The San Diego Buds 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
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Business and law
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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 ...
. The team was founded in 1981, as the San Diego Friars, a namesake of the
original team that played in World Team Tennis from 1975 through 1978. The Buds were owned by Dr. Phil Young. The team changed its name before the 1984 season. The Buds played their home matches at the
San Diego Sports Arena
Pechanga Arena (historically known as the San Diego Sports Arena) is an indoor arena built in 1966 and located in the Midway area of San Diego, California.
The arena seats 12,000 for indoor football, 12,920 for ice hockey, indoor soccer and ...
. The Buds won the 1984 and 1985 TeamTennis championships before folding following the 1985 season.
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 new Friars. Each team owner paid a
US$
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75,000 franchise fee to start a new team.
See also
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San Diego Friars (1975–1978)
The San Diego Friars were an expansion franchise of World TeamTennis, World Team Tennis (WTT) founded in 1975. The Friars qualified for the WTT playoffs twice in their four seasons and won the 1978 Western Division Championship. The team folded f ...
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World TeamTennis teams
Sports clubs and teams established in 1981
Tennis teams in San Diego
Tennis in California
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1985
1981 establishments in California
1985 disestablishments in California
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