New York Empire (tennis)
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| Sport | Team tennis |
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| Founded | February 17, 2016 |
| Current season | 2016 |
| League | World TeamTennis |
| Team history |
New York Empire 2016–present |
| Based in | Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York |
| Stadium |
Forest Hills Stadium (capacity: 2,500) |
| Colors | Navy blue, orange, white |
| Owner(s) | NY TeamTennis LLC represented by Michael Coakley |
| President | Angela Martin |
| Head coach | Patrick McEnroe |
| General Manager | Colleen Hopkins |
| Championships | None |
| Playoff berths | None |
| Website | www |
The New York Empire is a World TeamTennis (WTT) team that plays its home matches at Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York in the United States of America.
On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that the league would return to New York City for the 2016 season. The Empire would play its home matches at historic Forest Hills Stadium. The 14,000-seat stadium was to be reconfigured to seat approximately 2,500 fans for Empire home matches. Concurrent with that announcement, the league also reported that the newly formed Empire had acquired the rights to former world number 1 male player Andy Roddick in a trade with the Orange County Breakers. Patrick McEnroe, who is from Long Island, was named the team's head coach.
The Empire struggled to a record of 2 wins and 10 losses in its inaugural season and finished last in the WTT standings.
The Empire made its debut on July 31, 2016, with a home match against the five-time defending WTT champion Washington Kastles. The match opened with Guido Pella and Neal Skupski dropping a men's doubles tiebreaker. The Empire managed to win only one set, when Pella took the men's singles, 5–2. The Kastles won the match, 22–15.
Skupski had been signed to replace Oliver Marach on the roster, after Marach was selected to represent Austria at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Empire also lost Pella, who represented Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics, after he appeared in the first three matches of the season. He was replaced by Long Island native Noah Rubin for one match, Daniel Nguyen for two matches and Marcus Willis for the remainder of the season.
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