2015 Boston Lobsters season | |
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Conference | 3rd Eastern |
Record | |
2015 record | 5 wins, 9 losses |
Home record | 1 win, 6 losses |
Road record | 4 wins, 3 losses |
Games won–lost | 253–283 |
Team Info | |
Owner(s) | World TeamTennis |
General Manager | Darlene Hayes |
Coach | Jan-Michael Gambill |
Stadium |
Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club (capacity: 1,634) |
Average attendance | 1,071 |
The 2015 Boston Lobsters season was the 11th and final season of the franchise (in its current incarnation) in World TeamTennis (WTT).
The Lobsters rebounded somewhat from their dismal 2014 season with 5 wins and 9 losses and narrowly missed qualifying for the WTT playoffs. The Lobsters were eliminated on the final day of the regular season when they lost to the Washington Kastles, 22–14.
On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that it had been unable to find a new owner for the Lobsters, and the franchise had folded.
In early 2015, WTT took over operations of the Lobsters from former owner Bahar Uttam who retired from the sports business and walked away from the team. WTT began seeking a new local owner or ownership group for the Lobsters. By the end of the 2015 season, WTT commissioner Ilana Kloss said the league had had conversations with several interested buyers in New England. WTT's asking price for the Lobsters was US$1 million. Kloss said, "I think that’s probably the price we believe a team should be valued at."
Prior to the WTT Draft on March 16, 2015, the Lobsters traded the top-ranked American player John Isner to the Springfield Lasers for undisclosed consideration which was presumably financial, since no other players or draft choices were moved in connection with the deal. The Lobsters used the first overall pick in the marquee portion of the draft to select Eugenie Bouchard. In the roster portion of the draft, the Lobsters didn't protect any players from their 2014 roster. They selected Irina Falconi, Scott Lipsky, Chase Buchanan and Arantxa Parra Santonja. Lipsky played with the team in 2014, as a substitute player but only appeared in two matches and could not be protected by the Lobsters in the draft.