Category: World Team Tennis

Vegas Rollers World TeamTennis

Vegas Rollers

November 21, 2021

The Vegas Rollers marked World TeamTennis’ second attempt to establish a team in Las Vegas.  In 2014 the league’s plans for a team known as the Las Vegas Neon were scuttled when team owner Deepal Wannakuwatte was revealed to be the mastermind of a $150 million ponzi scheme. The Neon never played a match. In the World TeamTennis record books, the Rollers show up as a two-year entry in the league. But in reality, the Vegas Rollers were merely tourists, whose entire residency at the Orleans Arena consisted of 7 matches crammed into an 11-day stretch between July 20-July 30, 2019.

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Florida Flamingos World Team Tennis

Florida Flamingos

May 9, 2020

The Florida Flamingos were a One-Year Wonder in the co-ed World Team Tennis league during the promotion’s first season in the summer of 1974. The Flamingos played out of the Convention Hall at the Miami Beach Convention Center, host venue for the 1972 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The team’s top player was South African Cliff Drysdale, a men’s singles finalist at the 1965 U.S. Open.

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Cleveland Nets

March 14, 2020

World Team Tennis (1974-1977) Born: 1973 – WTT founding franchise Moved: February 1978 (New Orleans Nets) First Game: May 7, 1974 (L 32-21 @ Toronto-Buffalo

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Chicago Aces World Team Tennis 1982

Chicago Aces (1982)

January 15, 2020

This edition of the Chicago Aces was a short-lived entry in World Team Tennis during the summer of 1982.  The team was a brand re-boot of an earlier Chicago Aces team that competed in the very first season of World Team Tennis back in 1974. Aces owner Larry King was (at the time) the husband of tennis superstar and WTT co-founder Billie Jean King. The team would ultimately play only a single month under the ‘Aces’ name.

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New York Sets World Team Tennis

New York Sets

December 29, 2019

World Team Tennis (1974-1978) Born: 1973 – WTT founding franchise Re-Branded: December 16, 1976 (New York Apples) First Match: May 7, 1974 (L 29-25 vs.

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