The St. Louis Aces were a
professional
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tennis
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team in the city of
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
. They entered the
World TeamTennis
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The league's season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take a ...
League in 1994, and won their only WTT Championship title two years later. The Aces played their home matches at the
Dwight Davis Tennis Center in
Forest Park
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Examples Chile
* Forest Park, Santiago
China
*Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai
* Mufushan National Fores ...
. The Aces played eighteen seasons in WTT before the franchise folded after the
2011 season.
["www.stltoday.com", November 23, 2011]
Final squad
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Rick Leach
Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open) ...
, Head Coach
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Anna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova ( rus, Анна Сергеевна Курникова, p=ˈanːə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ˈkurnʲɪkəvə, a=Anna_kournikova.ogg; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player and American televisio ...
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Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. Davenport was ranked singles world No. 1 for a total of 98 weeks, and was the year-end singles world No. 1 four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005) ...
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Tripp Phillips
Owen Thomas Phillips III (better known as Tripp Phillips) (born August 26, 1977) is a former American professional tennis player.
Early life
Phillips was born in Newport News, Virginia. He started to play tennis at the age of four with his m ...
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Līga Dekmeijere
Līga Dekmeijere (born 21 May 1983) is a Latvian tennis player.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 19 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 August 2002, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 287. On ...
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Andrei Pavel
Andrei Pavel (born 27 January 1974) is a Romanian tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
Career
Andrei began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen. Turned professional in 1995. He won three singles tit ...
References
External links
Sports clubs established in 1994
Aces
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Defunct World TeamTennis teams
Tennis teams in Missouri
1994 establishments in Missouri
Sports clubs disestablished in 2011
2011 disestablishments in Missouri
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