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1976 World Team Tennis season information


1976 World Team Tennis season
LeagueWorld Team Tennis
SportTeam tennis
DurationMay 1 – August 27, 1976
Number of matchesRegular season: 220 (44 for each team) scheduled; 219 played
Postseason: minimum of 7, maximum of 11; 8 actually played
Number of teams10
World Team Tennis Player Draft
Top draft pickSouth Africa Linky Boshoff
Picked bySan Diego Friars
Regular season
Top seedNew York Sets
Season MVPMale: United States Sandy Mayer
Female: United States Chris Evert
Eastern Division
Season championsNew York Sets
  Runners-upPittsburgh Triangles
Western Division
Season championsPhoenix Racquets
  Runners-upSan Francisco Golden Gaters
Division Championship Series
Eastern Division championsNew York Sets
Western Division championsSan Francisco Golden Gaters
World Team Tennis Finals
VenueNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (deciding Match 3)
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena (Matches 1 and 2)
ChampionsNew York Sets
  Runners-upSan Francisco Golden Gaters
Playoff MVPsMale: United States Sandy Mayer
Female: United States Billie Jean King
World Team Tennis seasons
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The 1976 World Team Tennis season was the third season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. Led by regular season and playoff male most valuable player Sandy Mayer and female playoff most valuable player Billie Jean King, the New York Sets swept the San Francisco Golden Gaters in the WTT Finals to win the league championship.[1][2]

  1. ^ "World TeamTennis Milestones". Facebook. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Dmitry, Steve (1998). "Steve Dimitry's Extinct Sports Leagues: World Team Tennis (1974–1978)". Retrieved July 10, 2016.

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