If you would like to request a signed photo from any of the players, you may do so by writing in care of their World Team Tennis team. When preparing your request, always handwrite a brief letter and be complimentary to the addressee. A SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) will help to increase your chances of receiving a response and, if requesting a signed photo, a 9x12 envelope would be ideal. The best way to prepare an autograph request is to fold the 9x12 SASE, with postage affixed, three ways and place it inside of a #10 business sized envelope. Be sure to place your letter inside, as well. Address the #10 envelope to the proper athlete in care of his/her World Team Tennis team and take it to the post office for mailing.
Below is a list of the current twelve teams and rosters, which can be used for the purpose of fan mail. While there is no guarantee of receiving a response, following the above guidelines and using the correct mailing address will help to increase your chances of building an autograph collection from some of the top superstars of tennis.
Team Name: Boston Lobsters Address: P.O. Box 381985, Cambridge, MA 01238-1985 Roster: Thomas Blake Amir Hadad Todd Martin Martina Navratilova Andy Perianu Nicole Pratt Kristen Schlukebir
Team Name: Delaware Smash Address: 1007 Market St., DuPont Building D-1083, Wilmington, DE 19898 Roster: Tres Davis Angela Haynes Liezel Huber Eric Nunez
Team Name: New York Buzz Address: Parks/Tennis, c/o City Hall, 105 Jay Street, Schenectady, NY 12305 Roster: Viktoriya Kutuzova K.C. Corkery Scott Lipsky Julie Ditty
Team Name: New York Sportimes Address: c/o Sportime at Harbor Island, P.O. Box 783, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Roster: Alex Bogomolov Jr. John McEnroe Ashley Harkleroad Martina Hingis David Martin Vladka Uhlirova
Team Name: Philadelphia Freedoms Address: 1007 Market St., DuPont Building D-1083, Wilmington, DE 19898 Roster: Casey Dellacqua Freddy Neimeyer Daniel Nestor Lisa Raymond Chanda Rubin Rennae Stubbs Jim Thomas Venus Williams
Team Name: Houston Wranglers Address: c/o Westside Tennis Club, 1200 Wilcrest Drive, Houston, TX 77042 Roster: Mardy Fish Jan-Michael Gambill Anna-Lena Groenefeld Graydon Oliver Ahsha Rolle Bryanne Stewart
Team Name: Kansas City Explorers Address: P.O. Box 1521, Mission, KS 66222 Roster: Mike Bryan Bob Bryan Scott Doerner Lilia Osterloh David Macpherson Brian MacPhie Corina Morariu Caroline Wozniacki
Team Name: Newport Beach Breakers Address: c/o Airport Plaza Center, 4540 Campus Dr., Suite 100, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Roster: Ramon Delgado Tina Krizan Rick Leach Anastassia Rodionova Pete Sampras Jeff Tarango
Team Name: Sacramento Capitals Address: 2483 Sunrise Blvd., Suite C, Gold River, CA 95670 Roster: Brandon Coupe Mark Knowles Anna Kournikova Elena Likhovtseva Bethanie Mattek Travis Parrott Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Nicole Vaidisova Sam Warburg
Team Name: St. Louis Aces Address: 6300 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63117 Roster: John Paul Fruttero Maria Emilia Salerni Aleke Tsoubanos Brian Wilson
Team Name: Springfield Lasers Address: Springfield Greene County Park Board, 1923 N. Weller, Springfield, MO 65803 Roster: Victoria Azarenka Nick Monroe Anastasia Myskina Kaysie Smashey Andreea Vanc Alex Vlaski
The World Team Tennis Pro League is comprised of the Eastern and Western Conference, each of which consists of 6 teams for a total of 12 in competition. It’s regular season annually occurs during three weeks in the summer. The two best teams, one from each conference, will advance to the World Team Tennis Finals.
Each team consists of two mean, two women and one coach. Team competitions feature a total of five events, including one set of men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The first team to reach five games wins each set. If a set reaches all four, a nin-point tiebreaker is played.
With competitions regularly televised on national tennis news programs, including ESPN2, World Team Tennis is very popular among sports enthusiasts and tennis news in general. The concept was developed in the early 1970s by Larry and Billie Jean King with the WTT Pro League first competing in 1974 with a 5-year contract. After a brief hiatus, the Pro League resumed in 1981 and has been a highlight in tennis news for the 25 years that followed. In 2006, the WTT Pro League will celebrate their 31st season of play.
Since it’s debut, some of the greatest names in tennis news have competed in the league, including Andre Agassi, Any Roddick, Anna Kournikova, Venus & Serena Williams, Monica Seles, John McEnroe, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and many others. As it’s popularity grew, and tennis news coverage increased, the World Team Tennis organization welcomed over 150,000 fans in annual attendance. There is a good reason behind the fan craze and that is because WTT is all about the fans and serves up each experience with a side of excitement. Many of the rules governing the World Team Tennis association are designed in order to make the game a fan-friendly sport, which seems to be working with attendance steadily rising each year.
During each WTT event, fans are encouraged to participate by being vocal about a great play. In addition, they are free to enter and exit the stadium during the competition. But, for those who stay, music is often played between games in order to keep the crowd excitement intact. World Team Tennis is regularly covered on tennis news programs, in tennis news publications and on the internet.
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