The Austin Aces were a

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(WTT) team in

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, USA. The team was known as the Newport Beach Breakers from 2003 until the 2011 season and as the Orange County Breakers during 2012 and 2013, before moving to Texas for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. On December 14, 2015, the Aces' owner

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announced that the team had been unable to find a suitable permanent venue and would move back to

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for the 2016 season and be renamed the

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. The Aces officially reported their average home attendance in 2014, as 2,155. However, general manager Allen Hardison said that the real figure may have been closer to 1,300. In 2015, the average attendance was approximately 950, even though the first 1,000 fans at the gates for the Western Conference Championship Match who had an online code were admitted for free. Hardison was complimentary of the staffs at both

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and

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, and he also noted that the fans who supported the Aces were "some of the best in the league." Hardison said that in order for a WTT franchise to survive, it has to have a venue that meets established criteria for location, venue type and availability, and that ideally offers an outdoor setting. Although the team's new home court was not immediately announced, officials with a desirable venue in Orange County had reportedly reached out to the Aces to lure them back.

2015 squad

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, Head Coach * Nicole Gibbs *

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* Jarmere Jenkins * Andy Roddick *

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2014 Squad

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, Head Coach * Marion Bartoli * Eva Hrdinová *

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* Andy Roddick * Vera Zvonareva

2014 season

*July 7 – @ San Diego Aviators – 7:00 PM (SD – Daniela Hantuchová, AUS – Andy Roddick) *July 8 – host Springfield Lasers – 7:30 PM – (AUS – Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 9 – host San Diego Aviators – 7:30 PM (SD – Daniela Hantuchová, AUS – Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 11 – host Washington Kastles – 7:30 PM (WAS –

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, AUS – Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 12 – host

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– 7:30 PM (AUS – Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 13 – @ Springfield Lasers – 7:00 PM (SPR – James Blake, AUS – Andy Roddick) *July 14 – host Boston Lobsters – 7:30 PM (AUS – Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 15 – @ Boston Lobsters – 7:00 PM *July 17 – @

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– 7:30 PM *July 18 – host

– 7:30 PM (AUS Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 19 – host San Diego Aviators – 1:00 PM (SD – Daniela Hantuchová, AUS – Andy Roddick, Marion Bartoli) *July 20 – @

– 7:30 PM *July 21 – @

– 7:00 PM (AUS – Andy Roddick) *July 23 – @ San Diego Aviators – 7:00 PM (SD –

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, Mike Bryan, Daniela Hantuchová)

References

External links

Official Team Website
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2015 squad

2014 Squad

2014 season

See also

References

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