Published for Florida Flamingos fans — October 2026
By Toxlay Sports Editorial Team · Last updated October 24, 2026
🦩 Florida Flamingos Fans — Your Flock Is Waiting!
Fifty-two years after the original Flamingos first took flight, the pink and burgundy are back in South Florida. The Flock returns to Sunrise this December, led by a hometown superstar who owns a piece of the team herself. Get ready to stand tall with the Flamingos again.
The Club
The Florida Flamingos are South Florida’s team in World TeamTennis (WTT) — the pink-and-burgundy side that plays its home matches at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. The Flamingos are an original WTT name: the club first played in the league’s debut season in 1974, then folded after that single season, and the name lay quiet for more than five decades. Now, with WTT relaunching in December 2026, the Flamingos are revived — same colors, same South Florida home, and a headline roster built to make the return feel like an event. The motto says it all: SOUTH FLORIDA’S FLOCK. Searching for the Florida Flamingos roster, the Flamingos schedule or Flamingos tickets for the December return? This is the place to start — and the pink-and-burgundy kit is the way to wear it.
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Last Season: The 1974 Original, Then the Long Wait
The Flamingos’ story is unlike any other in the relaunch. The first Flamingos played in WTT’s debut season in 1974 — pink and red, full of color, gone after a single year when the original franchise folded. There is no recent season to look back on and no modern record to defend, because for more than fifty years the Flamingos existed only as a name in the league’s history books. That is what makes December 2026 different: this is not a comeback season, it is a revival. The colors are back in pink and burgundy, the home is in Sunrise, and the heritage strip tells the whole story in one line: SUNRISE • ORIG. 1974 • RELAUNCHED 2026 • BUILT TO WIN. The Flamingos are not returning to pick up where they left off. They are returning to start something brand new, under a name old enough to mean something.
Best Players Right Now
Coco Gauff, Women’s No. 1 Singles — The headliner, the hometown star, and the player-owner. Delray Beach’s own Gauff is the Flamingos’ women’s No. 1 singles player for the 2026 relaunch — and she owns a piece of the team she leads, which makes her the most invested star in the entire league. When the Flamingos walk out at Amerant Bank Arena, she is the name the whole of South Florida will be loudest for.
Tommy Paul, Men’s No. 1 Singles — The men’s No. 1 singles anchor. South Florida-based Paul brings the athleticism, the court coverage and the big-match temperament that team tennis is made for — the kind of player who can swing a whole evening in a single set. In the fast, loud format of WTT, a men’s No. 1 like Paul is the difference between competing and contending.
Learner Tien, Men’s No. 2 Singles — The rising star. Tien is the Flamingos’ men’s No. 2 singles player — young, fearless, and exactly the kind of talent a relaunched team builds its future around. In a team event, where energy is contagious and every game counts double, Tien is the player who can light up a whole arena in one set.
The trio is rounded out by additional roster names Iva Jovic, Eva Lys and Brandon Nakashima, giving the Flamingos depth across the lineup for the December relaunch.
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The player-owner from Delray Beach. Coco Gauff is not just a star the Flamingos signed — she is a South Florida hometown hero who owns a piece of the team she leads. Delray Beach’s own Grand Slam champion headlines the Flock’s return, and her stake in the club makes this personal in a way no ordinary signing ever could be: when the Flamingos win, their biggest star wins twice.
A name fifty-two years in the making. The Flamingos are the only team in this story whose history stretches back to the league’s very first season in 1974 — and the only one that had to wait more than five decades for a second chapter. Every relaunch story comes back to the same question: can a revived name live up to its own legend? With Gauff, Paul and Tien leading the way, the Flock intends to.
Team tennis is a different animal. WTT is not a quiet Grand Slam afternoon — it is fast, loud, team-first tennis where one set can flip an evening and the crowd is part of the match. That is why the Flamingos’ trio fits so well: Gauff’s steel, Paul’s athleticism and Tien’s fearlessness are exactly the ingredients this format rewards.
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This Season: The December Relaunch
This season is a revival, not a rebuild. After more than five decades away, the Flamingos return with World TeamTennis in December 2026 — back at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, back in pink and burgundy, and led by a trio most teams in the league would envy: Gauff at women’s No. 1 singles, Paul at men’s No. 1 singles, and Tien at men’s No. 2 singles, with Iva Jovic, Eva Lys and Brandon Nakashima adding depth to the roster. There are no past-season standings to defend and no recent form to read into — the slate is clean, the 1974 name is the standard, and the whole point of December is to show that the Flock never really stopped standing tall. For fans, the brief is simple: get to Sunrise, wear the pink and burgundy, and be loud. The Flamingos are home.
Mark Your Calendar: The Road Ahead
Circle the dates ahead, Flamingos fans — the return comes first, and everything else follows from it:
- December 14–15, 2026 — Florida Flamingos home matches, Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise: The Flamingos’ home dates for the WTT December 2026 relaunch, with Coco Gauff scheduled for these home matches. These matches are upcoming — the revival South Florida has waited more than fifty years for, under the Sunrise lights.
No further fixtures have been verified at the time of writing — Gauff is scheduled only for the December 14–15 home matches, and the full relaunch schedule is otherwise unreleased. When WTT publishes the full schedule, this guide will be updated with every Flamingos date.
Biggest Rivalries — The Wars
1. New York Empire — the fellow returnees. The Empire are the other great relaunch story: a 2016 club brought back for December 2026, just like the Flamingos. Two historic names, two comeback stories, one relaunched league — when the Flamingos and the Empire meet, it will be the relaunch’s marquee matchup. No past results between the relaunched sides exist yet; the rivalry starts in December.
2. The rest of the relaunch field — the new wars. A relaunched league means every rivalry is new. The Flamingos’ 1974 name makes them the team with the deepest history — and the team everyone else will want to measure themselves against. Expect every opponent to treat a night against South Florida as a statement game, and expect the Flock to enjoy every minute of it.
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🌟 Star in Focus: Coco Gauff
Delray Beach’s own Coco Gauff is the Flamingos’ women’s No. 1 singles headliner for the 2026 relaunch — the hometown star leading the club back to Amerant Bank Arena, and a player-owner with a personal stake in the Flock.
A Grand Slam champion and one of America’s leading women’s players, Gauff brings big-match pedigree and hometown pride to a team event built on momentum.
She is scheduled for the Flamingos’ home matches on December 14–15, 2026 — the two nights the whole revival revolves around.
Photo: Rick Munroe via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
When do the Florida Flamingos play next?
The Flamingos return with home matches on December 14-15, 2026, at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, as part of the World TeamTennis December 2026 relaunch. Coco Gauff is scheduled for those home matches. These matches are upcoming and had not been played at the time of writing.
Where do the Florida Flamingos play?
The Flamingos play their home matches at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. The team colors are pink and burgundy, and the club motto is SOUTH FLORIDA’S FLOCK.
Who are the Florida Flamingos star players?
The 2026 relaunch star trio is Coco Gauff (women’s No. 1 singles and player-owner), Tommy Paul (men’s No. 1 singles) and Learner Tien (men’s No. 2 singles). Iva Jovic, Eva Lys and Brandon Nakashima are also on the roster.
Where can I buy Florida Flamingos fan gear?
Toxlay Sports offers fan-inspired apparel for Flamingos supporters. Note that fan-inspired apparel is not official World TeamTennis licensed merchandise.
Sources: World TeamTennis (worldteamtennis.com), Amerant Bank Arena event listings and the Florida Flamingos’ official club channels — schedules and rosters checked October 2026.
SOUTH FLORIDA’S FLOCK — back in Sunrise, back in pink and burgundy, and ready to stand tall again.
