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The Los Angeles Strings of the World Team Tennis league played home matches at the Forum from 1975 to 1978, led on the court by Chris Evert. The team was owned by Los Angeles businessman Jerry Buss. The Forum hosted several boxing fights, most notably the second Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton on September 10, 1973.
The 1974 World Team Tennis season was the inaugural season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. The Denver Racquets defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win the league's first championship.
Tom Okker (San Francisco) and Dianne Fromholtz (Los Angeles) won MVP honors that year. In the 1977 All Star Game held at the San Diego Sports Arena, Björn Borg (Cleveland–Pittsburgh) and Betty Stöve (Seattle–Portland) captured MVP awards as the East bested the West, 23–18. WTT held its final All-Star event in Las Vegas in 1978.
San Diego Friars logo used in 1975. The Friars were founded by aerospace engineer and real estate developer Frank Mariani as the first expansion franchise of WTT just before the start of the 1975 season, [1] and played most of their home matches at the San Diego Sports Arena. Some home matches were played at the Anaheim Convention Center. [2]
The Los Angeles Strings were a team tennis franchise in TeamTennis. They were the namesake of the original Los Angeles Strings (1974–78) and were owned by Jerry Buss, who also owned the original team. The Strings played their home matches at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The Strings won the 1981 TeamTennis championship in their ...
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The Los Angeles Strings were a team tennis franchise in World Team Tennis. They were owned by Jerry Buss. [1] [2] [3] The Strings played their home matches at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in 1974, before moving to The Forum in Inglewood, California for the 1975 season.
Long Beach also was part of the 1932 and 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The stadium at Dignity Health Sports Park, which opened in 2003 as the Home Depot Center and is home to the Galaxy, will be used ...