title: 2012 World TeamTennis season
text: # 2012 World TeamTennis season
  
  The 2012 World TeamTennis season is the 37th season of the top professional tennis league in the United States. Before the start of the 2012 season, the St. Louis Aces announced they would not compete this year. The Newport Beach Breakers changed their name to the Orange County Breakers.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  The 2012 World TeamTennis season included 8 teams, split into two conferences (Eastern and Western). The Eastern Conference and Western Conference had 4 teams each. Each team played a 14 match regular season schedule, with 7 home and 7 away matches. World TeamTennis's playoff format consisted of the top two teams in each conference playing a semifinal on either September 14 (Eastern Conference) or September 15 (Western Conference), and the winners of each match playing in the final on September 16, 2012.
  
  ## Standings
  
  Eastern Conference :
  
  | Pos | Team | MP | W | L | Perc | MB | GW | GL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Washington Kastles | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1.000 | - | 308 | 220 |
  | 2 | New York Sportimes | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 5 | 290 | 250 |
  | 3 | Boston Lobsters | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 9 | 251 | 283 |
  | 4 | Philadelphia Freedoms | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 9 | 250 | 281 |
  
  * 2012 Eastern Conference Playoffs
  
  Western Conference :
  
  | Pos | Team | MP | W | L | Perc | MB | GW | GL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Orange County Breakers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | - | 274 | 261 |
  | 2 | Sacramento Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 1 | 278 | 274 |
  | 3 | Kansas City Explorers | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 4 | 245 | 291 |
  | 4 | Springfield Lasers | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 4 | 250 | 286 |
  
  * 2012 Western Conference Playoffs
  
  ## Results table
  
  Abbreviation and Color Key: Boston Lobsters - BOS • Kansas City Explorers - KCE • New York Sportimes - NYS • Orange County Breakers - OCB Philadelphia Freedoms - PHI • Sacramento Capitals - SAC • Springfield Lasers - SPR • Washington Kastles - WAS
  
  Win  • Loss  • Home  • Away :
  
  | Team | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match | Match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
  | Boston Lobsters | SAC | PHI | WAS | SPR | WAS | OCB | KCE | NYS | NYS | PHI | NYS | PHI | OCB | SAC |
  | Boston Lobsters | 20-14 | 17-24 | 19-24 | 21-15 | 11-20 | 19-24 | 20-19 | 18-22 | 22-20 | 21-13 | 16-24 | 17-18 | 13-21 | 17-25 |
  | Kansas City Explorers | SPR | OCB | SAC | SPR | NYS | PHI | BOS | SAC | OCB | WAS | SPR | SPR | WAS | NYS |
  | Kansas City Explorers | 23-16 | 8-25 | 21-22 | 17-16 | 16-23 | 16-20 | 19-20 | 21-22 | 22-15 | 8-25 | 22-21 | 17-22 | 17-22 | 18-22 |
  | New York Sportimes | SPR | WAS | PHI | KCE | SAC | PHI | BOS | PHI | WAS | BOS | BOS | WAS | SPR | KCE |
  | New York Sportimes | 22-14 | 18-20 | 22-16 | 23-16 | 17-18 | 23-16 | 22-18 | 19-18 | 20-21 | 20-22 | 24-16 | 16-21 | 22-16 | 22-18 |
  | Orange County Breakers | WAS | KCE | SAC | SAC | SPR | BOS | OCB | WAS | KCE | SPR | SAC | SAC | BOS | PHI |
  | Orange County Breakers | 18-22 | 25-8 | 14-24 | 23-20 | 17-20 | 24-19 | 19-23 | 13-24 | 15-22 | 24-17 | 19-16 | 21-18 | 21-13 | 21-15 |
  | Philadelphia Freedoms | SAC | BOS | NYS | SPR | WAS | KCE | NYS | OCB | NYS | BOS | WAS | BOS | SAC | OCB |
  | Philadelphia Freedoms | 16-22 | 24-17 | 16-22 | 21-18 | 13-22 | 20-16 | 16-23 | 23-19 | 18-19 | 13-21 | 16-21 | 18-17 | 21-23 | 15-21 |
  | Sacramento Capitals | BOS | PHI | KCE | OCB | OCB | NYS | WAS | SPR | KCE | SPR | OCB | OCB | PHI | BOS |
  | Sacramento Capitals | 14-20 | 22-16 | 22-21 | 24-14 | 20-23 | 18-17 | 19-21 | 19-20 | 22-21 | 16-23 | 16-19 | 18-21 | 23-21 | 25-17 |
  | Springfield Lasers | KCE | NYS | WAS | KCE | PHI | BOS | OCB | SAC | SAC | OCB | KCE | KCE | NYS | WAS |
  | Springfield Lasers | 16-23 | 14-22 | 18-20 | 16-17 | 18-21 | 15-21 | 20-17 | 20-19 | 23-16 | 17-24 | 21-22 | 22-17 | 16-22 | 14-25 |
  | Washington Kastles | OCB | SPR | NYS | BOS | PHI | BOS | SAC | OCB | NYS | KCE | PHI | NYS | KCE | SPR |
  | Washington Kastles | 22-18 | 20-18 | 20-18 | 24-19 | 22-13 | 20-11 | 21-19 | 24-13 | 21-20 | 25-8 | 21-16 | 21-16 | 22-17 | 25-14 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  | Conference Championships | Conference Championships | Conference Championships | WTT Finals | WTT Finals | WTT Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Washington Kastles | 19 | | | |
  | 2 | New York Sportimes | 15 | | | |
  | 2 | New York Sportimes | 15 | Washington Kastles | Washington Kastles | 20 |
  | | | | Sacramento Capitals | Sacramento Capitals | 19 |
  | 1 | Orange County Breakers' | 15 | Sacramento Capitals | Sacramento Capitals | 19 |
  | 2 | Sacramento Capitals | 25 | | | |
  