World TeamTennis

World Team Tennis is a coed professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States which was founded in 1973.

Originally played on a no-line court, each match consists of five sets. Each set features a different configuration (men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles). Prior to each match, coaches decide the order in which the sets will be played. Each player on a team usually plays in at least one of the five sets. Scoring is no-advantage; there is no requirement to win a game by two scores; at deuce (40-40), whoever scores the next point wins the game. The first team to reach five games wins each set. A nine-point tiebreaker is played, if a set reaches four-all. One point is awarded for each game won. If necessary, Overtime and a Super-tiebreaker are played to determine the winner of the match.

The league's season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take a break from their tour schedules to partake in World TeamTennis.

Team World

World Team or Team World is a designation for a sports team in many competitions. It is usually equivalent to a "rest of the world" team, which is pitted against a particular territory.

Competitions featuring a world team

All-World's Team

Some "Team World" or "World Team" teams are all-star teams with rosters drawn up from the world's players as an honors project.

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Team tennis

Team tennis refers to tennis tournaments which consist of matches between different groups of players each competing to win the tournament for their team. It is played at the collegiate or national level in the United States. The USTA promotes Jr Team Tennis and USTA League Tennis. In the United Kingdom, Team Tennis is played through Schools, Clubs and Counties from local to national levels. The LTA have an 'AEGON Team Tennis Series' which includes AEGON Team Tennis, AEGON Team Tennis Schools and AEGON County Cup where several thousands of teams compete.

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