For the second straight year, the Lasers fell to the Kastles who won their fourth consecutive King Trophy.
On November 21, 2013, the Lasers announced that they had traded Andy Roddick in exchange for financial consideration to the Austin Aces following the relocation of that franchise from Orange County.
Roddick, a resident of Austin, Texas, had expressed a desire to play in his hometown and had invested in the league.
[4] Just days later, the Las Vegas Neon was contracted by the league after which WTT decided to keep the Lasers in the Western Conference.
Prior to the marquee player draft, the Lasers acquired the rights to James Blake from the Boston Lobsters for undisclosed consideration.
The Lasers then selected Blake as a protected player in the first round and passed on making a second-round pick.
[3] In the roster player draft, the Lasers protected Alisa Kleybanova in the first round and then traded their third-round pick and financial consideration to the Washington Kastles for the Kastles' first-round pick which they used to select Anna-Lena Grönefeld whom had been left unprotected by the San Diego Aviators.
[5] On June 27, 2014, 2013 WTT Female Rookie of the Year Alisa Kleybanova announced she would be unable to play for the Lasers in 2014, due to a shoulder injury.
[6] On July 5, 2014, the Lasers announced that 2013 WTT Male Most Valuable Player Jean-Julien Rojer would miss the 2014 season with a back injury.
[7] On July 8, 2014, the Lasers signed Līga Dekmeijere as a substitute player when it was announced that Anna-Lena Grönefeld would miss the remainder of the season with a hip injury.
In a match nationally televised by the Tennis Channel,[17] the teams played to 14-all tie through the first four sets, before Vera Zvonareva took the final set of women's singles from Olga Govortsova to give the Aces the victory and drop the Lasers to 0 wins and 3 losses just three days into the season.
With the tiebreaker game tied at 6, Russell won the match-deciding point to give the Lasers a 19–18 victory.
Russell sealed the victory with a 5–4 men's singles set win and gave the Lasers their second consecutive playoff berth.
[23] The Lasers went on the road to face the San Diego Aviators, the league's best team in the regular season, in the Western Conference Championship Match.
Russell and Ross Hutchins held off the formidable Bryan brothers for a 5–3 set win that gave the Lasers a 22–17 victory and their second consecutive Western Conference Championship.
Although the match was in Springfield, because WTT predetermined that the Western Conference champion would host the Final, the Kastles, as the higher seed, were treated as the "home" team in determining order of play.