# 2021 World TeamTennis season

The 2021 World TeamTennis season was the 46th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.
All matches were held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California.
This season included five teams. Four teams that competed in 2020 (Philadelphia Freedoms, Vegas Rollers, Orlando Storm and Washington Kastles), did not participate this year due to the revised format and the inability to host home matches, but are expected to return in the 2022 season.
The Orange County Breakers won their third King Trophy as WTT champions with a 21–13 win over the Springfield Lasers in the WTT Finals.

## Competition format

Each team played a 12-match regular-season schedule. The matches consisted 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 won each set. A nine-point tiebreaker was played if a set reaches four games all. One point was awarded for each game won and scoring was cumulative. If necessary, Extended Play and a super tiebreaker were played to determine the winner of the match. The top two teams in the regular season will qualify for the WTT Finals on November 28. The winner of this final will be awarded the King Trophy.

## Teams and players

* = Player competed for the full season.
* Chicago Smash
* Nicholas Monroe *
* Sloane Stephens *
* Alexa Guarachi (Nov 17–28)
* Tommy Paul (Nov 21–28)
* Sabrina Santamaria (Nov 13–16)
* Donald Young (Nov 13–20)
* New York Empire
* Kim Clijsters *
* Marcos Giron (Nov 20–28)
* Christopher Eubanks *
* Kirsten Flipkens *
* Quinn Gleason (Nov 24–28)
* Hans Hach Verdugo (Nov 13–19)
* Orange County Breakers
* Amanda Anisimova (Nov 13–20)
* Steve Johnson *
* Austin Krajicek (Nov 17–28)
* Desirae Krawczyk (Nov 22–28)
* Nathaniel Lammons (Nov 13–15)
* Tatjana Maria *
* San Diego Aviators
* Taylor Fritz (Nov 13–18)
* CoCo Vandeweghe *
* William Blumberg *
* Caroline Dolehide *
* Darian King (Nov 19–21)
* Aleksandar Vukic (Nov 22–28)
* Springfield Lasers
* Mackenzie McDonald (Nov 13–20)
* Marcelo Arévalo *
* Denis Kudla (Nov 21–28)
* Catherine McNally (Nov 13–21)
* Asia Muhammad *
* Giuliana Olmos (Nov 22–28)

## Standings

The top two teams qualified for the 2021 WTT Finals.
| Pos | Team | MP | W | L | GW | GL |
| 1 | Springfield Lasers | 12 | 8 | 4 | 248 | 214 |
| 2 | Orange County Breakers | 12 | 8 | 4 | 249 | 216 |
| 3 | San Diego Aviators | 12 | 5 | 7 | 223 | 242 |
| 4 | Chicago Smash | 12 | 5 | 7 | 222 | 245 |
| 5 | New York Empire | 12 | 4 | 8 | 213 | 238 |

## Results table

Color Key: Win • Loss - Reference:
| Team | 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 |
| Chicago Smash (CHI) | SAN | SPR | OCB | NYE | SAN | SPR | OCB | NYE | SAN | SPR | OCB | NYE |
| Chicago Smash (CHI) | 21–22 | 22–21 | 17–21 | 20–16 | 19–20 | 15–22 | 14–25 | 21–15 | 14–22 | 19–18 | 20–19 | 20–24 |
| New York Empire (NYE) | OCB | SPR | CHI | SAN | OCB | SPR | CHI | SAN | OCB | SPR | CHI | SAN |
| New York Empire (NYE) | 17–22 | 18–21 | 16–20 | 13–20 | 16–18 | 19–16 | 15–21 | 20–16 | 15–24 | 17–21 | 24–20 | 23–19 |
| Orange County Breakers (OCB) | NYE | SAN | CHI | SPR | NYE | SAN | CHI | SPR | NYE | SAN | CHI | SPR |
| Orange County Breakers (OCB) | 22–17 | 20–21 | 21–17 | 17–20 | 18–16 | 22–20 | 25–14 | 18–25 | 24–15 | 20–17 | 19–20 | 23–14 |
| San Diego Aviators (SAN) | CHI | OCB | SPR | NYE | CHI | OCB | SPR | NYE | CHI | OCB | SPR | NYE |
| San Diego Aviators (SAN) | 22–21 | 21–20 | 15–22 | 20–13 | 20–19 | 20–22 | 15–25 | 16–20 | 22–14 | 17–20 | 16–23 | 19–23 |
| Springfield Lasers (SPR) | CHI | NYE | SAN | OCB | CHI | NYE | SAN | OCB | CHI | NYE | SAN | OCB |
| Springfield Lasers (SPR) | 21–22 | 21–18 | 22–15 | 20–17 | 22–15 | 16–19 | 25–15 | 25–18 | 18–19 | 21–17 | 23–16 | 14–23 |

## Statistical leaders

The table below shows the WTT teams and players with the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events.
| Event | Team | GP | GW | GL | Pct | Player | Team | GP | GW | GL | Pct |
| Men's singles | Orange County Breakers | 97 | 55 | 42 | 57% | Mackenzie McDonald | SPR | 47 | 30 | 17 | 64% |
| Women's singles | Orange County Breakers | 92 | 59 | 33 | 64% | Amanda Anisimova | OCB | 51 | 35 | 16 | 69% |
| Men's doubles | Springfield Lasers | 90 | 50 | 40 | 56% | Marcelo Arévalo | SPR | 83 | 48 | 35 | 58% |
| Women's doubles | Springfield Lasers | 91 | 55 | 36 | 60% | Giuliana Olmos | SPR | 40 | 25 | 15 | 63% |
| Mixed doubles | San Diego Aviators | 99 | 53 | 46 | 54% | Caroline Dolehide | SAN | 66 | 37 | 29 | 56% |
| Overall | Springfield Lasers | 462 | 248 | 214 | 54% | Marcelo Arévalo | SPR | 172 | 93 | 79 | 54% |
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.)

## WTT Finals

| Date | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Finals MVP | Ref. |
| November, 28 | Orange County Breakers | Springfield Lasers | 21–13 | Steve Johnson | |

### Match summary

| Event | Orange County Breakers | Springfield Lasers | Score | Total score |
| Men's singles | Steve Johnson | Denis Kudla | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| Women's singles | Tatjana Maria | Asia Muhammad | 5–2 | 10–4 |
| Men's doubles | Steve Johnson / Austin Krajicek | Marcelo Arévalo / Denis Kudla | 5–1 | 15–5 |
| Mixed doubles | Austin Krajicek / Desirae Krawczyk | Marcelo Arévalo / Giuliana Olmos | 1–5 | 16–10 |
| Women's doubles | Desirae Krawczyk / Tatjana Maria | Asia Muhammad / Giuliana Olmos | 5–3 | 21–13 |