2020 World TeamTennis season

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2020 World TeamTennis season
League World TeamTennis
Sport Team 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 seed Philadelphia Freedoms
Season MVP Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz (Male)
Flag of the United States.svg 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
World TeamTennis seasons

The 2020 World TeamTennis season was the 45th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

Contents

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches were 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
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eugenie Bouchard
Flag of the United States.svg Evan King
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Nakashima
Flag of the United States.svg Rajeev Ram
Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens
New York Empire
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki [a]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke [a]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neal Skupski
Flag of the United States.svg Jack Sock
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar [a]
Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe [a]
Orange County Breakers
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Bambridge
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer Brady
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gabriela Dabrowski
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson
Flag of Slovenia.svg Andreja Klepač
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
Orlando Storm
Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Collins [b]
Flag of Croatia.svg Darija Jurak
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula
Flag of the United States.svg Tennys Sandgren
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ken Skupski
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Ward
Philadelphia Freedoms
Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Dolehide
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz
Flag of the United States.svg Sofia Kenin
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Young
San Diego Aviators
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Harrison
Flag of the United States.svg Christina McHale
Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Melichar [a]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara
Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe [a]
Flag of Germany.svg Sabine Lisicki [a]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Květa Peschke [a]
Springfield Lasers
Flag of the United States.svg Hayley Carter
Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Govortsova
Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Krueger
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of the United States.svg Caty McNally
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer
Vegas Rollers
Flag of the United States.svg Kristie Ahn
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Monica Puig
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Querrey
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ajla Tomljanović
Washington Kastles
Flag of El Salvador.svg Marcelo Arévalo
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Paul
Flag of the United States.svg Bernarda Pera
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Arina Rodionova
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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]

PosTeamMPWLGWGL
1 Philadelphia Freedoms 14122308255
2 Orlando Storm 14104295264
3 Chicago Smash 1495289266
4 New York Empire 1477288277
5 Washington Kastles 1468265280
6 Orange County Breakers 1459270288
7 Springfield Lasers 1459261290
8 Vegas Rollers 1459257300
9 San Diego Aviators 14410268281

Results table

Color Key: Win Loss - Reference: [9]

TeamMatch
1234567891011121314
Chicago Smash
(CHI)
LVRORLOCBNYEORLSANPHLSPRWASNYELVROCBPHLSAN
24–1816–2123–1622–2124–1920–1619–2318–1521–1521–1622–1816–2321–2222–23
New York Empire
(NYE)
WASPHLORLCHISPROCBSPRSANLVRCHIWASORLOCBPHL
20–2125–1724–1621–2221–1515–2417–2520–1925–1716–2125–1521–2321–1917–23
Orange County Breakers
(OCB)
SANPHLCHILVRORLSANNYELVRWASPHLSPRCHINYESPR
16–2316–2516–2325–1323–2214–2024–1519–2111–2521–2224–2123–1619–2119–21
Orlando Storm
(ORL)
SPRLVRCHINYESANOCBCHIWASLVRPHLSPRSANNYEWAS
21–1815–2421–1616–2422–2122–2319–2423–1722–1623–1324–1719–1523–2125–15
Philadelphia Freedoms
(PHL)
OCBSPRNYEWASWASSPRCHILVROCBORLSANSANCHINYE
25–1624–1217–2525–1722–1423–1723–1925–1622–2113–2320–1824–1922–2123–17
San Diego Aviators
(SAN)
OCBLVRWASORLLVROCBCHINYESPRWASPHLORLPHLCHI
23–1621–2319–2121–2220–1520–1416–2019–2018–2216–2318–2015–1919–2423–22
Springfield Lasers
(SPR)
ORLPHLWASLVRNYEPHLNYECHISANOCBORLLVRWASOCB
18–2112–2420–1818–2015–2117–2325–1715–1822–1821–2417–2424–1916–2421–19
Vegas Rollers
(LVR)
CHIORLSANOCBSPRSANWASOCBPHLORLNYECHISPRWAS
18–2424–1523–2113–2520–1815–2018–2421–1916–2516–2217–2518–2219–2419–16
Washington Kastles
(WAS)
NYESANSPRPHLPHLLVRORLOCBCHISANNYESPRLVRORL
21–2021–1918–2017–2514–2224–1817–2325–1115–2123–1615–2524–1616–1915–25

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
RankPlayerTeamGPGWGLWin %
1 Taylor Fritz PHL110654559.1%
2 Tennys Sandgren ORL122655753.3%
3 Jack Sock NYE111575451.4%
4 Sam Querrey LVR115585750.4%
5 Brandon Nakashima CHI116585850.0%
Women's singles
RankPlayerTeamGPGWGLWin %
1 Kim Clijsters NYE45301566.7%
2 Jessica Pegula ORL69452465.2%
3 Sofia Kenin PHL105634260.0%
4 Bernarda Pera WAS65362955.4%
5 Jennifer Brady OCB103564754.4%
Men's doubles
RankPlayerTeamGPGWGLWin %
1 Ken Skupski ORL96544256.3%
2 Taylor Fritz PHL70393155.7%
3 Jack Sock NYE111615055.0%
4 Tennys Sandgren ORL110605054.5%
5 Neal Skupski NYE119645553.8%
Women's doubles
RankPlayerTeamGPGWGLWin %
1 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE108664261.1%
2 Nicole Melichar SAN/NYE101614060.4%
3 Eugenie Bouchard CHI106614557.5%
Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI106614557.5%
5 Caroline Dolehide PHL90484253.3%
Mixed doubles
RankPlayerTeamGPGWGLWin %
1 Kim Clijsters NYE56352162.5%
2 Neal Skupski NYE73423157.5%
3 Bernarda Pera WAS62352756.5%
4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI91514056.0%
5 Fabrice Martin PHL108594954.6%
Overall
RankPlayerTeamGPGWGLWin %
1 Taylor Fritz PHL1801047657.8%
2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI1971128556.9%
3 Neal Skupski NYE1921068655.2%
4 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE2111169555.0%
5 Jack Sock NYE26714512254.3%

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

EventRankTeamGPGWGLWin %
Men's singles1Philadelphia Freedoms1106545
2Orlando Storm1226557
3Vegas Rollers1155857
Women's singles1Orlando Storm1056342
Philadelphia Freedoms1056342
3Orange County Breakers1035647
Men's doubles1Orlando Storm1106050
2New York Empire1196455
3Vegas Rollers1186157
Women's doubles1San Diego Aviators1097039
2Chicago Smash1066145
3Springfield Lasers1075750
Mixed doubles1New York Empire1186949
2Chicago Smash1136152
3Philadelphia Freedoms1166254

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
EventNew York EmpirePhiladelphia FreedomsScoreTotal score
Men's doubles Jack Sock / Neal Skupski Taylor Fritz / Fabrice Martin 5–35–3
Women's singles CoCo Vandeweghe Sofia Kenin 4–59–8
Mixed doubles Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe Fabrice Martin (Taylor Fritz sub) / Taylor Townsend 5–114–9
Women's doubles Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe Caroline Dolehide / Taylor Townsend 3–517–14
Men's singles Jack Sock Taylor Fritz 5–422–18
Chicago Smash def. Orlando Storm 24–13
EventChicago SmashOrlando StormScoreTotal score
Men's doubles Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram Tennys Sandgren / Ken Skupski 5–15–1
Women's singles Sloane Stephens Jessica Pegula 4–59–6
Mixed doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram Jessica Pegula / Tennys Sandgren 5–314–9
Women's doubles Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands Darija Jurak / Jessica Pegula 5–319–12
Men's singles Brandon Nakashima Tennys Sandgren 5–124–13

Finals

New York Empire def. Chicago Smash 21–20 [3]
EventNew York EmpireChicago SmashScoreTotal score
Men's doubles Jack Sock / Neal Skupski Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram 5–25–2
Mixed doubles Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram 5–410–6
Men's singles Jack Sock Brandon Nakashima 0–510–11
Women's singles CoCo Vandeweghe Sloane Stephens 3–513–16
Women's doubles Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5–418–20
Extended Play2–020–20
Supertiebreaker Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sloane Stephens 1–0(7–6)21–20

Finals MVP: CoCo Vandeweghe

See also

References

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  2. "World TeamTennis Holding 45th Season At West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort With 500 Fans In Attendance". Forbes. June 9, 2020.
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  4. "World TeamTennis Finals: New York tops Chicago with ultimate point finish to take home $1 million prize". CBS Sports. August 2, 2020.
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