins and 4 losses and a three-match winning streak. [13]

Eastern Conference title

Under the 2008 playoff format, the WTT conference championships were decided in the regular season. After the Buzz completed its regular season on July 23, it trailed the New York Sportimes by one-half match in the Eastern Conference but held a standings tiebreaker edge based on games won in head-to-head matches, 43–33. Later that evening, the Sportimes lost on the road to the Sacramento Capitals, 20–19, when Eric Butorac and Sam Warburg took a fifth-set tiebreaker from Brian Wilson and Jesse Witten, giving the Buzz its second consecutive Eastern Conference championship. [14] [15]

Shvedova named Rookie of the Year

Yaroslava Shvedova was named WTT Female Rookie of the Year. She was second in the league in winning percentage in women's singles and fourth in women's doubles. [16]

Battle for New York in WTT Semifinals

The Buzz was the overall number 2 seed which matched it with the number 3 seed, the New York Sportimes, in the WTT Semifinals on July 26, at Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville in Roseville, California, the site of WTT's 2008 Championship Weekend. In the first ever postseason meeting between the two New York clubs, the Buzz dominated the match winning the first four sets. Nathan Healey and Yaroslava Shvedova opened the match with a 5–3 set win against John McEnroe and Hana Šromová in mixed doubles. Shvedova followed with a 5–2 women's singles win over Ashley Harkleroad. Healy took care of Jesse Witten, 5–2, in men's singles. Gabriela Navrátilová and Shvedova needed a tiebreaker to beat Harkleroad and Šromová, 5–4, and give the Buzz a 20–11 lead heading to the final set. McEnroe and Witten won a tiebreaker over Patrick Briaud and Healy in men's doubles to force overtime with the Buzz leading 24–16. Briaud and Healy won the second game of overtime to give the Buzz a 25–17 victory and send it to its fourth WTT Final. [17]

WTT Final

On July 27, in the WTT Final, the Buzz faced the number 1 seed Kansas City Explorers, who were coming off a regular season record of 13 wins and 1 loss (coming at the hands of the Buzz on July 15) and thrashed the defending champion Sacramento Capitals 21–10 in the semifinals. [18] Nathan Healey got the Buzz off to a good start with a win in the first set of men's singles over Dušan Vemić, 5–3. Yaroslava Shvedova followed with a 5–3 set win over Květa Peschke in women's singles to give the Buzz a 10–6 lead. The Explorers fought back with a 5–3 set win by Rennae Stubbs and Vemić in mixed doubles over Shvedova and Healey. Stubbs and Peschke then registered a 5–3 set win over Shvedova and Gabriela Navrátilová in women's doubles to tie the match at 16 all. In the final set, Healey and Patrick Briaud topped James Auckland and Vemić in men's doubles, 5–2, to secure the first King Trophy in Buzz history. Despite playing for the losing team, Stubbs was named WTT Championship Most Valuable Player. [19]

Event chronology

Draft picks

Since the Buzz lost in the 2007 WTT Finals, it had the next-to-last (10th) selection in each round of WTT's two drafts. The Buzz passed on making any selections in the Marquee Player Draft. [1] The league conducted its 2008 Roster Player Draft on April 1, in Miami, Florida. The selections made [2] by the Buzz are shown in the table below.

RoundNo.OverallPlayer chosenProt?
11010 Flag of Russia.svg Yaroslava Shvedova N
21021 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Healey N
31032 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Navrátilová Y
41043 Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Obradović N

The Buzz did not select any roster-exempt players.

Match log

Regular season

Legend
Buzz WinBuzz Loss
Home team in CAPS
MatchDateVenue and locationResult and detailsRecord
1July 3 DuPont Country Club
Brandywine Hundred, Delaware 		New York Buzz 24, DELAWARE SMASH 16 [20]
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Madison Brengle/Christina Fusano (Smash) 2
* WS: Madison Brengle (Smash) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 4
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Ryler DeHeart/Chris Haggard (Smash) 4
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Ryler DeHeart (Smash) 2
* XD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Christina Fusano/Chris Haggard (Smash) 3		1–0
2July 5 Dwight Davis Memorial Tennis Center
St. Louis, Missouri 		New York Buzz 23, ST. LOUIS ACES 18 [21]
* XD: Travis Rettenmaier/Jasmin Wöhr (Aces) 5, Nathan Healey/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 4
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Jelena Pandžić/Jasmin Wöhr (Aces) 2
* MS: Uladzimir Ignatik (Aces) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Jelena Pandžić (Aces) 2
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Travis Rettenmaier/Uladzimir Ignatik (Aces) 4		2–0
3July 6 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		NEW YORK BUZZ 23, Boston Lobsters 16 [22] [23]
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Raquel Kops-Jones/Marie-Ève Pelletier (Lobsters) 4
* XD: Nathan Healey/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Jan-Michael Gambill/Marie-Ève Pelletier (Lobsters) 2
* MS: Amir Hadad (Lobsters) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Jan-Michael Gambill/Amir Hadad (Lobsters) 3
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Raquel Kops-Jones (Lobsters) 2		3–0
4July 8 Sportime Stadium at Harbor Island
Mamaroneck, New York 		NEW YORK SPORTIMES 22, New York Buzz 20 (overtime) [6]
* MD: Brian Wilson/Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 5, Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* WD: Bethanie Mattek/Hana Šromová (Sportimes) 5, Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 4
* XD: Bethanie Mattek/Brian Wilson (Sportimes) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Bethanie Mattek (Sportimes) 3
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 3
* OT - MS: Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 1, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 0		3–1
5July 9 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		NEW YORK BUZZ 22, Washington Kastles 21 (super tiebreaker, 7–4) [7]
* MD: Justin Gimelstob/Scott Oudsema (Kastles) 5, Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* WD: Serena Williams/Mashona Washington (Kastles) 5, Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 4
* WS: Serena Williams (Kastles) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 4
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Serena Williams/Justin Gimelstob (Kastles) 4
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Justin Gimelstob (Kastles) 2
* STB - MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 7, Justin Gimelstob (Kastles) 4		4–1
6July 11 Kastles Stadium at CityCenterDC
Washington, District of Columbia 		WASHINGTON KASTLES 22, New York Buzz 21 (super tiebreaker, 7–4) [8]
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Mashona Washington/Scott Oudsema (Kastles) 3
* WD: Sacha Jones/Mashona Washington (Kastles) 5, Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 3
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Robby Ginepri/Scott Oudsema (Kastles) 4
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Mashona Washington (Kastles) 1
* MS: Robby Ginepri (Kastles) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* OT - MS: Robby Ginepri (Kastles) 3, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 0
* STB - MS: Robby Ginepri (Kastles) 7, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4		4–2
7July 12 Ferncroft Country Club
Middleton, Massachusetts 		New York Buzz 20, BOSTON LOBSTERS 19 (super tiebreaker, 7–4) [24]
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Marie-Ève Pelletier (Lobsters) 2
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Raquel Kops-Jones/Marie-Ève Pelletier (Lobsters) 3
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Raquel Kops-Jones/Amir Hadad (Lobsters) 4
* MS: Jan-Michael Gambill (Lobsters) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 0
* MD: Amir Hadad/Jan-Michael Gambill (Lobsters) 5, Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4
* STB - MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 7, Amir Hadad/Jan-Michael Gambill (Lobsters) 4		5–2
8July 13 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		Philadelphia Freedoms 22, NEW YORK BUZZ 18 (overtime) [25]
* XD: Lisa Raymond/Travis Parrott (Freedoms) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Alex Bogomolov Jr. (Freedoms) 4
* WD: Lisa Raymond/Audra Cohen (Freedoms) 5, Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 3
* WS: Audra Cohen (Freedoms) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 2
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Alex Bogomolov Jr./Travis Parrott (Freedoms) 2
* OT - MD: Alex Bogomolov Jr./Travis Parrott (Freedoms) 1, Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 0		5–3
9July 15 Barney Allis Plaza
Kansas City, Missouri 		New York Buzz 23, KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS 17 [9]
* XD: Rennae Stubbs/Dušan Vemić (Explorers) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Květa Peschke (Explorers) 3
* MS: Dušan Vemić (Explorers) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Rennae Stubbs/Květa Peschke (Explorers) 0
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Dušan Vemić/James Auckland (Explorers) 4		6–3
10July 18 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		NEW YORK BUZZ 23, Sacramento Capitals 20 (overtime) [10]
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Elena Likhovtseva/Tammy Hendler (Capitals) 4
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Elena Likhovtseva/Eric Butorac (Capitals) 3
* MS: Sam Warburg (Capitals) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Tammy Hendler (Capitals) 2
* MD: Eric Butorac/Sam Warburg (Capitals) 5, Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4
* OT - MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 1, Eric Butorac/Sam Warburg (Capitals) 1		7–3
11July 19 King of Prussia mall
Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania 		PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS 25, New York Buzz 15 [11]
* MD: Alex Bogomolov Jr./Travis Parrott (Freedoms) 5, Nathan Healey/Patrick Briaud (Buzz) 2
* WS: Audra Cohen (Freedoms) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 3
* XD: Lisa Raymond/Travis Parrott (Freedoms) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 2
* WD: Lisa Raymond/Audra Cohen (Freedoms) 5, Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 4
* MS: Alex Bogomolov Jr. (Freedoms) 5, Jay Udwadia (Buzz) 4
*** Jay Udwadia substituted for Nathan Healey at 4–4		7–4
12July 20 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		NEW YORK BUZZ 23, New York Sportimes 11 [12]
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Milagros Sequera/Hana Šromová (Sportimes) 0
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Milagros Sequera/Brian Wilson (Sportimes) 3
* MS: Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 5, Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Hana Šromová (Sportimes) 1
*** Hana Šromová substituted for Milagros Sequera at 0–1
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Brian Wilson/Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 2		8–4
13July 22 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		NEW YORK BUZZ 25, St. Louis Aces 13 [26]
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Anna Kournikova/Jasmin Wöhr (Aces) 2
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Anna Kournikova/Travis Rettenmaier (Aces) 2
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Uladzimir Ignatik (Aces) 4
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Jelena Pandžić (Aces) 3
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Travis Rettenmaier/Uladzimir Ignatik (Aces) 2		9–4
14July 23 Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena
Albany, New York 		NEW YORK BUZZ 25, Delaware Smash 9 [27]
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Madison Brengle/Christina Fusano (Smash) 0
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Madison Brengle (Smash) 4
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Josh Cohen (Smash) 2
* XD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Patrick Briaud (Buzz) 5, Christina Fusano/Josh Cohen (Smash) 3
*** Gabriela Navrátilová substituted for Yaroslava Shvedova at 2–2
*** Patrick Briaud substituted for Nathan Healey at 3–3
*** Josh Cohen substituted for Chris Haggard at 3–4
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Josh Cohen/Chris Haggard (Smash) 0		10–4

Playoffs

Legend
Buzz WinBuzz Loss
Home team in CAPS
World TeamTennis Semifinals
DateVenue and locationResult and details
July 26 Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville
Roseville, California 		NEW YORK BUZZ 25, New York Sportimes 17 (overtime) [28]
* XD: Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Hana Šromová/John McEnroe (Sportimes) 3
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Ashley Harkleroad (Sportimes) 2
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 2
* WD: Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Ashley Harkleroad/Hana Šromová (Sportimes) 4
* MD: John McEnroe/Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 5, Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 4
* OT - MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 1, John McEnroe/Jesse Witten (Sportimes) 1
World TeamTennis Final
DateVenue and locationResult and details
July 27 Allstate Stadium at Westfield Galleria at Roseville
Roseville, California 		New York Buzz 21, KANSAS CITY EXPLORERS 18 [29]
* MS: Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Dušan Vemić (Explorers) 3
* WS: Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 5, Květa Peschke (Explorers) 3
* XD: Rennae Stubbs/Dušan Vemić (Explorers) 5, Yaroslava Shvedova/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 3
* WD: Rennae Stubbs/Květa Peschke (Explorers) 5, Gabriela Navrátilová/Yaroslava Shvedova (Buzz) 3
* MD: Patrick Briaud/Nathan Healey (Buzz) 5, Dušan Vemić/James Auckland (Explorers) 2

Team personnel

Players and coaches

Front office

Notes:

  1. ↑ Injured, did not play.

Statistics

Players are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Buzz's games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.

Men's singles - regular season
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Nathan Healey 1165561.474
Jay Udwadia101.000
Total1175562.470
Women's singles - regular season
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Yaroslava Shvedova 1066343.594
Total1066343.594
Men's doubles - regular season
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Patrick Briaud 1156352.548
Nathan Healey 1156352.548
Total1156352.548
Women's doubles - regular season
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Gabriela Navrátilová 1056342.600
Yaroslava Shvedova 1056342.600
Total1056342.600
Mixed doubles - regular season
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Nathan Healey 1115952.532
Yaroslava Shvedova 1015348.525
Patrick Briaud 2201.000
Gabriela Navrátilová 1284.667
Total1136152.540
Team totals - regular season
EventGPGWGLPCT
Men's singles1175562.470
Women's singles1066343.594
Men's doubles1156352.548
Women's doubles1056342.600
Mixed doubles1136152.540
Total556305251.549
Men's singles - playoffs
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Nathan Healey 15105.667
Total15105.667
Women's singles - playoffs
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Yaroslava Shvedova 15105.667
Total15105.667
Men's doubles - playoffs
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Patrick Briaud 18108.556
Nathan Healey 18108.556
Total18108.556
Women's doubles - playoffs
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Gabriela Navrátilová 1789.471
Yaroslava Shvedova 1789.471
Total1789.471
Mixed doubles - playoffs
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Nathan Healey 1688.500
Yaroslava Shvedova 1688.500
Total1688.500
Team totals - playoffs
EventGPGWGLPCT
Men's singles15105.667
Women's singles15105.667
Men's doubles18108.556
Women's doubles1789.471
Mixed doubles1688.500
Total814635.568
Men's singles - all matches
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Nathan Healey 1316566.496
Jay Udwadia101.000
Total1326567.492
Women's singles - all matches
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Yaroslava Shvedova 1217348.603
Total1217348.603
Men's doubles - all matches
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Patrick Briaud 1337360.549
Nathan Healey 1337360.549
Total1337360.549
Women's doubles - all matches
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Gabriela Navrátilová 1227151.582
Yaroslava Shvedova 1227151.582
Total1227151.582
Mixed doubles - all matches
PlayerGPGWGLPCT
Nathan Healey 1276760.528
Yaroslava Shvedova 1176156.521
Patrick Briaud 2201.000
Gabriela Navrátilová 1284.667
Total1296960.535
Team totals - all matches
EventGPGWGLPCT
Men's singles1326567.492
Women's singles1217348.603
Men's doubles1337360.549
Women's doubles1227151.582
Mixed doubles1296960.535
Total637351286.551

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Individual honors and achievements

Yaroslava Shvedova was named WTT Female Rookie of the Year. She was second in the league in winning percentage in women's singles and fourth in women's doubles. [16]

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The San Diego Aviators are a World TeamTennis (WTT) team that plays at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California in the United States. The team is the successor to two WTT franchises. The first was created in 1995, as the New York OTBzz, later renamed the Schenectady County Electrics and then the New York Buzz. The second was created in 2000, as the New York Hamptons, later renamed the New York Sportimes. The Aviators, founded in 1995, are the oldest continuously operating franchise in WTT. The team has won the King Trophy as WTT champions three times: once playing as the New York Sportimes in 2005, once as the New York Buzz in 2008, and once as the San Diego Aviators in 2016. As of 2016, the three championships is the second most of any active WTT franchise behind the Washington Kastles, who have won six.

The 2014 San Diego Aviators season was the 20th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its first playing in San Diego, California.

The Boston Lobsters were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT) founded by Dick and Ken Butera as the Philadelphia Freedoms. The Freedoms played only one season in Philadelphia before being sold on March 27, 1975, moving to Boston and changing their name to the Lobsters. Following the 1978 season, Lobsters owner Robert Kraft announced that the franchise would fold.

The 2014 Philadelphia Freedoms season was the 14th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York Empire (tennis)</span>

The New York Empire is a World TeamTennis (WTT) team that plays its home matches at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx, New York City.

The 2016 New York Empire season was the inaugural season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT). The Empire finished last in WTT with 2 wins and 10 losses.

The 2016 World TeamTennis season was the 41st season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V., the official name of the league was Mylan World TeamTennis in 2016.

The 2016 San Diego Aviators season was the 22nd season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its third playing in San Diego County, California.

The 2016 Orange County Breakers season was the 14th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its 12th season in Orange County, California, the first after returning from playing two seasons in Greater Austin, Texas as the Austin Aces.

The 1976 World Team Tennis season was the third season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Led by regular season and playoff male most valuable player Sandy Mayer and female playoff most valuable player Billie Jean King, the New York Sets swept the San Francisco Golden Gaters in the WTT Finals to win the league championship.

The 2008 World TeamTennis season was the 33rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

The 2008 New York Sportimes season was the ninth season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).

The 2008 Boston Lobsters season was the fourth season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).

The 2008 Philadelphia Freedoms season was the eighth season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).

The 2008 Washington Kastles season was the inaugural season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT). The Kastles finished fifth in WTT's Eastern Conference with 6 wins and 8 losses and failed to qualify for the postseason.

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