TENNIS: World Team Tennis at a glance
Key figures in World Team Tennis
Billie Jean King, league co-founder
John McEnroe, New York Sportimes
Andre Agassi, Philadephia Freedoms
Serena Williams, Washington Kastles
Martina Navratilova, Boston Lobsters
Michael Chang, Sacramento Capitals
Kim Clijsters, St. Louis Aces
Mike and Bob Bryan, Kansas City Explorers
Anna Kournikova, St. Louis Aces
WTT history and rules
- World Team Tennis started in 1974.
- The three-week season fits in between Wimbledon and thehardcourt events that lead up to the U.S. Open.
- Men and women compete together.
- Scoring is based on the results of five one-set matches inmixed doubles, men's singles and doubles, and women's singles anddoubles.
- Sets are played to five games, and a nine-point tiebreaker isplayed when a match reaches 4-4. A simple advantage is all that isneeded to take a tiebreaker. You don't have to win by two.
- No ad scoring. The first player or team to four points winsthe game.
- A super-tiebreaker rule allows a team that has won the fifthmatch, but still trails, to come back by forcing the leading teamto win one final game to consolidate the team victory.
-- Tom Sheridan