Los Angeles Strings (1974–1978)

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Los Angeles Strings

Founded	May 22, 1973 (1973-05-22)
League	World Team Tennis TeamTennis
Team history	Los Angeles Strings (1974–1978) Los Angeles Strings (1981–1993)
Arena	The Forum
Owner	Jerry Buss
Championships	1978

The Los Angeles Strings were a team tennis franchise in World Team Tennis. They were owned by Jerry Buss.^[1]^[2]^[3] The Strings played their home matches at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in 1974, before moving to The Forum in Inglewood, California for the 1975 season. The Strings featured Chris Evert as a player and Ilie Năstase as the coach on their 1978 WTT championship team.^[4]

References

^ "World Team Tennis is Threatened". Lodi News-Sentinel. United Press International. November 8, 1978. p. 19. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
^ Mullins, Brock (July 6, 1988). "TeamTennis Set Not Ready for Centre Court Showing". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
^ Lidz, Franz (November 2, 1998). "She's Got Balls". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013.
^ Pucin, Diane (March 3, 2013). "Jerry Buss used team tennis, roller hockey to train his children". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013.

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Current stadiums	Credit Union 1 Arena (Chicago) Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning (New York) Breakers Stadium at the Palisades Tennis Club (Orange County) USTA National Campus (Orlando) Michael J. Hagan Arena (Philadelphia) Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (San Diego) Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex (Springfield) Orleans Arena (Vegas) Kastles Stadium at Union Market (Washington)
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