Hartford FoxForce
{{short description|Professional co-ed tennis team}}
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| sport = Team tennis
| founded = {{start date|1999||}}
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| league = World TeamTennis
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| history = Hartford FoxForce
2000–2006
| city = Hartford, Connecticut
| stadium = State Arsenal and Armory 3,000
Blue Fox Run 2,500
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| owner = Lisa Wilson-Foley
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The Hartford FoxForce were a professional co-ed tennis team in Connecticut that competed in the World TeamTennis (WTT).
History
In 1999, owner Lisa Wilson-Foley and her husband franchised the World TeamTennis team Hartford FoxForce in Hartford, Connecticut.{{cite news |last1=Bailer |first1=Darice |title=Team Tennis Finds a Home in Hartford |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/23/nyregion/team-tennis-finds-a-home-in-hartford.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=26 April 2019|date=2000-07-23 }} FoxForce's first drafted player was Monica Seles.{{cite web |last1=Garber |first1=Greg |title=SELES FIRST MEMBER OF FOXFORCE |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-04-04-0004051707-story.html |website=courant.com |publisher=Hartford Courant |access-date=26 April 2019}} In 2001 the team fielded brothers Murphy Jensen and Luke Jensen.{{cite web |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Roberto |title=FOXFORCE PUT JENSENS TOGETHER |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2001-04-12-0104122097-story.html |website=courant.com |publisher=The Hartford Courant |access-date=26 April 2019}} Over the years the team fielded other well known players such as Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Boris Becker, and James Blake. The team played first at Hartford's 3,000 seat State Arsenal and Armory and later at a 2,500 seat outdoor stadium Wilson-Foley had built at her Blue Fox Run golf course in Avon, Connecticut. The Foley's shut the team down in 2007 due to a lack of corporate sponsorships.{{cite web |title=2000-2006 Hartford FoxForce |url=https://funwhileitlasted.net/2014/02/16/2000-2006-hartford-foxforce/ |website=funwhileitlasted.net |publisher=funwhileitlasted.net |access-date=27 April 2019|date=2014-02-16 }}
Record
=Season standings=
2005 season
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! Date!! Opponent !! Home/Away !! Location !! Participants | ||||
| July 5, 2005 | Delaware Smash | Away | Shaughnessy | |
| July 6, 2005 | New York Sportimes | Away | Hingis | |
| July 9, 2005 | New York Buzz | Home | Shaughnessy | |
| July 10, 2005 | Springfield Lasers | Home | Shaughnessy | |
| July 11, 2005 | Delaware Smash | Away | ||
| July 13, 2005 | Sacramento Capitals | Home | Kournikova | |
| July 14, 2005 | New York Sportimes | Away | Becker/McEnroe | |
| July 15, 2005 | Houston Wranglers | Home | Becker | |
| July 17, 2005 | Sacramento Capitals | Away | Becker | |
| July 18, 2005 | Houston Wranglers | Away | Becker | |
| July 20, 2005 | Boston Lobsters | Home | Navratilova | |
| July 21, 2005 | Boston Lobsters | Away | Navratilova | |
| July 23, 2005 | Philadelphia Freedoms | Away | ||
| July 24, 2005 | Philadelphia Freedoms | Home |
Coach history
- Paul Assaiante (2000-2002, 2004)
- Peter Bradshaw (2003)
- Donald Johnson (2006)
{{Cite web|url=https://wtt.com/player-history/|title=WTT Player History}}
Former players
- Cam Bhuta (2002)
- James Blake (2000, 2002-2003)
- Doug Bohaboy (2000)
- Goran Dragicevic (2006)
- Mardy Fish (2004)
- Geoff Grant (2002)
- Levar Harper-Griffith (2000)
- Liezel Huber (2000)
- Stephen Huss (2004)
- Luke Jensen (2001-2002)
- Murphy Jensen (2000-2002)
- Sonya Jeyaseelan (2001)
- Donald Johnson (2004-2005)
- Magdalena Maleeva (2001)
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands (2000)
- Lisa McShea (2004-2006)
- Martina Müller (2003)
- Rossana de los Ríos (2002)
- Mark Philippoussis (2005)
- Aleco Preovolos (2005)
- Monica Seles (2000-2001)
- Milagros Sequera (2003-2005)
- Meghann Shaughnessy (2002-2006)
- Bryanne Stewart (2002)
- Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (2002)
- Wesley Whitehouse (2004-2005)
References
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{{World TeamTennis}}
Category:World TeamTennis teams
Category:Tennis in Connecticut
Category:Defunct sports clubs and teams in Connecticut
Category:1999 establishments in Connecticut
Category:2007 disestablishments in Connecticut
Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1999
Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2007