In its early days, World Team Tennis attracted big stars and big opposition.
Jimmy Connors would probably have completed the true Grand Slam in 1974 if not for his commitment to World Team Tennis, which led to his being barred from competing in the French Open.
The original groundbreaking, establishment-shaking version of the league folded in 1978. Though the co-founder Billie Jean King revived it in 1981, W.T.T. long ago faded deep into the shadows of the increasingly global professional game, becoming a brief midsummer diversion, with pockets of local support in the United States (see Washington of late).