2014 Singapore Slammers season
| 2014 Singapore Slammers | |
|---|---|
| 2014 record | 3 wins, 9 losses |
| Home record | 2 wins, 1 loss |
| Road record | 1 win, 2 losses |
| Neutral-site record | 6 losses |
| Games won | 240 |
| Games lost | 315 |
| Owner(s) |
Sunil Gavaskar Kishan Gehlot Shashi Kiran Shetty Ajay Sethi |
| President/CEO | Vikas Gehlot |
| Coach | Joshua Eagle |
| Stadium | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Avg. home attendance | 8,000 |
| Television coverage | SingTel |
The 2014 Singapore Slammers season (officially the 2014 DBS Singapore Slammers season pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with DBS Bank Ltd) is the inaugural season of the franchise playing in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).
On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be in Singapore. The team was founded by Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and international business executives Kishan Gehlot, Shashi Kiran Shetty and Ajay Sethi. Gehlot is the chairman of East African real estate development and healthcare conglomerate Intex Group. Shetty is chairman of Allcargo Logistics Limited. Sethi is chairman of Channel 2 in Dubai. They collectively invested US$15 million to own the franchise.
The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Singapore were
By May 2014, the team was being referred to as the Singapore Lions. By June 2014, the Lions had become known as the Singapore Slammers.
On 4 August 2014, the Slammers announced that their home matches would be played at Singapore Indoor Stadium.
On 27 October 2014, Joshua Eagle was named the Slammers' first coach.
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