2014 San Diego Aviators season
| 2014 San Diego Aviators season | |
|---|---|
| Conference | 1st Western |
| Record | |
| 2014 record | 10 wins, 4 losses |
| Home record | 6 wins, 1 loss |
| Road record | 4 wins, 3 losses |
| Games won–lost | 287–236 |
| Team Info | |
| Owner(s) | Russell Geyser (majority) Jack McGrory (minority) Fred Luddy (minority) |
| President/CEO | Billy Berger |
| General Manager | Shelly Hall |
| Coach | David Macpherson |
| Stadium |
Valley View Casino Center (capacity: 3,398) |
The 2014 San Diego Aviators season was the 20th season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT) and its first playing in San Diego, California.
The Aviators went from having the worst record in WTT in 2013, (as the New York Sportimes) to the league's best record in 2014. The team made the playoffs for the first time in two years and finished first in its conference for the first time in four years. The Aviators were led by Daniela Hantuchová who was named WTT Female Most Valuable Player and Somdev Devvarman who was named WTT Male Rookie of the Year. David Macpherson, coach of the Aviators, was recognized as WTT Coach of the Year. The Aviators hosted the Springfield Lasers in the Western Conference Championship Match in the first postseason home match for the franchise in four years. The Lasers defeated the Aviators, 22–17, to end the season for San Diego.
On January 15, 2014, Claude Okin, CEO of the New York Sportimes announced that the franchise had been sold to businessman Russell Geyser and his minority partner Jack McGrory, and the team would be relocated to San Diego, California and renamed the San Diego Aviators. Okin said, "This is a bittersweet event for me personally. I am very glad to have found a motivated and able new owner for the franchise: a person who will be able to re-imagine it in another great tennis town—but I will miss my team." Geyser said that the team's new name was chosen "to be evocative of San Diego’s long storied history of military and commercial aviation."
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