Williams, McEnroe, Davenport And Anderson Lead Team Lineups For WTT Finals

Written by: Staff on 18th August 2012

Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, DC

Williams, McEnroe, Davenport And Anderson Lead Team Lineups For WTT Finals

epa03339373 Kevin Anderson of South Africa returns a ball from Sam Querrey of the USA in their quarterfinal final match during the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, DC, USA, 03 August 2012. EPA/SHAWN THEW |

Venus Williams, John McEnroe, Lindsay Davenport and Kevin Anderson will lead the lineups of top tennis players battling for the World TeamTennis Championship at the WTT Finals Weekend, Sept. 14-16, at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.

Williams will join her Washington Kastles’ teammates including WTT Male MVP Bobby Reynolds, Leander Paes, Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodionova for the weekend and a chance to make history. The Kastles won all 14 of their 2012 regular season matches. The Kastles have not lost a WTT match since July 22, 2010, which gives them the second longest U.S. pro sports team win streak in history with 30 consecutive wins. The longest U.S. pro sports team win streak is 33 games, held by the NBA’s 1971-72 Lakers.

Washington will battle their rivals, the New York Sportimes, for the Eastern Conference Championship on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m. EDT.

The Sportimes’ McEnroe will team up with Jesse Witten, Robert Kendrick, Ashley Harkleroad. Martina Hingis, who led the Sportimes to the Conference finals with her MVP performance this summer, will not be in Charleston due to a scheduling conflict. The Sportimes are expected to name their final roster player next week.

The best of the West face off on Friday, Sept. 14, at 6:30 p.m. EDT, when the Orange County Breakers take on the Sacramento Capitals in the Western Conference Championship. The Breakers are the top-seed in the West and will have WTT veteran Lindsay Davenport leading their lineup. The three-time Grand Slam champion will be joined by WTT Male Rookie of the Year John-Patrick Smith, Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Jana Juricova and Travis Parrott.

South African Kevin Anderson, currently ranked No. 34 in the world in singles, leads the Sacramento squad that also includes former doubles world No. 1 Mark Knowles, and young Americans Yasmin Schnack and Asia Muhammad.

The Conference Champions advance to the WTT Finals on Sunday, Sept. 16, at 3:30 p.m. EDT with the winner taking home the King Trophy, named after WTT co-founder Billie Jean King.

WTT Finals Weekend presented by GEICO – Schedule

Western Conference Championship –#2 Sacramento Capitals vs. #1 ORANGE COUNTY BREAKERS – Friday, September 14 – 6:30 PM EDT

Eastern Conference Championship – #2 New York Sportimes vs. #1 WASHINGTON KASTLES – Saturday, September 15 – 6:30 PM EDT

WTT Finals – #2 Western Conference Champion vs. #1 EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPION – Sunday, September 16 – 3:30 PM EDT

Topics: John Mcenroe, Kevin Anderson, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, WTT Finals