2014 Texas Wild season
| 2014 Texas Wild season | |
|---|---|
| Conference | 4th Western |
| Record | |
| 2014 record | 6 wins, 8 losses |
| Home record | 2 wins, 5 losses |
| Road record | 4 wins, 3 losses |
| Games won–lost | 263–274 |
| Team Info | |
| Owner(s) | Jeff Launius Mel Launius |
| General Manager | Jeff Launius |
| Coach | Brent Haygarth |
| Stadium |
Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas (capacity: 2,000) |
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.
On January 23, 2014, the Wild traded Bob and Mike Bryan to the San Diego Aviators in exchange for undisclosed financial consideration.
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. The Wild protected Aisam Qureshi, Alex Bogomolov, Jr. and Darija Jurak and drafted Anabel Medina Garrigues in the roster player draft.
On July 16, 2014, the Wild signed Tim Smyczek as a substitute player.
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.
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