Immediately following the draft, the Wranglers acquired Tommy Haas in a trade with the St. Louis Aces in exchange for undisclosed consideration.
After being selected by the Wranglers in the draft, Graf said, "Playing for Houston and owners Jim and Linda McIngvale will be special.
[3] The Wranglers signed former Houston Rockets basketball star John Lucas, who also had experience as a WTT player, as their head coach.
[4] As is customary in WTT, the Wranglers encouraged all their fans to enjoy this brand of tennis by making noise and cheering on the team.
Her star power along with Anna Kournikova and Elena Likhovtseva, then ranked number 16 in the world, playing for the Capitals drew a paid crowd of 4,862.
Graf lost the women's singles set to Likhovtseva in a tiebreaker, and the Capitals handed the Wranglers their sixth straight loss to start the season, 20–18, in overtime.
The Breakers used the top pick to select Pete Sampras, who was immediately scheduled to play a road match in Houston.
In the first round of the Roster Player Draft, the Wranglers selected Jan-Michael Gambill and left Ashley Fisher unprotected.
He had previously won multiple coach of the year honors including the 2003 award presented by the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Since the WTT season took place during the summer break, Mavity did not leave his high school coaching job.
[13][14] At the WTT Roster Draft on March 27, 2007, the Wranglers did not protect roster-exempt players Mardy Fish and Anna-Lena Grönefeld.
With their final pick, the Wranglers chose Goran Dragicevic and left Graydon Oliver and Torrey Gambill unprotected.
The team sold fewer than half of the 4,500 tickets it made available for the match that featured Kournikova playing for the visitors.