Teams

ESB:Strausser/Colvin

2024 VT Mixed 55 & Over · 8.0 55 & Over Mixed Doubles Flight 1

11 players · average NTRP 4.00 / VERMONT

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Schedule6 played
2024-09-21vs MIT:LukschWon 20
W#1 DoublesBradford Brainard / Beth Cook vs Karen Lueders / Bryan Grundon6-0, 7-6
W#2 DoublesVuong Le / Jude Melen vs Jeanne Blackmore / William Fraser-Harris6-2, 3-6, 1-0
2024-09-12vs MIT:LukschWon 20
W#1 DoublesMichele Gilbert / Jacques Gilbert vs William Fraser-Harris / Victoria Luksch7-6, 4-5, 1-0
W#2 DoublesJude Melen / THOMAS TWITCHELL vs Karen Lueders / Kevin O'Neill6-1, 6-7, 1-0
2024-09-07vs MIT:LukschLost 12
W#1 DoublesMichele Gilbert / Jacques Gilbert vs Jeanne Blackmore / Kevin O'Neill6-4, 6-1
L#2 DoublesJude Melen / THOMAS TWITCHELL vs Karen Lueders / David Masefield4-6, 3-6
L#3 DoublesBradford Brainard / Lisa Strausser vs William Fraser-Harris / Victoria Luksch4-6, 4-6
2024-08-28vs MIT:LukschWon 21
W#1 DoublesMichele Gilbert / Jacques Gilbert vs Karen Lueders / David Masefield6-1, 7-5
L#2 DoublesEdye Graning / THOMAS TWITCHELL vs Victoria Luksch / Kevin O'Neill6-1, 5-7, 0-1
W#3 DoublesBeth Cook / Vuong Le vs Jeanne Blackmore / William Fraser-Harris6-3, 6-2
2024-08-18vs MIT:LukschWon 30
W#1 DoublesMichele Gilbert / Jacques Gilbert vs Karen Lueders / Kevin O'Neill6-1, 6-4
W#2 DoublesBradford Brainard / Beth Cook vs Jeanne Blackmore / Bryan Grundon6-1, 6-1
W#3 DoublesJude Melen / Vuong Le vs Victoria Luksch / David Masefield6-3, 5-7, 1-0
2024-08-01vs MIT:LukschWon 21
L#1 DoublesBradford Brainard / Beth Cook vs Jeanne Blackmore / William Fraser-Harris6-4, 4-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesJude Melen / Vuong Le vs Bryan Grundon / Victoria Luksch6-0, 6-1
W#3 DoublesEdye Graning / THOMAS TWITCHELL vs Karen Lueders / Kevin O'Neill7-5, 6-4
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Flight standings2 teams · 8.0 55 & Over Mixed Doubles Flight 1
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1ESB:Strausser/Colvin5112616144
2MIT:Luksch1561226182

Ordered by team wins, then losses, then sets lost — the order USTA uses to seed a flight. Individual wins are lines, not ties.

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ScoutingWhere each opponent usually plays

Signed-in extra: whether this captain plays strict strength order or mixes it up, from every doubles line they have put out. Create a free account to see it.

Roster averages 3.44 estimated across 7 rated players. No lineup is published in advance, so the column below is where each player has actually been used — a captain's habits are the best available forecast. Sign in and claim your record to see who you have played.

3.74
Jude Melen
usually #2 Doubles 80%, also #3 Doubles 20% · published
3.60
Vuong Le
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published
3.56
Beth Cook
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published 4
3.45
Aimee Babbott
published 4
3.32
Lisa Strausser
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
3.29
Edye Graning
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
3.09
Russ Colvin
published
Frank Babbott
published
Jacques Gilbert
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
Michele Gilbert
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
THOMAS TWITCHELL
usually #2 Doubles 75%, also #3 Doubles 25% · published
Established pairs

Doubles pairs from this roster with three or more matches together anywhere — ordered by performance against what the rating gap predicted, not by record.

Michele Gilbert + Jacques Gilbert15951% gamesnot enough data
Frank Babbott + Aimee Babbott9454% gamesnot enough data
Edye Graning + THOMAS TWITCHELL4450% gamesnot enough data
Jude Melen + THOMAS TWITCHELL1447% gamesnot enough data
Lisa Strausser + THOMAS TWITCHELL224 matchesnot enough data
Jude Melen + Vuong Le404 matchesnot enough data
Roster

Ordered by our estimated dynamic rating, which is why two players at the same published level are not tied — a published 4.0 says nothing about where inside the band someone sits. Lines played in this team’s season are shown beside each name.

Jude Melen
83W–57L career · 5 lines in 2024
4%93%3%
3.74
Vuong Le
37W–11L career · 4 lines in 2024
24%76%<1%
3.60
4
Beth Cook
65W–42L career · 4 lines in 2024
33%67%<1%
3.56
4
Aimee Babbott
31W–29L career · no lines in 2024
64%36%<1%
3.45
Lisa Strausser
64W–50L career · 1 line in 2024
1%89%10%
3.32
Edye Graning
37W–36L career · 2 lines in 2024
2%91%7%
3.29
Russ Colvin
15W–30L career · no lines in 2024
26%74%<1%
3.09
Frank Babbott
14W–6L career · no lines in 2024
not enough data
Jacques Gilbert
26W–23L career · 4 lines in 2024
not enough data
Michele Gilbert
41W–15L career · 4 lines in 2024
not enough data
THOMAS TWITCHELL
40W–63L career · 4 lines in 2024
not enough data

Three percentages are where each player stands right now: the chance they are below their band, inside it, or above it, on the way they are playing this season. The number on the right is our estimated dynamic rating, which USTA never publishes. This is today rather than a forecast of December, because a forecast has to assume future matches and cannot know whether someone will even be offered them. Percentages are blank where a player has too few matches this season, or at a level where the model does not yet beat a base-rate guess; the estimate is a weaker claim than a probability and survives where those do not.

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