2015 Washington Kastles season

2015 Washington Kastles
2015 record 0 wins, 0 losses
Owner(s) Mark D. Ein
General Manager Kevin Wynne
Coach Murphy Jensen
Stadium Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
(capacity: 3,212)

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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 second decide not to participate in the league in 2016.[1]

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.

Draft type Round No. Overall Player chosen Prot? Notes
Marquee 1 7 7 Switzerland Martina Hingis Y
2 7 14 United States Venus Williams Y
3 7 21 United States Serena Williams N Designated
Roster 1 7 7 United States Sam Querrey N Exempt
2 7 14 India Leander Paes Y
3 7 21 Pass –
4 7 28 Australia Anastasia Rodionova Y

Match log

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 at BOSTON LOBSTERS
2 July 14 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Austin Aces at WASHINGTON KASTLES
3 July 15 Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex
Springfield, Missouri 		Washington Kastles at SPRINGFIELD LASERS
4 July 16 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		San Diego Aviators at WASHINGTON KASTLES
5 July 17 The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania 		Washington Kastles at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS
6 July 18 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Philadelphia Freedoms at WASHINGTON KASTLES
7 July 20 The Pavilion
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania 		Washington Kastles at PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS
8 July 21 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Boston Lobsters at WASHINGTON KASTLES
9 July 23 Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts 		Washington Kastles at BOSTON LOBSTERS
10 July 24 Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, Texas 		Washington Kastles at AUSTIN ACES
11 July 26 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Springfield Lasers at WASHINGTON KASTLES
12 July 27 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		California Dream at WASHINGTON KASTLES
13 July 28 Gregory Gymnasium
Austin, Texas 		Washington Kastles at AUSTIN ACES
14 July 29 Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center
Washington, District of Columbia 		Boston Lobsters at WASHINGTON KASTLES

Team personnel

As of April 2, 2015:[2][3]

On-court personnel

Front office

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Serena Williams, Eugenie Bouchard Headline Mylan World TeamTennis Player Draft for Historic 40th Season". World TeamTennis. March 16, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Lineup". Washington Kastles. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mark D. Ein". Washington Kastles. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Washington Kastles Four-Peat As Mylan WTT Champions". World TeamTennis. July 27, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2015.

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