Boston Lobsters

This article is about the tennis team that played in World TeamTennis (WTT) from 2005 to 2015. For the tennis team that played in WTT in 1974 and folded at end of that season, see Boston Lobsters (1974). For the tennis team that played as the Philadelphia Freedoms in 1974, and moved to Boston in 1975, see Boston Lobsters (1974–1978).
Boston Lobsters
Founded 2005
Folded February 17, 2016 (2016-02-17)
League World TeamTennis
Team history Boston Lobsters
1974–1978, 2005–2015
Based in Manchester, Massachusetts
Stadium Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Colors Black, Venetian Red
         
Head coach Robert Greene
Championships None

The Boston Lobsters were a World TeamTennis team based in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The Boston Lobsters played home matches at the Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club in Manchester, MA, on Atwater Ave., near exit 15 of Rte 128 and about 25 minutes north of Boston. Seating is approximately 1,700.

The most recent Boston Lobsters were a reincarnation of two previous WTT teams. The original Lobsters were a charter member of the league in 1974, and folded after just one season. The second Lobsters team were also a charter member of WTT in 1974, founded as the Philadelphia Freedoms. After the original Lobsters folded, Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, purchased the Freedoms and moved them to Boston renaming them the Lobsters. The second Lobsters team played in Boston for four seasons (1975–1978) before folding at the end of the 1978 season. WTT suspended operations shortly thereafter.

In 2005, local Boston businessman Bahar Uttam relaunched the team. The Lobsters made the Mylan WTT league's playoffs four times and Uttam played a vibrant role in the greater North Shore of Massachusetts communities. The development and management of the team had been led by Darlene Hayes who is advocate for building community partnerships. In 2015, Uttam retired from the ownership position and the league took over operations of the Lobsters while seeking new local ownership.[1] On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that the Lobsters would cease operations and were subsequently replaced with a new franchise called the New York Empire.[2]

2015 squad

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WTT Updates Status of Boston Lobsters". OurSportsCentral. February 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mylan WTT 2016 Season Includes NYC Return, Expanded Broadcast Coverage". OurSportsCentral. February 17, 2016.

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