The 2018 World TeamTennis season was the 43rd season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.

The Springfield Lasers defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win their first King Trophy as WTT champions.

Competition format The 2018 World TeamTennis season featured six teams. Each team played a 14-match regular-season schedule, with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams from the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Finals. The higher-seeded team was designated as the "home" team for the finals and had the right to determine the order of play. The winner of the WTT Finals was awarded the King Trophy.

Teams and players Roster players compete (nearly) the entire season, Franchise and Wildcard players only a limited season. Substitute players are not listed. New York Empire Orange County Breakers Philadelphia Freedoms San Diego Aviators Springfield Lasers Washington Kastles Roster players Dennis Novikov Darian King Kevin King Marcus Willis Miomir Kecmanović Tennys Sandgren Tatjana Maria Yanina Wickmayer Taylor Townsend Naomi Broady Vania King Madison Brengle Neal Skupski Marcelo Demoliner Fabrice Martin Marcin Matkowski Daniel Nestor Robert Lindstedt María José Martínez Andreja Klepač Raquel Atawo Anna-Lena Grönefeld Abigail Spears Nicole Melichar Franchise and Wildcard players Mardy Fish Sam Querrey Sloane Stephens CoCo Vandeweghe Jack Sock Venus Williams Steve Johnson Gabriela Dabrowski Taylor Fritz Bob & Mike Bryan Frances Tiafoe Naomi Osaka Coaches Gigi Fernández Rick Leach Craig Kardon John Lloyd John-Laffnie de Jager Murphy Jensen On 2 August 2018, the Springfield Lasers traded Marcelo Demoliner from the Orange County Breakers for Daniel Nestor.

Standings The top two teams qualified for the 2018 WTT Finals. Team1 Philadelphia Freedoms 14 12 2 .857 02 Springfield Lasers 14 8 6 .571 4 3 Washington Kastles 14 7 7 .500 5 4 San Diego Aviators 14 7 7 .500 5 5 Orange County Breakers 14 6 8 .429 6 6 New York Empire 14 2 12 .143 10

Results table TeamMatch1234567891011121314New York Empire (NYE) WAS WAS PHL SPR SAN WAS WAS SPR OCB SPR OCB SAN PHL PHL18–22 20–21 17–21 22–23 18–23 18–20 14–24 17–25 14–22 20–21 16–22 21–17 13–23 19–15Orange County Breakers (OCB) PHL SPR WAS PHL SPR SAN SAN PHL NYE SAN NYE SAN SPR WAS16–23 22–16 18–22 20–16 20–19 17–19 20–21 14–26 22–14 18–23 22–16 19–24 17–20 23–17Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL) OCB SAN NYE OCB WAS SPR SPR OCB SAN WAS WAS SPR NYE NYE23–16 22–17 21–17 16–21 21–14 24–19 23–12 26–14 25–12 23–18 23–19 20–18 23–13 15–19San Diego Aviators (SAN) SPR PHL SPR WAS NYE OCB OCB WAS PHL OCB NYE OCB WAS SPR21–12 17–22 20–22 25–13 23–18 19–17 21–20 20–21 12–25 23–18 17–21 24–19 18–19 18–25Springfield Lasers (SPR) SAN OCB SAN NYE OCB PHL PHL NYE WAS NYE WAS PHL OCB SAN 12–21 16–22 22–20 23–22 19–20 19–24 12–23 25–17 22–15 21–20 22–21 18–20 20–17 25–18Washington Kastles (WAS) NYE NYE OCB SAN PHL NYE NYESAN SPR PHL PHL SPR SAN OCB22–18 21–20 22–18 13–25 14–21 20–18 24–14 21–20 15–22 18–23 19–23 21–22 19–18 17–23Color Key: Win Loss Home Away Reference:

Statistical leaders The table below shows the WTT team and the player 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.

Event Team Player Team Player Team Men's singles Springfield Lasers 102 57 45 .559 Miomir Kecmanović SPR 96 52 44 .542 Women's singles Philadelphia Freedoms 99 69 30 .697 Taylor Townsend PHL 82 60 22 .732 Men's doubles Orange County Breakers 110 62 48 .564 Marcelo Demoliner OCB 101 57 44 .564 Women's doubles Philadelphia Freedoms 107 63 44 .589 Taylor Townsend PHL 92 53 39 .576 Mixed doubles San Diego Aviators 114 61 53 .535 Marcin Matkowski, Anna-Lena Grönefeld SAN 114 61 53 .535 Most Valuable Players Female MVP: Taylor Townsend Male MVP: Marcin Matkowski

WTT Finals Date Champion Runner-up Score Venue Finals MVP Ref. 5 August 2018 Springfield Lasers Philadelphia Freedoms 19–18 Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia Miomir Kecmanović

Match summary Event Springfield Lasers Philadelphia Freedoms Score Total score Men's doubles Miomir Kecmanović / Marcelo Demoliner Kevin King / Fabrice Martin 5–3 5–3 Women's doubles Abigail Spears / Vania King Taylor Townsend / Raquel Atawo 5–2 10–5 Mixed doubles Marcelo Demoliner / Abigail Spears Fabrice Martin / Taylor Townsend 2–5 12–10 Women's singles Vania King Taylor Townsend 2–5 14–15 Men's singles Miomir Kecmanović Kevin King 5–3 19–18

See also

Team tennis

References

External links Official website