About Us

About the Team
	(from left) Lasers Founder Harry Cooper, Advanta Corp.'s Chairman and CEO Dennis Alter, WTT CEO Ilana Kloss, and Lasers CEO John Cooper
The Springfield Lasers are a World TeamTennis (WTT) Pro League franchise. The franchise was purchased and donated to the City of Springfield, Missouri in 1996 by The Cooper Family. Operations are managed through the Springfield-Greene County Park Board, 1923 N. Weller, Springfield, MO 65803. Team colors are purple and teal. Team hotel is the Clarion Hotel, 3333 S. Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65804. In the summer of 1996 the team played its first match in the beautiful 2,500 seat stadium at Cooper Tennis Complex, 2331 E. Pythian, Springfield, MO 65802. The stadium has a professional size (extra room behind the baseline) Hard-Nova court. Cooper Tennis Complex was named Tennis Industry's Champions of Tennis 2002 Municipal Facility of the Year by Tennis Industry Magazine. In additon to being the "Home of the Lasers", the complex has hosted Fed Cup play, ATP and WTA professional tournaments, NCAA II National Championships, National 12 and under Championships, Missouri High School Champions, and numerous USTA programs. In the past ten years, some of the best players and greatest names in the game have displayed their skills in WTT Pro League competition at the Cooper Tennis Complex: Martina Navratilova, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport, Larisa Neiland, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Anastasia Myskina, Andy Roddick, Rick Leach, Gi Gi Fernandez, Patrick McEnroe, and Zina Garrison. The Springfield Lasers finished the 2005 season with a 8-6 record. The franchise looks forward to the 2006 season with lots more world-class, competitive and family entertaining World TeamTennis played on centre court!
	(from left) Lasers CEO John Cooper, Lasers Founder Harry Cooper, WTT VP David Egdes, Springfield-Greene County Park Board Chairman Bill Smillie, and Springfield-Greene County Park Board Director Dan Kinney (recently retired)
During the 2005 season, David Egdes presented the Cooper Family and the City of Springfield and Springfield-Greene County Park Board an award for the team's tenth year of World TeamTennis is the Springfield area.