nas1787 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Team Tennis Championship 15 clubs. 14 countries. 5 continents. 1 champion. The TTC is an international club competition featuring tennis teams based in 15 of the world’s greatest cities. Clubs compete for the Arthur Ashe Cup. The Teams15 teams from around the world compete in one single table. Each team consists of 6 players, 3 men and 3 women. Only 4 players, 2 men and 2 women, play in a series, with a player only allowed to be substituted due to injury. The 4 starters must be named the Wednesday prior to a series taking place. The CompetitionEach team plays 14 series in a season. A series consists of 5 tennis matches, each of a different type. There is one match each of mens singles, womens singles, mens doubles, womens doubles and mixed doubles. Each player competes in two of these matches (e.g. one male player plays in the men’s singles match and the men’s doubles match, while the other plays in the men’s doubles match and the mixed doubles match). A series takes place over the course of a weekend, with the mixed doubles match taking place on Friday evening, the men’s and women’s doubles on Saturday, and men’ and women’s singles on Sunday. A team wins the series by winning 3 or more of the matches. The Points System2 points are awarded for each match win, with 0 points awarded to the loser. The table is decided by total number of points, so every match is played regardless of the series score. Even if a team is down 4 matches to 0, the final match is played as two points are still on the line. Therefore a team can obtain between 0 and 10 points in a weekend series, in increments of 2. The losing team can never obtain more than 4 points in a series. Upon completion of the 14 game schedule, the teams with the top 6 point totals enter the playoffs to compete for the Arthur Ashe Cup. The top two seeds receive byes to the semifinals, while seeds 3 and 6 and 4 and 5 compete in a weekend series (with the higher seed hosting). The winners move on to face the top two seeds in another weekend series, while the winners of those series meet in the Grand Final, a weekend series held at a neutral location. The winner of that series receives the Arthur Ashe Cup. The VenuesMatches will be played in indoor arenas on hard surface tennis courts. This is to ensure that weather does not delay matches and no one gains an unfair advantage from playing at home on clay or grass courts. Clubs are required to have an arena with a minimum capacity of 10 000 and a sizeable number of luxury boxes. The UniformsFor its inaugural season, Wilson Sporting Goods are the exclusive manufacturer of team tennis club wear. They will offer one set of uniforms for each club with various options available for the players to choose from so each can play in that which is most comfortable for them. No names or numbers will appear on the tennis wear, but club logos and branding will. There is no requirement for teams to differentiate their look from one another during a series (therefore there will be no home and road uniforms). A few notes:There is currently one professional team tennis league that I know of, that is based in the United States. My feeling around tennis (which could be completely wrong) is that is an upper class sport, and a team tennis league should cater to those fans and their sensibilities. I don’t believe the Boston Lobsters or Las Vegas Neon of WTT are doing this. In this series I will borrow more from the world of luxury goods and corporate branding as I create a league which is full of international glitz and glamour. Below are the map of club locations. I have decided upon some names, but feel free to offer suggestions. Keep in mind the feel I am going for in this league when recommending names. Naming conventions will vary, with some clubs not having any official nicknames, while others will. Teams will often employ the moniker TTC (Team Tennis Club) in their name (e.g. London TTC) though this isn’t required. Preferably teams will have names that are in the language native to that city/area. Apologies in advance if any translations are incorrect. I have only just begun the club identities for this series, and it will likely be a slow process. But hopefully you are intrigued and will follow along. I will update this first post pointing to the various concepts throughout the thread. Toros en Barcelona - Barcelona, ESPAmsterdam Team Tennisclub - Amsterdam, NEDUnion Montreal - Montreal, CAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotPixels Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 About time. Old Dog Learning New Tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsim1 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 ...team tennis series was on my mind the other day! Good luck, looks exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Anyone have name suggestions? Or C&C on the league logo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I saw the thread name and I'm glad you're the one tackling it. Are you doing American style names, or like ____ Tennis Club? @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 I am planning on an assortment of names. Some will just be [city name] Team Tennis Club, others will have American style nicknames. Plus some other things like city nicknames and teams that don't use the city name at all. Expect that the location of teams will play a part in how they are named (e.g. American style names for NA clubs, Euro style names for Euro clubs).Ideas are welcome, I have one club almost complete and hope to have it posted today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 I wanted to incorporate the senyera in some way (flag of Catalonia, independence symbol for the region) but wanted to keep it from being too tacky. So I used the red and yellow colours but darkened both significantly, and just used three horizontal lines to reference the senyera. Let me know what you think of the identity, as well as the presentation.A note on capacities: I usually took the basketball capacity of an arena as the capacity for tennis, as I imagine they would be similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I like this a lot! The colors work well together. The presentation is great too. @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil212 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Long time reader and i saw this topic so mode a account to tell you that this si a amazing idea!For the league logo, i think its perfect make no changesFor Barcelona, awesome! One thing is that Toros En Barcelona means Toros in Barcelona. Was that what you meant?I will follow this closely nas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks for the feedback. I was going for Toros of Barcelona, should I use de instead of en? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullarmor Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Indeed, Toros de Barcelona will make more sens than Toros en Barcelona.Also, I'm excited to see Amsterdam and Montréal, your concepts are always impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whittier S Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 This is a great start! The different uniforms hold their own but work together for a cohesive identity. I look forward to the next concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrafael Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 The Senyera must have 4 stripes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujju2 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 LOVE IT! Modern AND classic. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 The Senyera must have 4 stripes:Is that an absolute requirement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil212 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I don't think it's a requirement.Also very excited to see Montréal and Melbourne. Will the London team play in Wimbledon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 As mentioned in the first post, all home venues will be indoor arenas with hard surface courts. As Wimbledon is outdoors and grass, it won't be used for London (however cool that would be).After looking into the senyera a bit more it appears Johnny is right, 4 red stripes always appear. Here's an update to Barcelona with this as well as the name change. Should have another club ready today or tomorrow.Toros de Barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas1787 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Amsterdam Team TennisclubOne thing I've been trying to avoid is making each club look like a national team. That being said, I really wanted to use orange for Amsterdam. So I just decided to use it as sparingly as possible, with black the main focus.The logo is based on the XXX of the Amsterdam flag and shield, connected into a ribbon-like shape. I used it as a band across the headwear, but felt that it would be too much to also use it on the main uniforms, so instead I just used more subtle lines extending out form the logo.This is the first case of a team without an official nickname, rather they are just Amsterdam Team Tennis Club (which as far as I can determine, Tennis Club becomes Tennisclub in Dutch).Let me know what you think, and if you have any preferences as to which city you'd like to see next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I love those colors together and the XXX idea is ingenious @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullarmor Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Amsterdam's very classy, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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