Singapore Slammers
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| Sport | Team tennis |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Current season | 2014 |
| League | International Premier Tennis League |
| Team history | 2014–present |
| Based in | Singapore |
| Stadium | Singapore Indoor Stadium |
| Colors |
Red, Green |
| Owner(s) |
Sunil Gavaskar Kishan Gehlot Shashi Kiran Shetty Ajay Sethi Avi Bhojani |
| President | Vikas Gehlot |
| Head coach |
Purav Raja Joshua Eagle (2014) |
| Championships | 1(2015) |
| Broadcasters | SingTel |
| Website | www |
Red, Green
The Singapore Slammers (officially the DBS Singapore Slammers pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with DBS Bank Ltd) is a tennis team based in the city-state of Singapore that competes in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). It is one of the four charter franchises that will participate in the IPTL's inaugural 2014 season.
On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be based in Singapore. The team was founded by Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and international business executives Kishan Gehlot, Shashi Kiran Shetty, Avi Bhojani, and Ajay Sethi. Gehlot is the chairman of East African real estate development and healthcare conglomerate Intex Group. Shetty is chairman of Allcargo Logistics Limited. Sethi is chairman of Channel 2 in Dubai. They collectively invested US$15 million to own the franchise.
The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Singapore were
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