total points with the first player or doubles team to reach five the winner. An advantage of only one point was needed to win a tiebreaker game. Matches could end when one team built an insurmountable lead. For example, if a team had a 24–17 lead after four sets, the fifth set (mixed doubles) would not be played. If a team had a 22–19 lead after four sets, the match could end if the leading team won four games in the fifth set, since it would be impossible for the trailing team to make up the three-game deficit that existed when the set started. If the match was tied at the end of five sets, a super tiebreaker game was played between the mixed doubles teams using the same format as the set tiebreaker games. Teams often agreed to play dead sets even if the outcome of the match had already been decided or to play sets to completion when the outcome of the match was decided within that set. Playoff matchups in the division semifinals and division championship series were played in two legs with each team hosting one match and the cumulative score determining the winner. The higher seed had the choice to host either the first or the second match. Should the cumulative score be tied after the conclusion of the second match, a series tiebreaker game was played to determine the series winner. The WTT Finals were a best-of-three series. The lower seed hosted the first match. The higher seed hosted the second match and the third, if necessary. Charter franchises and relocation On May 22, 1973, WTT announced the formation of the league with the following 16 franchises: As shown in the above table, the Pittsburgh Triangles had a team name from the time the franchise was chartered. On May 30, 1973, the San Diego franchise announced that it had adopted the name San Diego Swingers. Before the WTT inaugural draft on August 3, 1973, the St. Louis franchise had relocated and was referred to as the Miami franchise at the draft. Also before the draft, the Cincinnati franchise had been sold to Joseph Zingale and relocated to Cleveland. Finally, by the time the inaugural draft took place, the San Francisco franchise had adopted the name the Golden Gate Otters and was referred to as the Golden Gate franchise during the draft. On August 21,