Sacramento Capitals

Sacramento Capitals

Founded	1988
League	World TeamTennis
Team history	Sacramento Capitals 1988–2013
Based in	Citrus Heights, California
Stadium	Capitals Stadium at the Sunrise Marketplace Outdoor Pavilion
Colors	Red, Navy, and Yellow
Owner(s)	Deepal Wannakuwatte and Ramey Osborne, Managing General Partner
Head coach	Wayne Bryan
Manager	Jayna Osborne
Championships	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007

The Sacramento Capitals were a team in World Team Tennis.

The Capitals have won six championships, including four straight from 1997 to 2000. The other titles came in 2002 and 2007.

For the 2012 World Team Tennis season, the team returned to play its home matches at Capitals Stadium at Sunrise Mall. In previous years, they called the following venues home: The Westfield Galleria at Roseville, Gold River Racket Club in Gold River, and the original ARCO Arena in the Natomas area.

Move to Las Vegas

On February 4, 2014, the Capitals, after 28 seasons in Sacramento, announced their move to Las Vegas. The team was renamed the Las Vegas Neon.^[1] The new Las Vegas team was shut down a few weeks later, before it even started after owner Deepal Wannakuwatte was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.sacbee.com/2014/02/04/6128186/after-28-seasons-capitals-of-moving.html
↑ STEVE CARP LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. "League pulls plug on Las Vegas tennis franchise". Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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World TeamTennis (WTT)

Current teams	New York Empire Orange County Breakers Philadelphia Freedoms San Diego Aviators Springfield Lasers Washington Kastles

Former teams	Austin Aces (2014–2015) Baltimore Banners (1974) Boston Lobsters (1974) Boston Lobsters (1974–1978) Boston Lobsters (2005–2015) California Dream (1993–2015) Chicago Aces (1974) Cleveland Nets (1974–1976) Cleveland-Pittsburgh Nets (1977) Delaware Smash (1987–2008) Denver Racquets (1974) Detroit Loves (1974) Florida Flamingos (1974) Hawaii Leis (1974–1976) Houston E-Z Riders (1974) Houston Wranglers (2005–2007) Idaho Sneakers (1994–1997) Indiana Loves (1974–1978) Indiana Loves (1983) Kansas City Explorers (1993–2012) Las Vegas Neon (2014) Los Angeles Strings (1974–1978) Los Angeles Strings (1981–1993) Minnesota Buckskins (1974) New Jersey Stars (1987–1995) New Orleans Sun Belt Nets (1974–1978) New York Apples (1974–1978) New York Buzz (1995–2010) New York Hamptons (2000–2002) New York OTBzz (1995–1998) New York Sets (1974–1976) New York Sportimes (2000–2013) Newport Beach Breakers (2003–2011) Philadelphia Freedoms (1974) Phoenix Racquets (1974–1978) Pittsburgh Triangles (1974–1976) Sacramento Capitals (1988–2013) San Diego Buds (1981–1985) San Diego Friars (1975–1978) San Diego Friars (1981–1983) San Francisco Golden Gaters (1974–1978) Schenectady County Electrics (1999–2000) Sea-Port Cascades (1977) Seattle Cascades (1974–1978) St. Louis Aces (1994–2011) Texas Wild (2013–2014) Toronto-Buffalo Royals (1974)

Current stadiums	Forest Hills Stadium (Empire) Breakers Stadium at the Newport Beach Tennis Club (Breakers) The Pavilion (Freedoms) Omni La Costa Resort and Spa (Aviators) Mediacom Stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex (Lasers) Kastles Stadium at the Charles E. Smith Center (Kastles)

Seasons	1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Other related articles	Team tennis No-line court

Tennis

Basics

Scoring system point Strategy grips serve and volley Equipment ball racket strings Official Technology electronic line judge hawk-eye cyclops

Courts	Carpet Clay Grass Hard

Shots	Backhand Backspin Drop shot Flat Forehand Groundstroke Half volley Lob Passing shot Serve ace Smash Topspin Volley

Grand Slams

Professional
tours

Men	ATP World Tour ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's Circuit

Women	WTA Tour WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit

Team events

Multi-sport
events

Intercontinental	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade Commonwealth Island Mediterranean

Continental	All-Africa Asian Pacific Pan American

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Sacramento Capitals

Move to Las Vegas

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