The Hartford FoxForce were a professional co-ed tennis team in Connecticut that competed in the World TeamTennis (WTT).
History In 1999, owner Lisa Wilson-Foley and her husband franchised the World TeamTennis team Hartford FoxForce in Hartford, Connecticut. FoxForce's first drafted player was Monica Seles. In 2001 the team fielded brothers Murphy Jensen and Luke Jensen. Over the years the team fielded other well known players such as Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Boris Becker, and James Blake. The team played first at Hartford's 3,000 seat State Arsenal and Armory and later at a 2,500 seat outdoor stadium Wilson-Foley had built at her Blue Fox Run golf course in Avon, Connecticut. The Foley's shut the team down in 2007 due to a lack of corporate sponsorships.
Record Season standings YearPosPldWLRef.20003rd Eastern Conference 14 7 7 20014th Eastern Conference 14 6 8 20024th Eastern Conference 14 6 8 20032nd Eastern Conference 14 8 6 20041st Eastern Conference 14 9 5 20053rd Eastern Conference 14 7 7 20064th Eastern Conference 14 6 8
2005 season Date Opponent Home/Away Location Participants July 5, 2005 Delaware Smash Away Shaughnessy July 6, 2005 New York Sportimes Away Hingis July 9, 2005 New York Buzz Home Shaughnessy July 10, 2005 Springfield Lasers Home Shaughnessy July 11, 2005 Delaware Smash Away July 13, 2005 Sacramento Capitals Home Kournikova July 14, 2005 New York Sportimes Away Becker/McEnroe July 15, 2005 Houston Wranglers Home Becker July 17, 2005 Sacramento Capitals Away Becker July 18, 2005 Houston Wranglers Away Becker July 20, 2005 Boston Lobsters Home Navratilova July 21, 2005 Boston Lobsters Away Navratilova July 23, 2005 Philadelphia Freedoms Away July 24, 2005 Philadelphia Freedoms Home
Coach history Paul Assaiante (2000-2002, 2004) Peter Bradshaw (2003) Donald Johnson (2006)
Former players Cam Bhuta (2002) James Blake (2000, 2002-2003) Doug Bohaboy (2000) Goran Dragicevic (2006) Mardy Fish (2004) Geoff Grant (2002) Levar Harper-Griffith (2000) Liezel Huber (2000) Stephen Huss (2004) Luke Jensen (2001-2002) Murphy Jensen (2000-2002) Sonya Jeyaseelan (2001) Donald Johnson (2004-2005) Magdalena Maleeva (2001) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2000) Lisa McShea (2004-2006) Martina Müller (2003) Rossana de los Ríos (2002) Mark Philippoussis (2005) Aleco Preovolos (2005) Monica Seles (2000-2001) Milagros Sequera (2003-2005) Meghann Shaughnessy (2002-2006) Bryanne Stewart (2002) Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (2002) Wesley Whitehouse (2004-2005)
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