The Philadelphia Freedoms were a tennis team in World TeamTennis, the mixed-gender professional team league played in the United States. The league began in 1974 and its original Philadelphia team starred Billie Jean King, while the most recent team of the name joined in 2001. Home matches moved from Cabrini College to a temporary stadium by the King of Prussia mall in 2008 and 2009, to the Villanova University campus from 2010 to 2016, and in 2017 to Hagan Arena at Saint Joseph's University, a first return to play inside the city since 1974. The team ended when WorldTeamTennis ceased operations in 2021. Its former players include Madison Keys in 2009, Andre Agassi, Martina Navratilova and Sloane Stephens.
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returning to play within the City of Philadelphia for the first time since 1974
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1. World TeamTennis (Wikipedia)
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World TeamTennis (WTT) is a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States
2. Philadelphia Freedoms (Wikipedia)
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The most recent team joined WTT in 2001.
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a temporary tennis stadium that seated 3,000
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returning to play within the City of Philadelphia for the first time since 1974
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The Philadelphia Freedoms was a tennis team competing in World TeamTennis (WTT).
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Nonetheless, Keys found another opportunity to play against the top professionals by participating in the World TeamTennis league as a member of the Philadelphia Freedoms.
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