2021 World TeamTennis season

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2021 World TeamTennis season
League World TeamTennis
Sport Team tennis
DurationNovember 13 – 28, 2021
Number of matchesRegular season: 30 (12 for each team)
Postseason: 1
Number of teams5
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

The 2021 World TeamTennis season was the 46th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

Contents

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
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe *
Flag of the United States.svg Sloane Stephens *
Flag of Chile.svg Alexa Guarachi (Nov 17–28)
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Paul (Nov 21–28)
Flag of the United States.svg Sabrina Santamaria (Nov 13–16)
Flag of the United States.svg Donald Young (Nov 13–20)
New York Empire
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kim Clijsters *
Flag of the United States.svg Marcos Giron (Nov 20–28)
Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Eubanks *
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kirsten Flipkens *
Flag of the United States.svg Quinn Gleason (Nov 24–28)
Flag of Mexico.svg Hans Hach Verdugo (Nov 13–19)
Orange County Breakers
Flag of the United States.svg Amanda Anisimova (Nov 13–20)
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson *
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek (Nov 17–28)
Flag of the United States.svg Desirae Krawczyk (Nov 22–28)
Flag of the United States.svg Nathaniel Lammons (Nov 13–15)
Flag of Germany.svg Tatjana Maria *
San Diego Aviators
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Fritz (Nov 13–18)
Flag of the United States.svg CoCo Vandeweghe *
Flag of the United States.svg William Blumberg *
Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Dolehide *
Flag of Barbados.svg Darian King (Nov 19–21)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Aleksandar Vukic (Nov 22–28)
Springfield Lasers
Flag of the United States.svg Mackenzie McDonald (Nov 13–20)
Flag of El Salvador.svg Marcelo Arévalo *
Flag of the United States.svg Denis Kudla (Nov 21–28)
Flag of the United States.svg Catherine McNally (Nov 13–21)
Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad *
Flag of Mexico.svg Giuliana Olmos (Nov 22–28)

Standings

The top two teams qualified for the 2021 WTT Finals. [7]

PosTeamMPWLGWGL
1 Springfield Lasers 1284248214
2 Orange County Breakers 1284249216
3 San Diego Aviators 1257223242
4 Chicago Smash 1257222245
5 New York Empire 1248213238

Results table

Color Key: Win Loss - Reference: [8]

TeamMatch
123456789101112
Chicago Smash
(CHI)
SANSPROCBNYESANSPROCBNYESANSPROCBNYE
21–2222–2117–2120–1619–2015–2214–2521–1514–2219–1820–1920–24
New York Empire
(NYE)
OCBSPRCHISANOCBSPRCHISANOCBSPRCHISAN
17–2218–2116–2013–2016–1819–1615–2120–1615–2417–2124–2023–19
Orange County Breakers
(OCB)
NYESANCHISPRNYESANCHISPRNYESANCHISPR
22–1720–2121–1717–2018–1622–2025–1418–2524–1520–1719–2023–14
San Diego Aviators
(SAN)
CHIOCBSPRNYECHIOCBSPRNYECHIOCBSPRNYE
22–2121–2015–2220–1320–1920–2215–2516–2022–1417–2016–2319–23
Springfield Lasers
(SPR)
CHINYESANOCBCHINYESANOCBCHINYESANOCB
21–2221–1822–1520–1722–1516–1925–1525–1818–1921–1723–1614–23

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]

EventTeamGPGWGLPctPlayerTeamGPGWGLPct
Men's singlesOrange County Breakers97554257% Mackenzie McDonald SPR47301764%
Women's singlesOrange County Breakers92593364% Amanda Anisimova OCB51351669%
Men's doublesSpringfield Lasers90504056% Marcelo Arévalo SPR83483558%
Women's doublesSpringfield Lasers91553660% Giuliana Olmos SPR40251563%
Mixed doublesSan Diego Aviators99534654% Caroline Dolehide SAN66372956%
OverallSpringfield Lasers46224821454% Marcelo Arévalo SPR172937954%

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

DateChampionRunner-upScoreFinals MVPRef.
November, 28 Orange County Breakers Springfield Lasers 21–13 Steve Johnson [3]

Match summary

EventOrange County BreakersSpringfield LasersScoreTotal score
Men's singles Steve Johnson Denis Kudla 5–25–2
Women's singles Tatjana Maria Asia Muhammad 5–210–4
Men's doubles Steve Johnson / Austin Krajicek Marcelo Arévalo / Denis Kudla 5–115–5
Mixed doubles Austin Krajicek / Desirae Krawczyk Marcelo Arévalo / Giuliana Olmos 1–516–10
Women's doubles Desirae Krawczyk / Tatjana Maria Asia Muhammad / Giuliana Olmos 5–321–13

See also

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