League World TeamTennis Head coach Robert Greene Founded 2005 Folded 17 February 2016 | Colors Black, Venetian Red Ground Manchester Athletic Club Color Black, Venetian Red | |
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Team history Boston Lobsters
1974–1978, 2005–2015 Based in Manchester, Massachusetts Stadium Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club Location Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, United States | ||
New england s own professional tennis team the boston lobsters visits manchester athletic club
The Boston Lobsters were a World TeamTennis team based in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The Boston Lobsters played home matches at the Boston Lobsters Tennis Center at the Manchester Athletic Club in Manchester, MA, on Atwater Ave., near exit 15 of Rte 128 and about 25 minutes north of Boston. Seating is approximately 1,700.
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- New england s own professional tennis team the boston lobsters visits manchester athletic club
- New england s boston lobsters professional tennis team visits manchester athletic club
- 2015 squad
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The most recent Boston Lobsters were a reincarnation of two previous WTT teams. The original Lobsters were a charter member of the league in 1974, and folded after just one season. The second Lobsters team were also a charter member of WTT in 1974, founded as the Philadelphia Freedoms. After the original Lobsters folded, Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, purchased the Freedoms and moved them to Boston renaming them the Lobsters. The second Lobsters team played in Boston for four seasons (1975–1978) before folding at the end of the 1978 season. WTT suspended operations shortly thereafter.
In 2005, local Boston businessman Bahar Uttam relaunched the team. The Lobsters made the Mylan WTT league's playoffs four times and Uttam played a vibrant role in the greater North Shore of Massachusetts communities. The development and management of the team had been led by Darlene Hayes who is advocate for building community partnerships. In 2015, Uttam retired from the ownership position and the league took over operations of the Lobsters while seeking new local ownership. On February 17, 2016, WTT announced that the Lobsters would cease operations and were subsequently replaced with a new franchise called the New York Empire.