2021 World TeamTennis season

2021 World TeamTennis season
League	World TeamTennis
Sport	Team tennis
Duration	November 13 – 28, 2021
Number of matches	Regular season: 30 (12 for each team) Postseason: 1
Number of teams	5
Regular season
Top seed	Springfield Lasers
World TeamTennis final
Venue	Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions	Orange County Breakers
Runners-up	Springfield Lasers
Finals MVP	Steve Johnson
World TeamTennis seasons
← 2020

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 Nicholas Monroe * Sloane Stephens * Alexa Guarachi (Nov 17–28) Tommy Paul (Nov 21–28) Sabrina Santamaria (Nov 13–16) Donald Young (Nov 13–20)

New York Empire Kim Clijsters * Marcos Giron (Nov 20–28) Christopher Eubanks * Kirsten Flipkens * Quinn Gleason (Nov 24–28) Hans Hach Verdugo (Nov 13–19)

Orange County Breakers Amanda Anisimova (Nov 13–20) Steve Johnson * Austin Krajicek (Nov 17–28) Desirae Krawczyk (Nov 22–28) Nathaniel Lammons (Nov 13–15) Tatjana Maria *

San Diego Aviators Taylor Fritz (Nov 13–18) CoCo Vandeweghe * William Blumberg * Caroline Dolehide * Darian King (Nov 19–21) Aleksandar Vukic (Nov 22–28)

Springfield Lasers Mackenzie McDonald (Nov 13–20) Marcelo Arévalo * Denis Kudla (Nov 21–28) Catherine McNally (Nov 13–21) Asia Muhammad * 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

• Tennis portal

• Team tennis

References

1. "World TeamTennis Issues 2021 Schedule". Tennis Now. July 13, 2021.
2. "World TeamTennis 2021 Season Announcement". World TeamTennis. May 18, 2021.
3. "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

• Official website