WTT Annual Standings and Playoffs

1974

Playoffs (Total score and separate game scores are listed):
1st round 
Philadelphia def. Cleveland   49-44  (26-22, 23-22) 
Pittsburgh def. Detroit   63-27  (31-10, 32-17) 
Minnesota def. Houston   48-47  (19-28, 29-19) 
Denver def. San Francisco   61-41 (29-17, 32-24) 

Second round 
Philadelphia def. Pittsburgh   52-45  (31-21, 21-24) 
Denver def. Minnesota   54-44  (29-25, 25-18)

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Denver def. Philadelphia   55-45  (27-21, 28-24)

Denver Racquets Roster:
Tony Roche (player coach), Francoise Durr, Pam Austin, Kris Kemmer Shaw, Stephanie Johnson, Jeff Austin and Andrew Pattison

Post-Season Notes :
Boston, Baltimore, Toronto-Buffalo, Minnesota, Houston, Florida, and Chicago all folded.
Philadelphia Freedoms was sold and then moved to Boston, renamed Boston Lobsters,
Detroit Loves moved to Indiana and became Indiana Loves.

Pre-Season Notes :
Denver moved to Phoenix, San Diego Friars was added as a new team.

Playoffs:
1st round 
Boston def. New York (25-24)
Phoenix def. Los Angeles (20-8)
Pittsburgh and San Francisco received 1st round byes

Semifinals 
Pittsburgh def. Boston (25-16, 23-14)
San Francisco def. Phoenix (25-24 and 26-20)

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Pittsburgh def. San Francisco 74-65  (25-26, 28-25 and 21-14)

Championship Highlights:
Men's Singles - Vitas Gerulaitis, Pittsburgh def. Tom Okker, San Francisco (6-1)
Women's Singles - Evonne Goolagong, Pittsburgh def. Betty Stove, San Francisco (6-1)

Pittsburgh Triangles Roster:
Coach Vic Edwards, Evonne Goolagong, Peggy Michel, Nancy Richey Gunter, Rayni Fox, Marc Cox, Vitas Gerulaitis, Kim Warwick

All-Star Game (Los Angeles, CA)
East def. West 28-21

1976

Playoffs:
Semifinals 
New York defeated Pittsburgh (25-26, 29-21, 28-26)
San Francisco defeated Phoenix (32-16, 24-18)

CHAMPIONSHIP 
New York defeated San Francisco 91-57 (31-23, 29-21 and 31-13) 

New York Sets Roster:
Fred Stolle (player coach), Billie Jean King, Phil Dent, Sandy Mayer, Virginia Wade, Lindsey Beaven, Linda Siegelman

All-Star Game (Oakland, CA)
West def. East 28-27

Post-Season Notes:
Pittsburgh folded 

Pre-Season Notes :
Hawaii moved to Seattle-Portland (Sea-Port), New York changed their name to the Apples, The Soviet 
National Team joined the league and were originally given the franchise name "Pennsylvania Keystones". 
The original plan was to have the Keystones play in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

Playoffs:
Quarterfinals 
New York def. Indiana 89-63 (33-21, 25-27, 31-15)
Boston def. Cleveland 78-68 (30-26, 20-21, 28-21)
Phoenix def. Sea-Port 57- 40 (30-14, 27-26)
San Diego def. San Francisco 48-43 (24-22, 24-21)

Semifinals 
New York def. Boston 58-41 (29-21, 29-20)
Phoenix defeated San Diego 83-74 (26-29, 27-20, 30-22)

CHAMPIONSHIP 
New York def. Phoenix 55-39 (27-22, 28-17) 

Championship Highlights:
Men's Singles - Sandy Mayer, New York def. Butch Walts, Phoenix (6-1)
Women's Singles - Virginia Wade, New York def. Chris Evert, Phoenix (6-0)

New York Apples Roster:
Fred Stolle (player coach), Billie Jean King, Ray Ruffels, Sandy Mayer, Virginia Wade, Lindsey Beaven, Linda Siegelman

All-Star Game (San Diego, CA)
East def. West 23-18

Post-Season Notes:
The Soviet National team left the league 

Pre-Season Notes:
Anahiem Oranges was added as a new team, Cleveland moved to New Orleans, Sea-Port became Seattle 

Playoffs:
Quarterfinals 
Boston def. New Orleans 
New York def. Anahiem 
Seattle def. San Diego 
Los Angeles def. Golden Gators 

Semifinals 
Boston def. Seattle 
Los Angeles def. New York  

CHAMPIONSHIP 
Los Angeles def. Boston 108-93 (24-21, 30-20, 26-27, 28-25)  

Championship Highlights:
Men's Singles - Ilie Nastase, Los Angeles def. Tony Roche, Boston (7-6)
Women's Singles - Chris Evert, Los Angeles def. Martina Navratilova, Boston (7-6)

Los Angeles Strings Roster:
Ilie Nastase (player coach), Ashok Amritraj, Vijay Amritraj, Chris Evert, Ann Kiyomura, Stephanie Tolleson

All-Star Game (Las Vegas, NV)
no  info available

Post-Season Notes:
Indiana, folded after the season. New York and Boston folded on Oct. 27, 1978. Los Angeles disbanded on Nov. 7, followed by San Diego on Nov. 8. New Orleans, Seattle and Anaheim also disbanded on Nov 10. San Francisco and Phoenix were the only two teams left and subsequently the league ceased operations, thus ending the five year run of the World Team Tennis League. These great Tennis Players participated in the WTT at one time or another: Bjorn Borg, Rosie Casals, Jimmy Connors, Roy Emerson, Chris Evert, Vitas Gerulaitis, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Billie Jean King, Ilie Nastase, Martina Navratilova, John Newcombe, Virginia Wade and Rod Laver.

I'd like to thank Scott Campbell for much of this information

Other WTT Links:

Robert Zwarun's WTT Web Page

Pittsburgh WTT History

World Team Tennis-II  (1981- present)

1981-1984 - Team Tennis
1985-1990  - Domino's Pizza TeamTennis
1991 - TeamTennis
1992-1997 - World TeamTennis
1998-2000 - DuPont World TeamTennis
2001 - Tyco World TeamTennis
2002 - World TeamTennis

WTT Championships

Annual MVP Award Winners (Started in 1985)

Other WTT-II Links:

World Team Tennis-II

All-Time World Team Tennis All-Star team
Male-
Jimmy Connors
Brian MacPhie

Female-
Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova

All-Time World Team Tennis Top-30
Male-
Bjorn Borg
Jimmy Connors
Vitas Gerulaitis
Paul Goldstein
Mark Knowles
Trevor Kronemann
Brian MacPhie
Sandy Mayer
John McEnroe
Patrick McEnroe
Frew McMillan
Richey Reneberg
Andy Roddick
Robert Van’t Hof
Kim Warwick

Female-
Rosie Casals
Lindsay Davenport
Mariaan deSward
Chris Evert
Evonne Goolagong
Liezel Huber
Billie Jean King
Elena Likhovtseva
Martina Navratilova
Mary Lou Piatek-Daniels
Lisa Raymond
Elna Reinach
Anne Smith
Virginia Wade
Robin White