2017 World TeamTennis season
| 2017 World TeamTennis season | |
|---|---|
| League | World TeamTennis |
| Sport | Team tennis |
| Duration | July 16 – August 5, 2017 |
| Number of matches | Regular season: 42 (14 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 |
 Jack Sock
|
| Picked by | Springfield Lasers |
| World TeamTennis Final | |
| Venue |
Omni La Costa Resort and Spa Carlsbad, California |
The 2017 World TeamTennis season will be the 42nd 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 is Mylan World TeamTennis in 2017.
The 2017 World TeamTennis season will include six teams. Each team will play a 14-match regular-season schedule with seven home and seven away matches. The top two teams in the regular season will qualify for the World TeamTennis Final to be played at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, the home court of the San Diego Aviators. The higher seed will be treated as the "home" team in the WTT Final and have the right to determine the order of play. The winner of the WTT Final will be awarded the King Trophy.
WTT conducted its 2017 Marquee Player Draft on February 16, in New York City. The order in which teams selected was based on the results the teams achieved in 2016, with weaker teams selecting earlier and stronger teams selecting later. The four nonplayoff teams selected first followed by the WTT Final loser and then the WTT Final winner. Each team could protect up to three marquee players or doubles teams, if they appeared in a match for the team in 2016. The selections made are shown in the tables below.
Notes:
The 2017 season will be the final year of a four-year television rights contract between WTT and ESPN, Inc.
On December 8, 2014, WTT announced that its title-sponsorship agreement with Mylan N.V. was extended for two more years through the 2017 season. As part of its partnership with WTT, Mylan will continue to sponsor events at which children meet with WTT players and are introduced to tennis, charitable events and the Mylan Aces program which allows each team to select a local charity for which it can earn money donated by Mylan by recording the most aces in the league on a given day during the regular season.
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