NEW YORK – – World TeamTennis, the coed professional tennis league co-founded by Billie Jean King, today announced an agreement to air the WTT Eastern Conference Championship and the WTT Finals on NBC Sports Network, Sept. 15-16.
NBC Sports Network will air six hours of coverage from the WTT Finals Weekend presented by GEICO, set for Sept. 14-16 at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C. The network will be the broadcast home for the Eastern Conference Championship on Sept. 15, and the WTT Finals on Sept. 16. The Western Conference Championship on Sept. 14 and the Eastern Conference Championship on Sept. 15 will both be live streamed on WTT.com.
Leif Shiras will host the WTT broadcasts and will be joined by former WTT veteran Luke Jensen.
The WTT Finals Weekend presented by GEICO kicks off on Friday, Sept. 14, when the Orange County Breakers take on the Sacramento Capitals for the Western Conference title. Action begins at 6:30 p.m. EDT and the match will be live streamed on WTT.com.
Venus Williams leads the undefeated Washington Kastles into the Eastern Conference Championship match against their rival New York Sportimes featuring Martina Hingis and John McEnroe on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 p.m. EDT. The Kastles are riding a 30-match win streak, the second longest in U.S. pro sports team history. Washington won the 2011 title with the first undefeated 16-0 record in WTT history. The Eastern Conference final will air on NBC Sports Network at 12:30 a.m. EDT / 9:30 p.m. PDT that evening and will be live streamed on WTT.com.
The two Conference Champions will face off on Sunday, Sept. 16, at 3:30 p.m. EDT, in the WTT Finals which will air live on NBC Sports Network. All four teams have won at least one WTT title, with the Sacramento Capitals leading the way with a League-record six titles.
Sacramento, Orange County, Washington and New York advanced to the WTT Finals Weekend after capturing the top two spots in their conferences during the 37th regular season of the WTT Pro League presented by GEICO, which ran July 9-28. For tickets or other information on the WTT Finals Weekend presented by GEICO, visit www.FamilyCircleCup.com/WTT or www.WTT.com/Finals.
GEICO is the presenting sponsor of the WTT Pro League. Other official WTT Pro League national and regional sponsors for the 2012 season include Cancer Treatment Centers of America, DecoTurf, Kraft, Mylan, Sims Recycling Solutions, UBS and Wilson Racquet Sports.
WTT FINALS WEEKEND – TV & LIVE STREAM SCHEDULE
Fri., Sept. 14 – Conference Championship 1- 6:30 p.m. EDT – live stream on WTT.com
Sat., Sept. 15 – Conference Championship 2- 12:30 a.m. EDT on NBC Sports Network (tape-delay) and live stream on WTT.com
Sun., Sept. 16 – WTT Finals – 3:30 p.m. EDT – LIVE on NBC Sports Network