This article is about the tennis team that played in TeamTennis/World Team Tennis from 1981 through 1993. For the original team that played in World Team Tennis from 1974 to 1978, see Los Angeles Strings (1974–1978).
Los Angeles Strings
Founded
March 30, 1981 (1981-03-30)
Folded
1993 (1993)
League
TeamTennis
Team history
Los Angeles Strings (1981–1993)
Arena
The Forum
Owner
Jerry Buss
General manager
Jeanie Buss
Championships
1981, 1990
The Los Angeles Strings were a team tennis franchise in TeamTennis. They were the namesake of the original Los Angeles Strings (1974–78) and were owned by Jerry Buss, who also owned the original team. The Strings played their home matches at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The Strings won the 1981 TeamTennis championship in their inaugural season, and followed up with a second title in 1990.
World Team Tennis suspended operations after the 1978 season, and all the franchises were terminated. The league restarted in 1981, under the new name TeamTennis, with four new expansion franchises, one of which was the Strings. Each team owner paid a US$75,000 franchise fee. Jerry Buss hired his daughter Jeanie Buss, who was 19 years old at the time, to be the general manager of the Strings.[1]
The LA Strings lost the Buss family a total of $5 million including $200,000 in the first year, and $1 million in the second year.
^"Team Tennis Revisited". The New York Times. March 30, 1981. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
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