2020 World TeamTennis season

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

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.

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.

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. 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. Chicago Smash Eugenie Bouchard Evan King Bethanie Mattek-Sands Brandon Nakashima Rajeev Ram Sloane StephensNew York Empire Kim Clijsters Sabine Lisicki Květa Peschke Neal Skupski Jack Sock Nicole Melichar CoCo VandewegheOrange County Breakers Luke Bambridge Jennifer Brady Gabriela Dabrowski Steve Johnson Andreja Klepač Austin Krajicek Orlando Storm Danielle Collins Darija Jurak Jessica Pegula Tennys Sandgren Ken Skupski James WardPhiladelphia Freedoms Caroline Dolehide Taylor Fritz Sofia Kenin Fabrice Martin Taylor Townsend Donald YoungSan Diego Aviators Ryan Harrison Christina McHale Nicole Melichar Jonny O'Mara CoCo Vandeweghe Sabine Lisicki Květa Peschke Springfield Lasers Hayley Carter Olga Govortsova Mitchell Krueger Robert Lindstedt Caty McNally Jean-Julien RojerVegas Rollers Kristie Ahn Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Asia Muhammad Monica Puig Sam Querrey Ajla TomljanovićWashington Kastles Marcelo Arévalo Nicholas Monroe Tommy Paul Bernarda Pera Arina Rodionova Venus Williams

Standings The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.

Team 1 Philadelphia Freedoms 14 12 2 308 255 2 Orlando Storm 14 10 4 295 264 3 Chicago Smash 14 9 5 289 266 4 New York Empire 14 7 7 288 277 5 Washington Kastles 14 6 8 265 280 6 Orange County Breakers 14 5 9 270 288 7 Springfield Lasers 14 5 9 261 290 8 Vegas Rollers 14 5 9 257 300 9 San Diego Aviators 14 4 10 268 281

Results table Color Key: Win Loss - Reference:

TeamMatch1234567891011121314Chicago Smash (CHI) LVR ORL OCB NYE ORL SAN PHL SPR WAS NYE LVR OCB PHL SAN24–18 16–21 23–16 22–21 24–19 20–16 19–23 18–15 21–15 21–16 22–18 16–23 21–22 22–23New York Empire (NYE) WAS PHL ORL CHI SPR OCB SPR SAN LVR CHI WAS ORL OCB PHL20–21 25–17 24–16 21–22 21–15 15–24 17–25 20–19 25–17 16–21 25–15 21–23 21–19 17–23Orange County Breakers (OCB) SAN PHL CHI LVR ORL SAN NYE LVR WAS PHL SPR CHI NYE SPR16–23 16–25 16–23 25–13 23–22 14–20 24–15 19–21 11–25 21–22 24–21 23–16 19–21 19–21Orlando Storm (ORL) SPR LVR CHI NYE SAN OCB CHI WAS LVR PHL SPR SAN NYE WAS21–18 15–24 21–16 16–24 22–21 22–23 19–24 23–17 22–16 23–13 24–17 19–15 23–21 25–15Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL) OCB SPR NYE WAS WAS SPR CHI LVR OCB ORL SAN SAN CHI NYE25–16 24–12 17–25 25–17 22–14 23–17 23–19 25–16 22–21 13–23 20–18 24–19 22–21 23–17San Diego Aviators (SAN) OCB LVR WAS ORL LVR OCB CHI NYE SPR WAS PHL ORL PHL CHI23–16 21–23 19–21 21–22 20–15 20–14 16–20 19–20 18–22 16–23 18–20 15–19 19–24 23–22Springfield Lasers (SPR) ORL PHL WAS LVR NYE PHL NYE CHI SAN OCB ORL LVR WAS OCB18–21 12–24 20–18 18–20 15–21 17–23 25–17 15–18 22–18 21–24 17–24 24–19 16–24 21–19Vegas Rollers (LVR) CHI ORL SAN OCB SPR SAN WAS OCB PHL ORL NYE CHI SPR WAS18–24 24–15 23–21 13–25 20–18 15–20 18–24 21–19 16–25 16–22 17–25 18–22 19–24 19–16Washington Kastles (WAS) NYE SAN SPR PHL PHL LVR ORL OCB CHI SAN NYE SPR LVR ORL21–20 21–19 18–20 17–25 14–22 24–18 17–23 25–11 15–21 23–16 15–25 24–16 16–19 15–25

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.

Players Men's singles Rank Player Team 1 Taylor Fritz PHL 110 65 45 2 Tennys Sandgren ORL 122 65 57 3 Jack Sock NYE 111 57 54 4 Sam Querrey LVR 115 58 57 5 Brandon Nakashima CHI 116 58 58 Women's singles Rank Player Team 1 Kim Clijsters NYE 45 30 15 2 Jessica Pegula ORL 69 45 24 3 Sofia Kenin PHL 105 63 42 4 Bernarda Pera WAS 65 36 29 5 Jennifer Brady OCB 103 56 47 Men's doubles Rank Player Team 1 Ken Skupski ORL 96 54 42 2 Taylor Fritz PHL 70 39 31 3 Jack Sock NYE 111 61 50 4 Tennys Sandgren ORL 110 60 50 5 Neal Skupski NYE 119 64 55 Women's doubles Rank Player Team 1 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 108 66 42 2 Nicole Melichar SAN/NYE 101 61 40 3 Eugenie Bouchard CHI 106 61 45 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 106 61 45 5 Caroline Dolehide PHL 90 48 42 Mixed doubles Rank Player Team 1 Kim Clijsters NYE 56 35 21 2 Neal Skupski NYE 73 42 31 3 Bernarda Pera WAS 62 35 27 4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 91 51 40 5 Fabrice Martin PHL 108 59 49 Overall Rank Player Team 1 Taylor Fritz PHL 180 104 76 2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 197 112 85 3 Neal Skupski NYE 192 106 86 4 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 211 116 95 5 Jack Sock NYE 267 145 122 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 Event Rank Team Men's singles 1 Philadelphia Freedoms 110 65 45 2 Orlando Storm 122 65 57 3 Vegas Rollers 115 58 57 Women's singles 1 Orlando Storm 105 63 42 Philadelphia Freedoms 105 63 42 3 Orange County Breakers 103 56 47 Men's doubles 1 Orlando Storm 110 60 50 2 New York Empire 119 64 55 3 Vegas Rollers 118 61 57 Women's doubles 1 San Diego Aviators 109 70 39 2 Chicago Smash 106 61 45 3 Springfield Lasers 107 57 50 Mixed doubles 1 New York Empire 118 69 49 2 Chicago Smash 113 61 52 3 Philadelphia Freedoms 116 62 54

Playoffs Bracket

Semifinals + New York Empire def. Philadelphia Freedoms 22–18 Event New York Empire Philadelphia Freedoms Score Total score Men's doubles Jack Sock / Neal Skupski Taylor Fritz / Fabrice Martin 5–3 5–3 Women's singles CoCo Vandeweghe Sofia Kenin 4–5 9–8 Mixed doubles Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe Fabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend 5–1 14–9 Women's doubles Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe Caroline Dolehide / Taylor Townsend 3–5 17–14 Men's singles Jack Sock Taylor Fritz 5–4 22–18

+ Chicago Smash def. Orlando Storm 24–13 Event Chicago Smash Orlando Storm Score Total score Men's doubles Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram Tennys Sandgren / Ken Skupski 5–1 5–1 Women's singles Sloane Stephens Jessica Pegula 4–5 9–6 Mixed doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram Jessica Pegula / Tennys Sandgren 5–3 14–9 Women's doubles Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands Darija Jurak / Jessica Pegula 5–3 19–12 Men's singles Brandon Nakashima Tennys Sandgren 5–1 24–13

Finals + New York Empire def. Chicago Smash 21–20 Event New York Empire Chicago Smash Score Total score Men's doubles Jack Sock / Neal Skupski Brandon Nakashima / Rajeev Ram 5–2 5–2 Mixed doubles Jack Sock / CoCo Vandeweghe Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Rajeev Ram 5–4 10–6 Men's singles Jack Sock Brandon Nakashima 0–5 10–11 Women's singles CoCo Vandeweghe Sloane Stephens 3–5 13–16 Women's doubles Nicole Melichar / CoCo Vandeweghe Eugenie Bouchard / Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5–4 18–20 Extended Play 2–0 20–20 Supertiebreaker Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sloane Stephens 1–0(7–6) 21–20

Finals MVP: CoCo Vandeweghe

See also

Team tennis

References

External links Official website