2020 World TeamTennis season

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LeagueWorld TeamTennis
SportTeam tennis
Duration12 July – 2 August 2020
MatchesRegular season: 63 (14 for each team)
Postseason: 3
2020 World TeamTennis season
LeagueWorld TeamTennis
SportTeam tennis
Duration12 July – 2 August 2020
MatchesRegular season: 63 (14 for each team)
Postseason: 3
Teams9
TV partner(s)CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network, ESPN+, Tennis Channel, FITE TV, Facebook
Regular season
Top seedPhiladelphia Freedoms
Season MVPUnited States Taylor Fritz (Male)
United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Female)
World TeamTennis playoffs
VenueThe Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs
ChampionsNew York Empire
  Runners-upChicago Smash
Finals MVPCoCo Vandeweghe
World TeamTennis seasons

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.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

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.[5]
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

Standings

The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.[8]

Pos Team MP W L GW GL
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:[9]

TeamMatch
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Chicago Smash
(CHI)		 LVRORLOCBNYEORLSANPHLSPRWASNYELVROCBPHLSAN
24–1816–2123–1622–2124–1920–1619–2318–1521–1521–1622–1816–2321–2222–23
New York Empire
(NYE)		 WASPHLORLCHISPROCBSPRSANLVRCHIWASORLOCBPHL
20–2125–1724–1621–2221–1515–2417–2520–1925–1716–2125–1521–2321–1917–23
Orange County Breakers
(OCB)		 SANPHLCHILVRORLSANNYELVRWASPHLSPRCHINYESPR
16–2316–2516–2325–1323–2214–2024–1519–2111–2521–2224–2123–1619–2119–21
Orlando Storm
(ORL)		 SPRLVRCHINYESANOCBCHIWASLVRPHLSPRSANNYEWAS
21–1815–2421–1616–2422–2122–2319–2423–1722–1623–1324–1719–1523–2125–15
Philadelphia Freedoms
(PHL)		 OCBSPRNYEWASWASSPRCHILVROCBORLSANSANCHINYE
25–1624–1217–2525–1722–1423–1723–1925–1622–2113–2320–1824–1922–2123–17
San Diego Aviators
(SAN)		 OCBLVRWASORLLVROCBCHINYESPRWASPHLORLPHLCHI
23–1621–2319–2121–2220–1520–1416–2019–2018–2216–2318–2015–1919–2423–22
Springfield Lasers
(SPR)		 ORLPHLWASLVRNYEPHLNYECHISANOCBORLLVRWASOCB
18–2112–2420–1818–2015–2117–2325–1715–1822–1821–2417–2424–1916–2421–19
Vegas Rollers
(LVR)		 CHIORLSANOCBSPRSANWASOCBPHLORLNYECHISPRWAS
18–2424–1523–2113–2520–1815–2018–2421–1916–2516–2217–2518–2219–2419–16
Washington Kastles
(WAS)		 NYESANSPRPHLPHLLVRORLOCBCHISANNYESPRLVRORL
21–2021–1918–2017–2514–2224–1817–2325–1115–2123–1615–2524–1616–1915–25

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.[10]

Players

Men's singles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Taylor Fritz PHL 110 65 45 59.1%
2 Tennys Sandgren ORL 122 65 57 53.3%
3 Jack Sock NYE 111 57 54 51.4%
4 Sam Querrey LVR 115 58 57 50.4%
5 Brandon Nakashima CHI 116 58 58 50.0%
Women's singles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Kim Clijsters NYE 45 30 15 66.7%
2 Jessica Pegula ORL 69 45 24 65.2%
3 Sofia Kenin PHL 105 63 42 60.0%
4 Bernarda Pera WAS 65 36 29 55.4%
5 Jennifer Brady OCB 103 56 47 54.4%
Men's doubles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Ken Skupski ORL 96 54 42 56.3%
2 Taylor Fritz PHL 70 39 31 55.7%
3 Jack Sock NYE 111 61 50 55.0%
4 Tennys Sandgren ORL 110 60 50 54.5%
5 Neal Skupski NYE 119 64 55 53.8%
Women's doubles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 108 66 42 61.1%
2 Nicole Melichar SAN/NYE 101 61 40 60.4%
3 Eugenie Bouchard CHI 106 61 45 57.5%
Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 106 61 45 57.5%
5 Caroline Dolehide PHL 90 48 42 53.3%
Mixed doubles
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Kim Clijsters NYE 56 35 21 62.5%
2 Neal Skupski NYE 73 42 31 57.5%
3 Bernarda Pera WAS 62 35 27 56.5%
4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 91 51 40 56.0%
5 Fabrice Martin PHL 108 59 49 54.6%
Overall
Rank Player Team GP GW GL Win %
1 Taylor Fritz PHL 180 104 76 57.8%
2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands CHI 197 112 85 56.9%
3 Neal Skupski NYE 192 106 86 55.2%
4 CoCo Vandeweghe SAN/NYE 211 116 95 55.0%
5 Jack Sock NYE 267 145 122 54.3%

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 GP GW GL Win %
Men's singles 1 Philadelphia Freedoms 110 65 45 59.1%
2 Orlando Storm 122 65 57 53.3%
3 Vegas Rollers 115 58 57 50.4%
Women's singles 1 Orlando Storm 105 63 42 60.0%
Philadelphia Freedoms 105 63 42 60.0%
3 Orange County Breakers 103 56 47 54.4%
Men's doubles 1 Orlando Storm 110 60 50 54.5%
2 New York Empire 119 64 55 53.8%
3 Vegas Rollers 118 61 57 51.7%
Women's doubles 1 San Diego Aviators 109 70 39 64.2%
2 Chicago Smash 106 61 45 57.5%
3 Springfield Lasers 107 57 50 53.3%
Mixed doubles 1 New York Empire 118 69 49 58.5%
2 Chicago Smash 113 61 52 54.0%
3 Philadelphia Freedoms 116 62 54 53.4%

Playoffs

Bracket

WTT Semifinals
1 August, The Greenbrier 		WTT Finals
2 August, The Greenbrier
      
1 Philadelphia Freedoms 18
4 New York Empire 22
4 New York Empire 21
3 Chicago Smash 20
2 Orlando Storm 13
3 Chicago Smash 24

Semifinals

New York Empire def. Philadelphia Freedoms 22–18
EventNew York EmpirePhiladelphia FreedomsScoreTotal 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 Fritz sub) / 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
EventChicago SmashOrlando StormScoreTotal 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[3]
EventNew York EmpireChicago SmashScoreTotal 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

References

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