2016 Springfield Lasers season
| 2016 Springfield Lasers season | |
|---|---|
| World TeamTennis | 5th place |
| Record | |
| 2016 record | 4 wins, 8 losses |
| Home record | 3 wins, 3 losses |
| Road record | 1 win, 5 losses |
| Games won–lost | 231–250 |
| Team Info | |
| Owner(s) | Springfield-Greene County Park Board represented by John Cooper |
| President/CEO | Bob Belote |
| General Manager | Paul Nahon |
| Coach | John-Laffnie de Jager |
| Stadium |
Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex (capacity: 2,500) |
The 2016 Springfield Lasers season was the 21st season of the franchise in World TeamTennis (WTT). The Lasers finished with 4 wins and 8 losses, fifth in the WTT standings, and missed the postseason for the second consecutive year. The team featured Michaëlla Krajicek, who won the 2016 WTT Female Rookie of the Year Award.
At the WTT Draft on March 25, 2016, the Lasers protected the top-ranked American player John Isner in the first round of the marquee player portion of the draft and passed on making a second-round selection. In the roster player portion of the draft, the Lasers made a trade with the expansion New York Empire, which was interested in selecting Christina McHale. In the trade, the Lasers gave the Empire the first overall selection in the roster player portion of the draft along with the first pick in the fourth round in exchange for the third pick in each of the first and third rounds. The Lasers did not protect any players in the roster portion of the draft. They selected Daniel Nestor, Benjamin Becker, Daria Gavrilova and Michaëlla Krajicek. Nestor was the only one of the four with WTT experience. He was WTT Male Rookie of the Year playing for the Sacramento Capitals in 2003, and WTT Male Most Valuable Player as a member of the Philadelphia Freedoms in 2006. The Lasers elected not to choose a roster-exempt player in the fifth round.
Daria Gavrilova was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics on July 1, 2016. She was replaced on the roster by Pauline Parmentier on July 23, 2016.
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