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The Los Angeles Strings were a
team tennis Team tennis is a tennis tournament which consist of matches between different groups of players each competing to win the tournament for their team. The format is usually an altered version of the professionally played World TeamTennis format; con ...
franchise in
TeamTennis World TeamTennis (WTT) is a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States, which was founded in 1973. The league's season normally takes place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA take a ...
. They were the namesake of the original Los Angeles Strings (1974–78) and were owned by
Jerry Buss Gerald Hatten Buss (January 27, 1933 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman, investor, chemist, and philanthropist. He was the majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning 10 l ...
, 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
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75,000 franchise fee. Jerry Buss hired his daughter
Jeanie Buss Jeanie Marie Buss (born September 26, 1961) is an American sports executive who is the controlling owner and president of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A daughter of Jerry Buss, who owned the Lakers and oth ...
, who was 19 years old at the time, to be the general manager of the Strings.


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Los Angeles Strings (1974–1978) The Los Angeles Strings were a team tennis franchise in World Team Tennis. They were owned by Jerry Buss. The Strings played their home matches at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in 1974, before moving to The Forum in Inglewood, Californi ...


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Defunct World TeamTennis teams Sports clubs established in 1981 Strings Strings Strings 1981 establishments in California Sports clubs disestablished in 1993 1993 disestablishments in California {{California-sport-team-stub