2014 Singapore Slammers season

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2014 Singapore Slammers
2014 record 3 wins, 9 losses
Home record 2 wins, 1 loss
Road record 1 win, 2 losses
Neutral-site record 6 losses
Games won 240
Games lost 315
Owner(s) Sunil Gavaskar
Kishan Gehlot
Shashi Kiran Shetty
Ajay Sethi
President/CEO Vikas Gehlot
Coach Joshua Eagle
Stadium Singapore Indoor Stadium
Average home attendance 8,000
Local television coverage SingTel

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The 2014 Singapore Slammers season (officially the 2014 DBS Singapore Slammers season pursuant to a sponsorship agreement with DBS Bank Ltd) is the inaugural season of the franchise playing in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL).

Season recap

Founding of franchise

On 21 January 2014, IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league's inaugural 2014 season would be in Singapore.[1][2] The team was founded by Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar and international business executives Kishan Gehlot, Shashi Kiran Shetty and Ajay Sethi. Gehlot is the chairman of East African real estate development and healthcare conglomerate Intex Group. Shetty is chairman of Allcargo Logistics Limited. Sethi is chairman of Channel 2 in Dubai.[3] They collectively invested US$15 million to own the franchise.[4]

Inaugural draft

The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft on 2 March 2014, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Players selected by Singapore were[5]

Player IPTL Category
Men
United States Andre Agassi Icon players
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Category A
Australia Lleyton Hewitt Category B
Australia Patrick Rafter Past champions
Brazil Bruno Soares Doubles players
Australia Nick Kyrgios Uncategorized
Women
United States Serena Williams Icon players
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová Category C

Team name

By May 2014, the team was being referred to as the Singapore Lions.[6] By June 2014, the Lions had become known as the Singapore Slammers.[7]

Home venue

On 4 August 2014, the Slammers announced that their home matches would be played at Singapore Indoor Stadium.[8]

First coach

On 27 October 2014, Joshua Eagle was named the Slammers' first coach.[9]

Event chronology

  • 21 January 2014: IPTL announced that one of the charter franchises for the league inaugural 2014 season would be in Singapore.[1][2]
  • 2 March: The Singapore franchise participated in the IPTL inaugural draft.[5]
  • 10 May: The Singapore franchise was referred to as the Singapore Lions.[6]
  • 25 June: The Lions' name is changed to the Singapore Slammers.[7]
  • 4 August: The Slammers announced that their home matches would be played at Singapore Indoor Stadium.[8]
  • 27 October: Joshua Eagle was named the Slammers' first coach.[9]
  • 28 November: The Indian Aces defeated the Slammers 26–16 in the first match in IPTL history.[10]

Match log

Legend
Slammers Win Slammers Loss
Home team in CAPS
(including coin-flip winners)
Match Date Venue and location Result and details Record
1 28 November Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Metropolitan Manla, Philippines		 INDIAN ACES 26, Singapore Slammers 16[10]
* XD: Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna (Aces) 6, Daniela Hantuchová/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 4
* LS: Fabrice Santoro (Aces) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 5
* MD: Tomáš Berdych/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 6, Rohan Bopanna/Gaël Monfils (Aces) 2
* WS: Ana Ivanovic (Aces) 6, Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 0
* MS: Gaël Monfils (Aces) 6, Lleyton Hewitt (Slammers) 1		 0–1
2 29 November Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Metropolitan Manla, Philippines		 UAE Royals 28, SINGAPORE SLAMMERS 22[11]
* MS: Marin Čilić (Royals) 6, Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 4
* MD: Tomáš Berdych/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 6, Marin Čilić/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 5
* WS: Kristina Mladenovic (Royals) 6, Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 1
* XD: Daniela Hantuchová/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 6, Kristina Mladenovic/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 5
***Nick Kyrgios substituted for Bruno Soares
* LS: Goran Ivanišević (Royals) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 5		 0–2
3 30 November Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Metropolitan Manla, Philippines		 MANILA MAVERICKS 27, Singapore Slammers 19[12]
* LS: Mark Philippoussis (Mavericks) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 2
* MD: Treat Huey/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Mavericks) 6, Tomáš Berdych/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 5
***Nick Kyrgios substituted for Lleyton Hewitt
* XD: Kirsten Flipkens/Andy Murray (Mavericks) 6, Serena Williams/Lleyton Hewitt (Slammers) 1
* WS: Serena Williams (Slammers) 6, Kirsten Flipkens (Mavericks) 3
* MS: Andy Murray (Mavericks) 6, Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 5		 0–3
4 2 December Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore		 Manila Mavericks 29, SINGAPORE SLAMMERS 21[13]
* LS: Mark Philippoussis (Mavericks) 6, Andre Agassi (Slammers) 3
* MD: Treat Huey/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Mavericks) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 4
* MS: Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (Mavericks) 6, Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 5
* XD: Kirsten Flipkens/Daniel Nestor (Mavericks) 6, Serena Williams/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 3
* WS: Serena Williams (Slammers) 6, Kirsten Flipkens (Mavericks) 5		 0–4
5 3 December Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore		 SINGAPORE SLAMMERS 24, Indian Aces 23[14]
* WS: Serena Williams (Slammers) 6, Ana Ivanovic (Aces) 4
* XD: Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna (Aces) 6, Serena Williams/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 3
* LS: Fabrice Santoro (Aces) 6, Andre Agassi (Slammers) 2
* MS: Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 6, Gaël Monfils (Aces) 2
* MD: Lleyton Hewitt/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 6, Rohan Bopanna/Gaël Monfils (Aces) 5
* SO: Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 1, Gaël Monfils (Aces) 0		 1–4
6 4 December Singapore Indoor Stadium
Singapore		 SINGAPORE SLAMMERS 27, UAE Royals 25[15]
* WS: Serena Williams (Slammers) 6, Caroline Wozniacki (Royals) 5
* XD: Serena Williams/Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 6, Kristina Mladenovic/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 4
* LS: Goran Ivanišević (Royals) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 4
* MS: Tomáš Bardych (Slammers) 6, Marin Čilić (Royals) 4
* MD: Marin Čilić/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 5		 2–4
7 6 December Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
New Delhi, Delhi, India		 UAE Royals 29, Singapore Slammers 16[16]
* MS: Marin Čilić (Royals) 6, Lleyton Hewitt (Slammers) 3
* MD: Marin Čilić/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 2
* LS: Goran Ivanišević (Royals) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 1
* XD: Kristina Mladenovic/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals)6, Daniela Hantuchová/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 4
* WS: Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 6, Caroline Wozniacki (Royals) 5		 2–5
8 7 December Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
New Delhi, Delhi, India		 INDIAN ACES 26, Singapore Slammers 16[17]
* LS: Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 6, Pete Sampras (Aces) 2
* XD: Sania Mirza/Roger Federer (Aces) 6, Daniela Hantuchová/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 0
* MD: Rohan Bopanna/Roger Federer (Aces) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 1
* MS: Roger Federer (Aces) 6, Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 4
* WS: Ana Ivanovic (Aces) 6, Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 5		 2–6
9 8 December Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
New Delhi, Delhi, India		 Manila Mavericks 23, Singapore Slammers 17[18]
* MS: Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (Mavericks) 6, Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 2
***Tomáš Berdych substituted for Nick Kyrgios
* XD: Daniela Hantuchová/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 6, Kirsten Flipkens/Daniel Nestor (Mavericks) 3
* WS: Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 6, Kirsten Flipkens (Mavericks) 2
* MD: Daniel Nestor/Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (Mavericks) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 0
* LS: Mark Philippoussis (Mavericks) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 3		 2–7
10 11 December Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex
Dubai, United Arab Emirates		 Indian Aces 28, Singapore Slammers 24[19]
* WS: Ana Ivanovic (Aces) 6, Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 5
* LS: Fabrice Santoro (Aces) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 3
* XD: Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna (Aces) 6, Daniela Hantuchová/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 5
* MD: Rohan Bopanna/Gaël Monfils (Aces) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 3
* MS: Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 8, Gaël Monfils (Aces) 4 (OT)		 2–8
11 12 December Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex
Dubai, United Arab Emirates		 Singapore Slammers 23, UAE ROYALS 21[20]
* WS: Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 6, Kristina Mladenovic (Royals) 1
* LS: Goran Ivanišević (Royals) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 1
* XD: Kristina Mladenovic/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 6, Daniela Hantuchová/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 4
* MD: Lleyton Hewitt/Nick Kyrgios (Slammers) 6, Marin Čilić/Nenad Zimonjić (Royals) 3
* MS: Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 6, Novak Djokovic (Royals) 5		 3–8
12 13 December Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Sports Complex
Dubai, United Arab Emirates		 Manila Mavericks 30, Singapore Slammers 15[21]
* LS: Mark Philippoussis (Mavericks) 6, Patrick Rafter (Slammers) 5
* MS: Philipp Kohlschreiber (Mavericks) 6, Tomáš Berdych (Slammers) 2
* XD: Kirsten Flipkens/Daniel Nestor (Mavericks) 6, Daniela Hantuchová/Nick Kyrgios 1
* MD: Philipp Kohlschreiber/Daniel Nestor (Mavericks) 6, Lleyton Hewitt/Bruno Soares (Slammers) 4
* WS: Kirsten Flipkens (Mavericks) 6, Daniela Hantuchová (Slammers) 3		 3–9

Key: MS = men's singles; MD = men's doubles; WS = women's singles; XD = mixed doubles; LS = legends' singles; OT = overtime (additional games played in extended fifth sets); SO = men's singles super shoot-out

Roster

Reference:[22]

Television coverage

Television coverage in Singapore of Slammers matches will be provided by SingTel.[23]

Sponsorship

On 20 November 2014, DBS Bank Ltd announced that it had become the Slammers' title sponsor.[24]

See also

References

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