2016 World TeamTennis season
| 2016 World TeamTennis season | |
|---|---|
| League | World TeamTennis |
| Sport | Team tennis |
| Duration | July 31 – August 26, 2016 |
| Number of matches | Regular season: 36 (12 for each team) Postseason: 1 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| TV partner(s) |
ESPN2 ESPN3 Tennis Channel Altitude Sports and Entertainment Comcast SportsNet affiliates Mediacom Connections MSG |
| World TeamTennis Player Draft | |
| Top draft pick |
 John Isner
|
| Picked by | Springfield Lasers |
| Regular season | |
| Top seed | San Diego Aviators |
| Season MVP |
Ryan Harrison (Male MVP) (San Diego) Nicole Gibbs (Female MVP) (Orange County) |
| World TeamTennis Final | |
| Venue | Forest Hills Stadium |
| Champions | San Diego Aviators |
| Runners-up | Orange County Breakers |
| Finals MVP |
 Raven Klaasen (San Diego) |
The 2016 World TeamTennis season was the 41st season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V., the official name of the league was Mylan World TeamTennis in 2016.
The San Diego Aviators defeated the Orange County Breakers, 25–14 in extended play, in the WTT Finals to win the King Trophy as WTT champions.
The 2016 World TeamTennis season included six teams. Unlike previous seasons, the teams were not split into two conferences. Each team played a 12-match regular-season schedule with six home and six away matches. The top two teams in the regular season qualified for the World TeamTennis Final at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City. The higher seed was treated as the "home" team in the WTT Final and had the right to determine order of play. The winner of the WTT Final was awarded the King Trophy.
On December 14, 2015, the Austin Aces announced that the team would move back to Orange County, California for the 2016 season and be renamed the Orange County Breakers. On January 27, 2016, the Breakers announced that they would play their home matches at Breakers Stadium at the Newport Beach Tennis Club.
In December 2015, Randy Peters Catering of Citrus Heights, California sued the California Dream and its three owners in Sacramento County Superior Court demanding US$19,249 for its unpaid bills as the team's food concessionaire. Also in December 2015, one of the Dream's minority owners, Bob Kaliski, told The Sacramento Bee that he had personally lost US$175,000 investing in the team and that majority owner Jeff Launius had told him the Dream owed its vendors US$192,000 at the end of the season. Kaliski said, "I don't know if the team is going to be back or not. I know I'm not going to be back. I don't know about the rest of the team." WTT said that the Dream had until the end of December to meet its financial commitments to the league in order to secure its spot for 2016. On January 13, 2016, WTT announced that the Dream franchise had been terminated due to noncompliance with the team's obligations to the league.
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