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词条 2016 World TeamTennis season
释义

  1. Competition format

  2. Franchise movement, contraction and expansion

  3. Draft

  4. Event chronology

     Off-season  Regular season  WTT Finals 

  5. Standings

  6. WTT Finals match summary

  7. Individual statistical leaders

  8. Individual honors

  9. Team statistics

  10. Television

  11. Sponsorship

  12. See also

  13. References

  14. External links

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| league = World TeamTennis
| sport = Team tennis
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| duration = July 31 – August 26, 2016
| no_of_matches = Regular season: 36 (12 for each team)
Postseason: 1
| no_of_teams = 6
| attendance =
| TV = ESPN2
ESPN3
Tennis Channel
Altitude Sports and Entertainment
Comcast SportsNet affiliates
Mediacom Connections
MSG
| draft = World TeamTennis Player Draft
| top_pick = {{flagicon|USA}} John Isner
| picked_by = Springfield Lasers
| season = Regular season
| top_seed = San Diego Aviators
| MVP = {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Harrison (Male MVP) (San Diego)
{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs (Female MVP) (Orange County)
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| conf1 = Eastern Conference
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| conf2 = Western Conference
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| finals = World TeamTennis Final
| finals_venue = Forest Hills Stadium
| finals_champ = San Diego Aviators
| finals_runner-up = Orange County Breakers
| finals_MVP = {{flagicon|RSA}} Raven Klaasen (San Diego)
| seasonslistnames = World TeamTennis
| prevseason_link = 2015 World TeamTennis season
| prevseason_year = 2015
| nextseason_link = 2017 World TeamTennis season
| nextseason_year = 2017
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The 2016 World TeamTennis season was the 41st season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V., the official name of the league was Mylan World TeamTennis in 2016.[1]

The San Diego Aviators defeated the Orange County Breakers, 25–14 in extended play, in the WTT Finals to win the King Trophy as WTT champions.

Competition format

The 2016 World TeamTennis season included six teams. Unlike previous seasons, the teams were not split into two conferences. Each team played a 12-match regular-season schedule with six home and six away matches. The top two teams in the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Final at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City. The higher seed was treated as the "home" team in the WTT Final and had the right to determine order of play. The winner of the WTT Final was awarded the King Trophy.

Franchise movement, contraction and expansion

On December 14, 2015, the Austin Aces announced that the team would move back to Orange County, California for the 2016 season and be renamed the Orange County Breakers.[2] On January 27, 2016, the Breakers announced that they would play their home matches at Breakers Stadium at the Newport Beach Tennis Club.[3]

In December 2015, Randy Peters Catering of Citrus Heights, California sued the California Dream and its three owners in Sacramento County Superior Court demanding US$19,249 for its unpaid bills as the team's food concessionaire. Also in December 2015, one of the Dream's minority owners, Bob Kaliski, told The Sacramento Bee that he had personally lost US$175,000 investing in the team and that majority owner Jeff Launius had told him the Dream owed its vendors US$192,000 at the end of the season. Kaliski said, "I don't know if the team is going to be back or not. I know I'm not going to be back. I don't know about the rest of the team." WTT said that the Dream had until the end of December to meet its financial commitments to the league in order to secure its spot for 2016.[4] On January 13, 2016, WTT announced that the Dream franchise had been terminated due to noncompliance with the team's obligations to the league.[5]

On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that the Boston Lobsters had folded. The team had been owned and operated by the league during the 2015 season after the retirement of its former owner Bahar Uttam, who walked away from it. WTT had been unable to find a new owner for the franchise. In a press release, WTT commissioner Ilana Kloss said, "We spent more than a year seeking a local owner or ownership group, but unfortunately we were not able to find the right fit." She went on to say that WTT was leaving the door open for a return to Boston if the right ownership could be found. Keith Callahan, general manager of the Manchester Athletic Club said that the club had been approached by WTT to take over ownership of the team but had turned it down. "We just made a decision not to do that," he said. "It would have taken an enormous amount of resources to take on an operation like that, and we made a decision to commit those resources to improving the business and to making improvements for our members to make the operation better for them and for the community." WTT's asking price for the Lobsters was US$1 million.[6][7][8][9]

Concurrent with the announcement of the folding of the Lobsters, WTT announced an expansion team for New York City named the New York Empire that began play in 2016. The team played its home matches at Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York.[10]

Draft

WTT conducted its 2016 draft on March 25, in Key Biscayne, Florida.[11] The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2015, with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The draft order is ordinarily determined as follows:

  1. Nonplayoff teams ranked from worst regular-season record to best
  2. Conference championship loser with the worse record of the two
  3. Conference championship loser with the better record of the two
  4. WTT Final loser
  5. WTT champion

Expansion teams select in the middle of each round. If there is an even number of teams, an expansion team will select in the middle position that is closest to the first pick. There were three nonplayoff teams in 2015, and ranked from worst record to best record, they were

  1. Springfield Lasers
  2. San Diego Aviators
  3. Boston Lobsters

However, the Lobsters folded prior to the draft. Therefore, the Lasers and Aviators were the only two nonplayoff teams and assigned the preliminary first and second positions. The Philadelphia Freedoms lost the 2015 Eastern Conference Championship Match and had a worse record than the California Dream, which lost the Western Conference Championship Match. Therefore, the Freedoms were assigned the preliminary third position. Since the Dream franchise was terminated, it was not assigned a draft position. The Orange County Breakers, playing in 2015, as the Austin Aces, lost the WTT Final and were assigned the preliminary fourth draft position. The WTT Champion Washington Kastles were assigned the preliminary fifth draft position. The expansion New York Empire was assigned the third draft position by rule, since there was an even number of teams, and this is the middle position closest to the first position. This resulted in the Freedoms, Breakers and Kastles all moving down one position from their preliminary positions.[12] Each team could protect certain players from its 2015 roster. Marquee players or doubles teams and wildcard players could be protected if they appeared in a match for the team in 2015. Exempt, roster and substitute players who appeared in at least three matches for the team in 2015, could also be protected.[13] Teams could also protect players who qualified for protection based on match appearances in 2014, but were unable to play in 2015, due to injury.[14] Teams holding the right to protect players could trade those rights before or during the draft.[15] If a team chooses a roster-exempt player, one who is not required to be a full-time member of the team, it is possible for a team to make four selections in the roster player portion of the draft and not have two male and two female full-time players. In such cases, these teams are permitted to make selections in additional rounds of the roster player draft until they have a complete roster.[16] Teams that have two male and two female full-time players may select roster-exempt players in rounds past the fourth round. The selections made[12] are shown in the tables below.

Marquee draft – first round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1 Springfield Lasers USA}} John IsnerY
2 San Diego Aviators USA}} James BlakeN Designated
3 New York Empire USA}} Andy RoddickY
4 Philadelphia Freedoms DEN}} Caroline WozniackiN
5group=Draft|name=pick5|The Orange County Breakers traded the fifth pick in the first round of the marquee player portion of the draft to the Washington Kastles in exchange for undisclosed consideration.}}USA}} Bob and Mike BryanN Doubles team
6 Washington Kastles SUI}} Martina HingisY
Marquee draft – second round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1 Springfield Lasers Pass –
2 San Diego Aviators Pass –
3 New York Empire Pass –
4 Philadelphia Freedoms Pass –
5 Orange County Breakers Pass –
6 Washington Kastles USA}} Mardy FishN
Roster draft – first round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1group=Draft|name=pick13|The Springfield Lasers traded the first pick in the first round and the first pick in the fourth round of the roster player portion of the draft to the New York Empire in exchange for the third pick in the first round and the third pick in the third round of the roster player portion of the draft.}}USA}} Christina McHaleN
2 San Diego Aviators USA}} Shelby RogersN
3group=Draft|name=pick13}}CAN}} Daniel NestorN
4 Philadelphia Freedoms SVK}} Lukáš LackoN
5 Orange County Breakers USA}} Nicole GibbsY
6 Washington Kastles USA}} Sam QuerreyY Exempt
Roster draft – second round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1 Springfield Lasers GER}} Benjamin BeckerN
2 San Diego Aviators RSA}} Raven KlaasenY
3 New York Empire ARG}} Guido PellaN
4 Philadelphia Freedoms RUS}} Daria KasatkinaN
5 Orange County Breakers RUS}} Alla KudryavtsevaY
6 Washington Kastles IND}} Leander PaesY Exempt
Roster draft – third round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1 Springfield Lasers AUS}} Daria GavrilovaN
2 San Diego Aviators GBR}} Daniel EvansN
3group=Draft|name=pick13}}NED}} Michaëlla KrajicekN
4 Philadelphia Freedoms FRA}} Fabrice MartinN
5 Orange County Breakers USA}} Scott LipskyN
6 Washington Kastles USA}} Madison BrengleY
Roster draft – fourth round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1group=Draft|name=pick13}}ARG}} María IrigoyenN
2 San Diego Aviators CRO}} Darija JurakY
3 New York Empire AUT}} Oliver MarachN
4 Philadelphia Freedoms GBR}} Naomi BroadyN
5 Orange County Breakers USA}} Dennis NovikovN
6 Washington Kastles AUS}} Anastasia RodionovaY
Roster draft – fifth round
{{tooltip|No.|Selection number in round{{tooltip|Team|Name of team making selectionPlayer chosen{{tooltip|Prot?|Protected playerNotes
1 Springfield Lasers Pass –
2 San Diego Aviators Pass –
3 New York Empire Pass –
4 Philadelphia Freedoms USA}} Donald YoungN Exempt
5 Orange County Breakers Pass –
6 Washington Kastles Pass –
Notes:
1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=4698|title=World TeamTennis and Mylan Announce Title Sponsorship Extension through 2017|website=World TeamTennis|date=December 8, 2014|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/austin-aces-to-move-back-to-california-after-two-s/npjtP|title=Austin Aces to Move Back to California after Two Seasons|last1=Shapiro|first1=Sean|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|date=December 14, 2015|access-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806195413/http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/austin-aces-to-move-back-to-california-after-two-s/npjtP/|archive-date=2016-08-06|dead-url=yes|df=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.breakerstennis.com/teams/page.aspx?article_id=5082|title=Breakers Finalize Home Venue, Return to Newport Beach Roots|date=January 27, 2016|website=World TeamTennis|access-date=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506131128/http://www.breakerstennis.com//teams/page.aspx?article_id=5082|archive-date=2016-05-06|dead-url=yes|df=}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/sports/article50054150.html|last1=Kasler|first1=Dale|title=Sacramento's Pro Tennis Team Facing Financial Problems|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|date=December 16, 2015|access-date=May 28, 2016}}
5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article54466255.html|last1=Kasler|first1=Dale|title=Sacramento Pro Tennis Team Folds|date=January 13, 2016|newspaper=The Sacramento Bee|access-date=May 28, 2016}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/news/business/2015/08/21/you-could-own-a-boston-professional-sports-team-for-just-1-million|title=You Could Own a Boston Professional Sports Team for Just $1 Million|last1=Vaccaro|first1=Adam|website=Boston.com|date=August 21, 2015|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
7. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/02/17/boston-lobsters-not-team-tennis-plate-this-season/AgMxcLRMm8nV4vnYF35AIK/story.html|title=Boston Lobsters Not on Team Tennis's Plate This Season|last1=Frangolini|first1=Christopher|date=February 17, 2016|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/wtt-updates-status-of-boston-lobsters/n-5101483|title=WTT Updates Status of Boston Lobsters|website=Our Sports Central|date=February 17, 2016|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.newburyportnews.com/news/regional_news/lacking-new-owner-boston-lobsters-cease-operations/article_a4d3918b-384c-56aa-978d-8a20370e2583.html|title=Lacking New Owner, Boston Lobsters Cease Operations|last1=Lamont|first1=Ray|newspaper=The Daily News of Newburyport|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=May 29, 2016}}
10. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5105|title=Mylan World TeamTennis 2016 Season Includes Return to New York City, Expanded Broadcast Coverage|website=World TeamTennis|date=February 17, 2016|accessdate=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606171539/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5105|archive-date=2017-06-06|dead-url=yes|df=}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXlzoQho3j0|title=2016 Mylan WTT Draft Recap & Season Preview|website=YouTube|date=March 30, 2016|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}
12. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5112|title=Mylan WTT Draft|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=June 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528205344/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5112|archive-date=2016-05-28|dead-url=yes|df=}}
13. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.wtt.com/downloads/2015%20WTT%20Rules%20Guide%20-%206-25-15.pdf|title=2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide|page=17–18|date=2015|publisher=World TeamTennis|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}
14. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.wtt.com/downloads/2015%20WTT%20Rules%20Guide%20-%206-25-15.pdf|title=2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide|page=18|date=2015|publisher=World TeamTennis|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}
15. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.wtt.com/downloads/2015%20WTT%20Rules%20Guide%20-%206-25-15.pdf|title=2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide|page=28|date=2015|publisher=World TeamTennis|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}
16. ^{{cite book|url=http://www.wtt.com/Pictures/2015%20WTT%20Rules%20Guide%20-%20FINAL.pdf|title=2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide|page=27|date=2015|publisher=World TeamTennis|accessdate=June 3, 2016}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nysportsday.com/2016/07/31/ny-empire-drop-wtt-opener-22-15|title=NY Empire Drop WTT Opener, 22-15|website=NY Sports Day|last1=Milani|first1=Jerry|date=July 31, 2016|accessdate=August 9, 2016}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://longislandtennismagazine.com/article8706/empire-beat-lasers-19-15-notch-first-win-franchise-history|title=Empire Beat Lasers 19-15 to Notch First Win in Franchise History|date=August 4, 2016|website=Long Island Tennis Magazine|accessdate=August 21, 2016}}
19. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5278|title=Mylan World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Wednesday, 8/10|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=August 17, 2016}}
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5278|title=Mylan World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Wednesday, 8/10|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=August 20, 2016}}
21. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5287|title=Mylan World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Friday, 8/12|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=August 20, 2016}}
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5289|title=Mylan World TeamTennis presented by GEICO – Results for Saturday, 8/13|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=August 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821124953/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5289|archive-date=2016-08-21|dead-url=yes|df=}}
23. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5309|title=San Diego Aviators Soar Past Orange County Breakers to Earn First Mylan World TeamTennis Championship|date=August 26, 2016|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104230249/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5309|archive-date=2016-11-04|dead-url=yes|df=}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=860|title=Mylan WTT Standings|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=September 11, 2016}}
25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/schedule.aspx|title=2016 Regular Season|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=August 21, 2016}}
26. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=363|title=2016 League Leaders|work=World TeamTennis|accessdate=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907113552/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=363|archive-date=2016-09-07|dead-url=yes|df=}}
27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5293|title=Aviators' Ryan Harrison and Breakers' Nicole Gibbs Named Mylan World TeamTennis MVPs Presented by Forevermark|work=World TeamTennis|date=August 8, 2016|accessdate=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828070736/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=5293|archive-date=2016-08-28|dead-url=yes|df=}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=4449|title=Mylan WTT, ESPN Agree to Multi-Year Deal for Matches on ESPN2, ESPN3|website=World TeamTennis|date=June 24, 2014|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}
29. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wtt.com/live.aspx|title=Mylan WTT Live on ESPN3 All Season Long|website=World TeamTennis|accessdate=July 27, 2016}}

Event chronology

Off-season

  • December 14, 2015: The Austin Aces announced that the team would move back to Orange County, California for the 2016 season and be renamed the Orange County Breakers.[2]
  • January 13, 2016: WTT announced that the California Dream franchise had been terminated due to noncompliance with the team's obligations to the league.[5]
  • February 17, 2016: WTT announced that the Boston Lobsters had folded, because the league had been unable to find a new owner for the franchise.[7][8][9]
  • February 17, 2016: WTT announced an expansion team for New York City to be named the New York Empire that will begin play in 2016. The team announced it would play its home matches at Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York.[10]
  • March 25, 2016: WTT conducted its 2016 player draft.[12]

Regular season

  • July 31, 2016: The New York Empire made its debut with a home loss to the Washington Kastles, 22–15.[17]
  • August 4, 2016: The New York Empire secured the first win in franchise history, when it defeated the Springfield Lasers, 19–15, at Forest Hills Stadium.[18]
  • August 10, 2016: With a record of 2 wins and 7 losses, the New York Empire was eliminated from postseason contention when it lost to the Philadelphia Freedoms, 17–16, in a super tiebreaker (7–3).[19]
  • August 10, 2016: With a record of 2 wins and 7 losses, the Springfield Lasers were eliminated from postseason contention when they lost to the Orange County Breakers, 22–19, in extended play. It is the second consecutive season the Lasers have missed the postseason.[19]
  • August 11, 2016: With a record of 8 wins and 2 losses, the Orange County Breakers clinched a berth in the WTT Finals for the second consecutive season when they defeated the New York Empire, 19–17.[20]
  • August 12, 2016: With a record of 5 wins and 5 losses, the five-time defending champion Washington Kastles were eliminated from postseason contention, when they won the third set of men's doubles in their match against the Springfield Lasers, 5–3. At the start of play, the Kastles could only qualify for the postseason in the case of a three-way tie with the Philadelphia Freedoms and the San Diego Aviators. In games won in matches against common opponents, the Aviators led with 149 with one common-opponent match to play, the Freedoms had 136 with one common-opponent match to play, and the Kastles had 118 with two common-opponent matches to play. Therefore, the maximum number of games the Kastles could win in matches against common opponents was 168 at the start of play. The Aviators won 19 games in the first four sets of their match against the New York Empire, which started one hour earlier than the Kastles' match in Springfield, to reach 168 games won against common opponents. The Kastles still could have won the next step of the three-way standings tiebreaker on fewest games lost in matches against common opponents. However, after dropping the first two sets of the match, the only way the Kastles could still reach 168 games won against common opponents was by losing the first four sets and winning the match, 25–24, in a super tiebreaker. Therefore, in an odd set of circumstances, when the Kastles won the third set of their match, moments after the fourth set of the Aviators-Empire match was completed, the maximum number of games the Kastles could win against common opponents was reduced to 166, resulting in mathematical elimination. It is the first time the Kastles have missed the postseason since 2010. The Kastles went on to win the match in which their run of championships came to an end, 21–20.[21]
  • August 12, 2016: With a record of 8 wins and 3 losses, the San Diego Aviators clinched a berth in the WTT Finals with a 24–16 victory over the New York Empire. It is the Aviators' first postseason appearance since 2014, and first appearance in the WTT Finals for the franchise, since they lost in the 2010 Finals playing as the New York Sportimes. The Aviators victory also eliminated the Philadelphia Freedoms, who had won earlier in the evening to improve their record to 6 wins and 5 losses, from postseason contention. It is the first time the Freedoms have missed the postseason since 2013.[21]
  • August 13, 2016: With a record of 8 wins and 3 losses, the San Diego Aviators clinched the best regular-season record in WTT, when the Washington Kastles defeated the Orange County Breakers, 25–19, in extended play. This made the Aviators the top seed in the WTT Finals and gave them the option to set the order of play.[22]

WTT Finals

  • August 26, 2016: The San Diego Aviators defeated the Orange County Breakers, 25–14 in extended play, at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City to win the King Trophy as 2016 WTT champions. The Aviators were led by WTT Finals Most Valuable Player Raven Klaasen who teamed with Darija Jurak to take the opening set of mixed doubles, 5–2, and later with 2016 WTT Male MVP Ryan Harrison for another 5–2 set win in the third set of men's doubles. Shelby Rogers took the second set of women's singles from 2016 WTT Female MVP Nicole Gibbs, 5–2, before teaming with Jurak for another 5–2 set win in the fourth set of women's doubles. After losing the fifth set in a tiebreaker, Harrison, who won a US Open qualifying match earlier in the day to secure a spot in the Grand Slam tournament, sealed the victory when he held serve in the second game of extended play. "It feels really nice to get the MVP award, but it feels a bit undeserving, because our whole team played very well," said Klaasen. "We were apart for four days, and when we saw each other again last night, it felt like we had been apart for a year. Our team chemistry has been great. We will be friends for the rest of our lives." Aviators coach John Lloyd, who was named 2016 WTT Coach of the Year a few days earlier, said, "It brings a lot of memories back; I played back in the US Open when it was on grass and clay. In fact, on this court I lost to the great Björn Borg. It was nice to play on this beautiful court. To come back and win this title was great." It was the third WTT title for the Aviators franchise, having won in 2005, playing as the New York Sportimes and in 2008, playing as the New York Buzz, and it was the team's first WTT championship since moving to San Diego in 2014.[23]

Standings

Reference:[24]
{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}Team{{Tooltip|MP|Matches played}}{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}{{Tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage}}{{Tooltip|MB|Matches behind}}{{Tooltip|GW|Games won}}{{Tooltip|GL|Games lost}}
1San Diego Aviators1284.6670249228
2Orange County Breakers1284.6670252216
3Washington Kastles1275.5831241228
4Philadelphia Freedoms1275.5831238230
5Springfield Lasers1248.3334231250
6New York Empire12210.1676195254
2016 WTT Finals
Notes:
San Diego and Orange County split their four regular-season head-to-head matches with each team winning twice. San Diego won the tiebreaker on games won in head-to-head matches, 82–77.
Washington and Philadelphia split their two regular-season matches with each team winning once. Washington won the tiebreaker on games won in head-to-head matches, 42–41.

==Results table==

Reference:[25]

Abbreviation and Color Key:
New York Empire – NYE • Orange County Breakers – OCB • Philadelphia Freedoms – PHI
San Diego Aviators – SDA • Springfield Lasers – SPR • Washington Kastles – WASWin {{*}} Loss {{*}} Home {{*}} Away
TeamMatch
123456789101112

New York EmpireWASPHI WAS SPR SDA OCB WAS WAS PHI OCBSDA SPR
15–2219–22
(EP)		14–2319–1518–248–2521–1913–22
(EP)		16–17
(STB,
3–7)		17–1916–2419–22
(EP)
Orange County Breakers SDA SDA SDA SDAWASNYEPHISPR SPR NYE PHI WAS
19–2022–2015–23
(EP)		21–1925–1025–823–1724–1722–19
(EP)		19–1718–2119–25
(EP)
Philadelphia Freedoms SPR NYE SPR WAS SPR SPR OCB SDA NYEWASOCBSDA
23–1722–19
(EP)		20–1623–1819–2418–23
(EP)		17–2315–23
(EP)		17–16
(STB,
7–3)		18–2421–1825–9
San Diego AviatorsOCB OCB OCB OCB NYEWASSPRPHI WAS SPR NYE PHI
20–1920–2223–15
(EP)		19–2124–1821–1522–19
(EP)		23–15
(EP)		23–2021–23
(EP)		24–169–25
Springfield LasersPHI WAS PHI NYE PHI PHI SDA OCB OCBSDAWASNYE
17–2316–2216–2015–1924–1923–18
(EP)		19–22
(EP)		17–2419–22
(EP)		23–21
(EP)		20–2122–19
(EP)
Washington Kastles NYE SPRNYEPHI OCB SDA NYE NYE SDA PHI SPR OCB
22–1522–1623–1418–2310–2515–2119–2122–13
(EP)		20–2324–1821–2025–19
(EP)

WTT Finals match summary

August 26, 2016 at Forest Hills Stadium, New York City, New York:

#1 SAN DIEGO AVIATORS{{refn|group=Final|name=home|San Diego, as the top seed, was treated as the home team under WTT rules for determining order of play.}} 25, #2 Orange County Breakers 14 (extended play)[23]
  • Mixed Doubles: Darija Jurak and Raven Klaasen (Aviators) def. Alla Kudryavtseva and Scott Lipsky (Breakers), 5–2
  • Women's Singles: Shelby Rogers (Aviators) def. Nicole Gibbs (Breakers), 5–2
  • Men's Doubles: Ryan Harrison and Raven Klaasen (Aviators) def. Scott Lipsky and Dennis Novikov (Breakers), 5–2
  • Women's Doubles: Darija Jurak and Shelby Rogers (Aviators) def. Nicole Gibbs and Alla Kudryavtseva (Breakers), 5–2
  • Men's Singles: Dennis Novikov (Breakers) def. Ryan Harrison (Aviators), 5–4
  • Extended Play – Men's Singles: Ryan Harrison (Aviators) 1, Dennis Novikov (Breakers) 1
Note:{{Reflist|group=Final}}

Individual statistical leaders

The tables below show the WTT players who had the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events. Only players who played in at least 40% of the total number of games played by their team in a particular event are eligible to be listed among the official WTT league leaders for that event.[26]

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Men's singles
RankPlayerTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Ryan Harrison San Diego Aviators 744529.608
2 Benjamin Becker Springfield Lasers 975047.515
3 Dennis Novikov Orange County Breakers 884444.500
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Women's singles
RankPlayerTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Madison Brengle Washington Kastles 804931.613
2 Nicole Gibbs Orange County Breakers 885335.602
3 Shelby Rogers San Diego Aviators 924745.511
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Men's doubles
RankPlayerTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Raven Klaasen San Diego Aviators 925438.587
2 Ryan Harrison San Diego Aviators 704129.586
3 Treat Huey Washington Kastles 442420.545
4 Fabrice Martin Philadelphia Freedoms 1035647.544
5 Lukáš Lacko Philadelphia Freedoms 703733.529
6 Dennis Novikov Orange County Breakers 864343.500
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Women's doubles
RankPlayerTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Nicole Gibbs Orange County Breakers 915239.571
Alla Kudryavtseva Orange County Breakers 915239.571
3 Madison Brengle Washington Kastles 703733.529
Andreja Klepač Washington Kastles 703733.529
5 Michaëlla Krajicek Springfield Lasers 934746.505
Pauline Parmentier Springfield Lasers 934746.505
{{col-end}}
Mixed doubles
RankPlayerTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Naomi Broady Philadelphia Freedoms 975542.567
Fabrice Martin Philadelphia Freedoms 975542.567
3 Alla Kudryavtseva Orange County Breakers 985246.531
Scott Lipsky Orange County Breakers 985246.531
5 Michaëlla Krajicek Springfield Lasers 944945.521
6 Darija Jurak San Diego Aviators 1004753.470
Raven Klaasen San Diego Aviators 1004753.470

Individual honors

Reference: [23][27]
AwardRecipientTeam
Female Most Valuable Player Nicole Gibbs Orange County Breakers
Male Most Valuable Player Ryan Harrison San Diego Aviators
Female Rookie of the Year Michaëlla Krajicek Springfield Lasers
Male Rookie of the Year Fabrice Martin Philadelphia Freedoms
Coach of the Year John Lloyd San Diego Aviators
WTT Finals Most Valuable Player Raven Klaasen San Diego Aviators

Team statistics

The tables below show the regular-season winning percentages of each team in each of the league's five events.[26]

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Men's singles
RankTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 San Diego Aviators 955441.568
2 Springfield Lasers 1085553.509
3 Philadelphia Freedoms 934746.505
4 Orange County Breakers 974948.505
5 New York Empire 994950.495
6 Washington Kastles 984157.418
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Women's singles
RankTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Washington Kastles 804931.613
2 Orange County Breakers 885335.602
3 San Diego Aviators 924745.511
4 Philadelphia Freedoms 843846.452
5 Springfield Lasers 883949.443
6 New York Empire 742747.365
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Men's doubles
RankTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 San Diego Aviators 925438.587
2 Philadelphia Freedoms 1035647.544
3 Washington Kastles 1025052.490
4 Orange County Breakers 944648.489
5 New York Empire 1055055.476
6 Springfield Lasers 984157.418
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Women's doubles
RankTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Orange County Breakers 915239.571
2 Washington Kastles 925141.554
3 Springfield Lasers 934746.505
4 San Diego Aviators 984751.480
5 Philadelphia Freedoms 914249.462
6 New York Empire 833548.422
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Mixed doubles
RankTeam{{tooltip|GP|Games played{{tooltip|GW|Games won{{tooltip|GL|Games lost{{tooltip|PCT|Winning percentage
1 Philadelphia Freedoms 975542.567
2 Orange County Breakers 985246.531
3 Springfield Lasers 944945.521
4 Washington Kastles 975047.515
5 San Diego Aviators 1004753.470
6 New York Empire 883454.386

Television

The 2016 season was the third year of a four-year television rights contract between WTT and ESPN, Inc. The WTT Final was streamed live on ESPN3, which also streamed one match each night during the regular season. ESPN2's live telecast of the WTT Final began at 5:00 pm EDT, one hour after the match's start time.[28]

The following regular-season matches were streamed live on ESPN3 and rebroadcast the following day on the Tennis Channel:

  • 6:00 pm EDT, Sunday, July 31: Washington Kastles at New York Empire
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Monday, August 1: Springfield Lasers at Washington Kastles
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Tuesday, August 2: Springfield Lasers at Philadelphia Freedoms
  • 10:00 pm EDT, Wednesday, August 3: San Diego Aviators at Orange County Breakers
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Thursday, August 4: Springfield Lasers at Philadelphia Freedoms
  • 10:00 pm EDT, Friday, August 5: New York Empire at San Diego Aviators
  • 10:00 pm EDT, Saturday, August 6: Washington Kastles at San Diego Aviators
  • 10:00 pm EDT, Sunday, August 7: Philadelphia Freedoms at Orange County Breakers
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Monday, August 8: New York Empire at Washington Kastles
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Tuesday, August 9: Washington Kastles at New York Empire
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Wednesday, August 10: New York Empire at Philadelphia Freedoms
  • 8:00 pm EDT, Thursday, August 11: San Diego Aviators at Springfield Lasers
  • 7:00 pm EDT, Friday, August 12: San Diego Aviators at New York Empire
  • 5:00 pm EDT, Saturday, August 13: Orange County Breakers at Washington Kastles[29]

Select matches streamed live by ESPN3 were rebroadcast by regional sports networks Altitude Sports and Entertainment, Comcast SportsNet affiliates, Mediacom Connections and MSG.

Sponsorship

On December 8, 2014, WTT announced that its title-sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V. was extended for two more years through the 2017 season. As part of its partnership with WTT, Mylan will continue to sponsor events at which children meet with WTT players and are introduced to tennis, charitable events and the Mylan Aces program which allows each team to select a local charity for which it can earn money donated by Mylan by recording the most aces in the league on a given day during the regular season.[1]

See also

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  • Team tennis

References

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External links

  • World TeamTennis official website
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