2015 Washington Kastles season
The 2015 Washington Kastles season will be the eighth season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT).
Season recap
Draft
At the WTT Draft on March 16, 2015, it was announced that the world's number 1 female player Serena Williams had been assigned by the league to the Kastles as a designated player. The Kastles also protected Martina Hingis, Venus Williams, Leander Paes and Anastasia Rodionova. They used their first-round selection in the roster portion of the draft to pick roster-exempt player Sam Querrey. The league's designation of Serena Williams made it impossible for her to be drafted by any other team and relieved the Kastles of having to draft her along with her sister Venus as a marquee doubles team in the second round of the marquee portion of the draft. This will allow the Kastles to protect only one of Serena and Venus in the following season's draft should the other decide not to participate in the league in 2016.[1]
Other player transactions
On May 6, 2015, the Kastles signed Madison Brengle as a substitute player.[2][3]
On June 26, 2015, the Kastles signed Denis Kudla, who lives in nearby Arlington County, Virginia, as a substitute player.[4][5]
Event chronology
Draft picks
As defending WTT champions, the Kastles selected last in each round of the draft. Unlike previous seasons in which WTT conducted its Marquee Player Draft and its Roster Player Draft on different dates about one month apart, the league conducted a single draft at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California on March 16, 2015.[1] The selections made[1] by the Kastles are shown in the table below.
Notes:
- ↑ The Kastles drafted one exempt player during the first four rounds of the roster draft and could have selected another player in the fifth round.[6]
Match log
Regular season
| Legend |
| Kastles Win |
Kastles Loss |
| Home team in CAPS |
| Match |
Date |
Venue and location |
Result and details |
Record |
| 1 | July 12 | Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts | Washington Kastles 20 at BOSTON LOBSTERS 17 | 1-0 |
| 2 | July 14 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | Austin Aces 22 at WASHINGTON KASTLES 17 | 1-1 |
| 3 | July 15 | Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri | Washington Kastles 21 at SPRINGFIELD LASERS 16 | 2-1 |
| 4 | July 16 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | San Diego Aviators 22, WASHINGTON KASTLES 18[7]
* MS: Taylor Fritz (Aviators) 5, Denis Kudla (Kastles) 3
* WD: Darija Jurak/Chanelle Scheepers (Aviators) 5, Anastasia Rodionova/Madison Brengle (Kastles) 4
* MD: Leander Paes/Denis Kudla (Kastles) 5, Taylor Fritz/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 2
* WS: Chanelle Scheepers (Aviators) 5, Madison Brengle (Kastles) 3
* XD: Darija Jurak/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 5, Leander Paes/Anastasia Rodionova (Kastles) 3 | 2-2 |
| 5 | July 17 | The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania | Washington Kastles 21 at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS 20 | 3-2 |
| 6 | July 18 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | Philadelphia Freedoms 6 at WASHINGTON KASTLES 23 | 4-2 |
| 7 | July 20 | The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania | Washington Kastles 16 at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS 18 | 4-3 |
| 8 | July 21 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | Boston Lobsters 13 at WASHINGTON KASTLES 25 | 5-3 |
| 9 | July 23 | Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts | Washington Kastles 25 at BOSTON LOBSTERS 14 | 6-3 |
| 10 | July 24 | Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, Texas | Washington Kastles 22 at AUSTIN ACES 14 | 7-3 |
| 11 | July 26 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | Springfield Lasers 16 at WASHINGTON KASTLES 24 (EP) | 8-3 |
| 12 | July 27 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | California Dream 17 at WASHINGTON KASTLES 19 | 9-3 |
| 13 | July 28 | Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, Texas | Washington Kastles 16 at AUSTIN ACES 19 | 9-4 |
| 14 | July 29 | Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia | Boston Lobsters 14 at WASHINGTON KASTLES 22 | 10-4 |
Playoffs
| Legend |
| Kastles Win |
Kastles Loss |
| Home team in CAPS |
- Eastern Conference Championship Match
- World TeamTennis Championship Match
Team personnel
As of June 30, 2015:[4][8]
On-court personnel
Front office
- Mark D. Ein, Owner
- Kevin Wynne, General Manager
Transactions
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Serena Williams, Eugenie Bouchard Headline Mylan World TeamTennis Player Draft for Historic 40th Season". World TeamTennis. March 16, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "2015 Players". World Team Tennis. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Washington Kastles Timeline". Facebook. May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "2015 Players". World Team Tennis. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Rising Star Denis Kudla Joins Hometown Kastles". Washington Kastles. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ 2015 Mylan WTT Official Rules Guide (PDF). World TeamTennis. 2015. p. 27. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Mylan World TeamTennis - Results for Thursday, 7/16/2015". World TeamTennis. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Mark D. Ein". Washington Kastles. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Washington Kastles Four-Peat As Mylan WTT Champions". World TeamTennis. July 27, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
External links
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Martina Hingis 
Venus Williams 
Leander Paes 
Anastasia Rodionova