Английская Википедия:2014 Texas Wild season

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:InfoboxWTTTeamSeason The 2014 Texas Wild season was the 22nd season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its second and final season in Texas.

The Wild had 6 wins and 8 losses and finished last in the Western Conference. It failed to qualify for the playoffs.

On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to Citrus Heights, California, renaming it the California Dream.[1]

Season recap

Bryan Brothers traded

On January 23, 2014, the Wild traded Bob and Mike Bryan to the San Diego Aviators in exchange for undisclosed financial consideration.[2]

Drafts

Since the Wild had the better record of the two conference championship match losers in 2013 at 9 wins and 5 losses, it had the third-to-last (sixth) selection in each round of the WTT Marquee Player Draft and moved up to fifth in the Roster Player Draft after the contraction of the Las Vegas Neon. The Wild passed on making any selections at the marquee player draft.[3] The Wild protected Aisam Qureshi, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and Darija Jurak and drafted Anabel Medina Garrigues in the roster player draft.[4]

Free agent player signings

On July 16, 2014, the Wild signed Tim Smyczek as a substitute player.[5]

Early season success

The Wild opened its season with a road victory against the Boston Lobsters on July 6, 2014. It won the first four sets of the match to take a 20–9 lead. The Wild was led by Anabel Medina Garrigues who won the women's singles set and paired with Darija Jurak to take the women's doubles and with Aisam Qureshi to win the mixed doubles. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. got the Wid started with a set win in men's singles. The Lobsters won the final set of men's doubles to send the match to overtime. But Bogomolov and Qureshi won the first game of overtime to seal a 23–14 victory.[6]

The following night, the Wild visited the Springfield Lasers in a rematch of the 2013 Western Conference Championship Match. After the Wild won the first two sets to take a 10–4 lead, the Lasers cut the deficit at halftime to 10–9 by sweeping five straight games of mixed doubles. Medina Garrigues won the women's singles set, 5–2, to extend the Wild's lead to 15–11. But the Lasers took the fifth set of men's singles, 5–1, to tie the match at 16 and send it to a super tiebreaker. After struggling in the final set, Bogomolov was able to redeem himself by taking the tiebreaker, 7–5, to secure a 17–16 victory.[7]

The Wild met the three-time defending WTT Champion Washington Kastles in its home opener on July 8, 2014. The Wild won only one of the five sets in a 24–15 loss.[8]

The Wild won another thrilling road match on July 10, 2014, against the San Diego Aviators. Trailing 18–14 after four sets, Bogomolov and Qureshi took the men's doubles set, 5–1, to tie the match at 19 and send it to a super tiebreaker which they won, 7–6, on a match-deciding point to secure a 20–19 victory.[9]

The following night, the Wild returned home to meet the Philadelphia Freedoms. It found itself behind again, 18–16, after four sets. Once again, Bogomolov and Qureshi produced a dramatic comeback. They won the final set of men's doubles, 5–3, to tie the match at 21 and send it to a super tiebreaker. Bogomolov and Qureshi dominated the tiebreaker, 7–1, to give the Wild a 22–21 victory and a record of 4 wins and 1 loss.[10]

Mid-season struggle

After starting the season strong, the Wild lost four of its next five matches to drop its record to 5 wins and 5 losses. The run started with a road loss against the Springfield Lasers. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. won the fifth set of men's singles to tie the match at 18. But the Lasers won the super tiebreaker, 7–6, on a match-deciding point to earn a 19–18 victory.[11]

The struggling Wild hosted the Austin Aces on July 17, 2014, in the first-ever match between the in-state rivals after the Aces moved to Greater Austin from Orange County, California. The Wild had an 18–16 lead after four sets. The Aces won the final set of mixed doubles, 5–4, to force overtime and then won an overtime game to tie the match at 22. The Aces took the tiebreaker, 7–4, to earn a 23–22 victory.[12]

Late season collapse

After losing to the Aces at home the previous night, the Wild traveled to Cedar Park for a rematch on July 18, 2014. The Wild won four of the five sets in a dominant 23–12 victory. Anabel Medina Garrigues closed out the match with a set win in women's singles after earlier recording set wins in mixed doubles with Aisam Qureshi and in women's doubles with Darija Jurak. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. got the Wild started with a win in the opening set of men's singles.[13] The win gave the Wild 6 wins and 5 losses and control over its playoff destiny. At the point, the San Diego Aviators led the conference with 6 wins and 4 losses, the Springfield Lasers were third at 5 wins and 5 losses, ½ match behind the Wild, and the Aces had 4 wins and 6 losses.[14]

The following evening, the Wild lost a critical match at home to the Lasers to drop to third place in the standings. The Wild dropped all five sets in the 25–16 defeat.[15]

In what would prove to be the final home match for the franchise in Irving, the Wild dropped four of the five sets in falling to the Aces, 22–16.[16]

In the final match for the franchise as the Texas Wild, the team dropped four of the five sets in a 22–13 road loss to the Aviators.[17]

Despite closing the season with three straight defeats and finishing with a losing record at 6 wins and 8 losses, the Wild remained mathematically alive in the playoff race on the season's final day. It needed losses by both the Lasers and the Aces to create a three-way tie for second place in the Western Conference. For the Wild to win the standings tiebreaker, the Lasers had to win 17 or fewer games in their final match.[18] Once the Lasers took a 17–3 lead on their way to a 25–7 victory over the Boston Lobsters, the Wild's season came to an end.[19]

Move to California

On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to Citrus Heights, California, renaming it the California Dream.[1]

Event chronology

Draft picks

Since the Wild had the better record of the two conference championship match losers in 2013 at 9 wins and 5 losses, it had the third-to-last (sixth) selection in each round of the WTT Marquee Player Draft and moved up to fifth in the Roster Player Draft after the contraction of the Las Vegas Neon.

Marquee player draft

The Wild passed on making any selections at the WTT Marquee Player Draft.[3]

Round Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Player chosen Шаблон:Tooltip
1 6 6 Pass
2 6 14 Pass

Roster player draft

The Wild protected Aisam Qureshi, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and Darija Jurak and drafted Anabel Medina Garrigues in the WTT Roster Player Draft. The selections made[4] by the Wild are shown in the table below.

Round Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Player chosen Шаблон:Tooltip
1 5 5 Anabel Medina Garrigues N
2 5 12 Aisam Qureshi Y
3 5 19 Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Y
4 5 26 Darija Jurak Y

Match log

Legend
Wild Win Wild Loss
Home team in CAPS
Match Date Venue and location Result and details Record
1 July 6 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Texas Wild 23, BOSTON LOBSTERS 14 (overtime)[6]
* MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 5, Rik de Voest (Lobsters) 2
* WD: Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Sharon Fichman/Megan Moulton-Levy (Lobsters) 4
* XD: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Megan Moulton-Levy/Eric Butorac (Lobsters) 2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Megan Moulton-Levy (Lobsters) 1
*** Megan Moulton-Levy substituted for Sharon Fichman at 0–1
* MD: Eric Butorac/Rik de Voest (Lobsters) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 2
* OT – MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 1, Eric Butorac/Rik de Voest (Lobsters) 0
1–0
2 July 7 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri
Texas Wild 17, SPRINGFIELD LASERS 16 (super tiebreaker, 7–5)[7]
* MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Ross Hutchins/Michael Russell (Lasers) 2
* WD: Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Olga Govortsova/Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Lasers) 2
* XD: Olga Govortsova/Ross Hutchins (Lasers) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 0
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Olga Govortsova (Lasers) 2
* MS: Michael Russell (Lasers) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 1
* STB - MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 7, Michael Russell (Lasers) 5
2–0
3 July 8 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
Washington Kastles 24, TEXAS WILD 15[8]
* MS: Bobby Reynolds (Kastles) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Jarmila Gajdošová (Kastles) 4
* XD: Jarmila Gajdošová/Leander Paes (Kastles) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
* WD: Jarmila Gajdošová/Anastasia Rodionova (Kastles) 5, Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 1
* MD: Leander Paes/Bobby Reynolds (Kastles) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 3
2–1
4 July 10 Valley View Casino Center
San Diego, California
Texas Wild 20, SAN DIEGO AVIATORS 19 (super tiebreaker, 7–6)[9]
* MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 5, Somdev Devvarman (Aviators) 3
* WS: Daniela Hantuchová (Aviators) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 2
* XD: Květa Peschke/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
* WD: Daniela Hantuchová/Květa Peschke (Aviators) 5, Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 3
* MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Somdev Devvarman/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 1
* STB – MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 7, Somdev Devvarman/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 6
3–1
5 July 11 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
TEXAS WILD 22, Philadelphia Freedoms 21 (super tiebreaker, 7–1)[10]
* XD: Liezel Huber/Marcelo Melo (Freedoms) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 3
* MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 5, Frank Dancevic (Freedoms) 4
* WD: Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Liezel Huber/Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) 4
* WS: Taylor Townsend (Freedoms) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 3
* MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Frank Dancevic/Marcelo Melo (Freedoms) 3
* STB – MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 7, Frank Dancevic/Marcelo Melo (Freedoms) 1
4–1
6 July 12 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri
SPRINGFIELD LASERS 19, Texas Wild 18 (super tiebreaker, 7–6)[11]
* MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, James Blake/Michael Russell (Lasers) 2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Olga Govortsova (Lasers) 3
* XD: Olga Govortsova/James Blake (Lasers) 5, Darija Jurak/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 2
* WD: Līga Dekmeijere/Olga Govortsova (Lasers) 5, Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 1
* MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 5, Michael Russell (Lasers) 3
* STB - MS: Michael Russell (Lasers) 7, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 6
4–2
7 July 13 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
San Diego Aviators 21, TEXAS WILD 18[20]
* XD: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Květa Peschke/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 3
* WD: Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Daniela Hantuchová/Květa Peschke (Aviators) 3
* MS: Somdev Devvarman (Aviators) 5, Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 3
*** Aisam Qureshi substituted for Alex Bogomolov, Jr. at 3–3
* WS: Daniela Hantuchová (Aviators) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 1
* MD: Somdev Devvarman/Raven Klaasen (Aviators) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
4–3
8 July 15 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
TEXAS WILD 22, Springfield Lasers 13[21]
* XD: Darija Jurak/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Olga Govortsova/Ross Hutchins (Lasers) 2
* WD: Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Olga Govortsova/Raquel Kops-Jones (Lasers) 3
* MS: Michael Russell (Lasers) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Olga Govortsova (Lasers) 1
* MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Ross Hutchins/Michael Russell (Lasers) 2
5–3
9 July 16 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia
WASHINGTON KASTLES 23, Texas Wild 18[5]
* MS: Bobby Reynolds (Kastles) 5, Tim Smyczek (Wild) 4
* WD: Martina Hingis/Venus Williams (Kastles) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Darija Jurak (Wild) 2
* XD: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Martina Hingis/Leander Paes (Kastles) 4
***Anabel Medina Garrigues substituted for Darija Jurak at 1–2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Venus Williams (Kastles) 4
* MD: Bobby Reynolds/Leander Paes (Kastles) 5, Aisam Qureshi/Tim Smyczek (Wild) 2
5–4
10 July 17 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
Austin Aces 23, TEXAS WILD 22 (super tiebreaker, 7–4)[12]
* MS: John-Patrick Smith (Aces) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 4
* WD: Eva Hrdinová/Vera Zvonareva (Aces) 5, Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 4
* MD: Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Treat Huey/John-Patrick Smith (Aces) 2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Vera Zvonareva (Aces) 4
* XD: Eva Hrdinová/Treat Huey (Aces) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
*** Anabel Medina Garrigues substituted for Darija Jurak at 1–2
* OT – XD: Eva Hrdinová/Treat Huey (Aces) 1, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 0
* STB – XD: Eva Hrdinová/Treat Huey (Aces) 7, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
5–5
11 July 18 Cedar Park Center
Cedar Park, Texas
Texas Wild 23, AUSTIN ACES 12[13]
* MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 5, Andy Roddick (Aces) 3
* MD: Treat Huey/Andy Roddick (Aces) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 3
* XD: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 5, Marion Bartoli/Treat Huey (Aces) 1
* WD: Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Marion Bartoli/Vera Zvonareva (Aces) 2
* WS: Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 5, Vera Zvonareva (Aces) 1
6–5
12 July 19 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
Springfield Lasers 25, TEXAS WILD 16[15]
* XD: Olga Govortsova/Ross Hutchins (Lasers) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
* WD: Olga Govortsova/Abigail Spears (Lasers) 5, Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 2
* MS: Michael Russell (Lasers) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 2
* WS: Olga Govortsova (Lasers) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 4
* MD: Ross Hutchins/Michael Russell (Lasers) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 4
6–6
13 July 20 Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Irving, Texas
Austin Aces 22, TEXAS WILD 16[16]
* XD: Eva Hrdinová/Treat Huey (Aces) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 3
*** Alex Bogomolov, Jr. substituted for Aisam Qureshi at 3–4
* WD: Eva Hrdinová/Vera Zvonareva (Aces) 5, Darija Jurak/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 3
* MS: Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 5, Jesse Witten (Aces) 2
* WS: Vera Zvonareva (Aces) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 2
* MD: Treat Huey/Jesse Witten (Aces) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 3
6–7
14 July 22 Valley View Casino Center
San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO AVIATORS 22, Texas Wild 13[17]
* MS: Somdev Devvarman (Aviators) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. (Wild) 2
* WD: Anabel Medina Garrigues/Darija Jurak (Wild) 5, Daniela Hantuchová/Květa Peschke (Aviators) 2
* XD: Mike Bryan/Květa Peschke (Aviators) 5, Aisam Qureshi/Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 3
* WS: Daniela Hantuchová (Aviators) 5, Anabel Medina Garrigues (Wild) 1
* MD: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (Aviators) 5, Alex Bogomolov, Jr./Aisam Qureshi (Wild) 2
6–8

Team personnel

Reference:[22][23]

On-court personnel

Front office

  • Jeff Launius – Owner and General Manager
  • Mel Launius – Owner

Notes: Шаблон:Reflist

Statistics

Players are listed in order of their game-winning percentage provided they played in at least 40% of the Wild's games in that event, which is the WTT minimum for qualification for league leaders in individual statistical categories.[24]

Men's singles
Player Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 98 47 51 .480 4 17 15 42 .357 12 25 .480
Tim Smyczek 9 4 5 .444 3 0 2 3 .667 2 4 .500
Aisam Qureshi 2 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 109 51 58 .468 7 17 17 45 .378 14 29 .483
Women's singles
Player Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
Anabel Medina Garrigues 103 53 50 .515 9 6 17 39 .436 11 22 .500
Total 103 53 50 .515 9 6 17 39 .436 11 22 .500
Men's doubles
Player Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 101 54 47 .535 1 7 17 37 .459 16 25 .640
Aisam Qureshi 108 56 52 .519 4 8 17 37 .459 17 27 .630
Tim Smyczek 7 2 5 .286 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500
Total 108 56 52 .519 6 15 17 37 .459 17 27 .630
Women's doubles
Player Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
Darija Jurak 106 51 55 .481 2 9 20 54 .370 15 30 .500
Anabel Medina Garrigues 106 51 55 .481 3 5 20 54 .370 15 30 .500
Total 106 51 55 .481 5 14 20 54 .370 15 30 .500
Mixed doubles
Player Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
Aisam Qureshi 110 52 58 .473 26 4 11 26 .423 9 22 .409
Anabel Medina Garrigues 93 43 50 .462 2 6 10 24 .417 9 20 .450
Darija Jurak 18 9 9 .500 0 1 1 2 .500 0 2 .000
Alex Bogomolov, Jr. 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 111 52 59 .468 28 11 11 26 .423 9 22 .409
Team totals
Event Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip Шаблон:Tooltip
Men's singles 109 51 58 .468 7 17 17 45 .378 14 29 .483
Women's singles 103 53 50 .515 9 6 17 39 .436 11 22 .500
Men's doubles 108 56 52 .519 6 15 17 37 .459 17 27 .630
Women's doubles 106 51 55 .481 5 14 20 54 .370 15 30 .500
Mixed doubles 111 52 59 .468 28 11 11 26 .423 9 22 .409
Total 537 263 274 .490 55 63 82 201 .408 66 130 .508

Transactions

Individual honors and achievements

Anabel Medina Garrigues was named WTT Female Rookie of the Year.[25]

Alex Bogomolov, Jr. was third in WTT in game-winning percentage in men's doubles. Aisam Qureshi was sixth.[26]

Charitable support

During each night of the 2014 season, the WTT team with the most aces received US$1,000 toward a local charity of the team's choice as part of a program called Mylan Aces. In the case of a tie, the award was split accordingly. The Wild earned $1,500 for Emily's Place through the program.[27]

See also

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:California Dream seasons Шаблон:2014 WTT season by team Шаблон:2014 in tennis