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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.
The roster players compete for the entire season.[ 6]
^ a b c d e f g h On 27 July, the New York Empire traded Vandeweghe and Melichar from the San Diego Aviators for Lisicki and Peschke.
^ On 21 July, Collins was suspended from the remainder of the season for violating the COVID-19 protocols.[ 7]
The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.[ 8]
Color Key: Win • Loss - Reference:[ 9]
Team
Match
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Chicago Smash (CHI)
LVR
ORL
OCB
NYE
ORL
SAN
PHL
SPR
WAS
NYE
LVR
OCB
PHL
SAN
24–18
16–21
23–16
22–21
24–19
20–16
19–23
18–15
21–15
21–16
22–18
16–23
21–22
22–23
New York Empire (NYE)
WAS
PHL
ORL
CHI
SPR
OCB
SPR
SAN
LVR
CHI
WAS
ORL
OCB
PHL
20–21
25–17
24–16
21–22
21–15
15–24
17–25
20–19
25–17
16–21
25–15
21–23
21–19
17–23
Orange County Breakers (OCB)
SAN
PHL
CHI
LVR
ORL
SAN
NYE
LVR
WAS
PHL
SPR
CHI
NYE
SPR
16–23
16–25
16–23
25–13
23–22
14–20
24–15
19–21
11–25
21–22
24–21
23–16
19–21
19–21
Orlando Storm (ORL)
SPR
LVR
CHI
NYE
SAN
OCB
CHI
WAS
LVR
PHL
SPR
SAN
NYE
WAS
21–18
15–24
21–16
16–24
22–21
22–23
19–24
23–17
22–16
23–13
24–17
19–15
23–21
25–15
Philadelphia Freedoms (PHL)
OCB
SPR
NYE
WAS
WAS
SPR
CHI
LVR
OCB
ORL
SAN
SAN
CHI
NYE
25–16
24–12
17–25
25–17
22–14
23–17
23–19
25–16
22–21
13–23
20–18
24–19
22–21
23–17
San Diego Aviators (SAN)
OCB
LVR
WAS
ORL
LVR
OCB
CHI
NYE
SPR
WAS
PHL
ORL
PHL
CHI
23–16
21–23
19–21
21–22
20–15
20–14
16–20
19–20
18–22
16–23
18–20
15–19
19–24
23–22
Springfield Lasers (SPR)
ORL
PHL
WAS
LVR
NYE
PHL
NYE
CHI
SAN
OCB
ORL
LVR
WAS
OCB
18–21
12–24
20–18
18–20
15–21
17–23
25–17
15–18
22–18
21–24
17–24
24–19
16–24
21–19
Vegas Rollers (LVR)
CHI
ORL
SAN
OCB
SPR
SAN
WAS
OCB
PHL
ORL
NYE
CHI
SPR
WAS
18–24
24–15
23–21
13–25
20–18
15–20
18–24
21–19
16–25
16–22
17–25
18–22
19–24
19–16
Washington Kastles (WAS)
NYE
SAN
SPR
PHL
PHL
LVR
ORL
OCB
CHI
SAN
NYE
SPR
LVR
ORL
21–20
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
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]
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)
Event
Rank
Team
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%
Finals MVP : CoCo Vandeweghe
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