Teams

Bliss

2026 55&Over Women Metro · 8.0 Women

18 players · average NTRP 3.93 / METROPOLITAN REGION

No matches recorded for this roster in this league — it may be a placeholder registration, or the season may not have started.

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Schedule8 played
2026-08-23vs Gould/ZeiglerLost 02
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Jan Strack vs Christie Simmons / Kathy Rey0-6, 6-1, 0-1
L#2 DoublesHeide Marie Bliss / Valerie Rifkin vs Dorie Klissas / Soo Ji Park6-7, 1-5
2026-08-18vs Cooper/TrujilloLost 12
L#1 DoublesSusan Silver Schlecker / Venus Jones vs Nora Holmes / Mary Mondello4-6, 6-4
W#2 DoublesChristine Burns / Melinda Trang vs Justine Cooper / Christine Shuler6-4, 3-3
L#3 DoublesSusanne Sparks / Valerie Rifkin vs Rene Trujillo / Lisa Trujillo-Dunn0-6, 4-6
2026-08-13vs Cooper/TrujilloLost 12
W#1 DoublesSusan Silver Schlecker / Venus Jones vs Lisa Trujillo-Dunn / Rene Trujillo6-1, 6-1
L#2 DoublesHeide Marie Bliss / Michele Miller vs Christine Shuler / Justine Cooper3-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesChristine Burns / Susanne Sparks vs Zsuzsa Price / Leanh Nguyen3-6, 2-6
2026-08-02vs Gould/ZeiglerWon 21
L#1 DoublesBonnie Aves / Annette Delgado vs Lisa Frantz / Kathy Rey3-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesMargo Smith / Michele Miller vs Laurie Elvove / Soo Ji Park6-2, 2-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesLaura Powers / Janine Buss vs Grace de Fries / Susan Zeigler6-4, 6-0
2026-07-28vs Cooper/TrujilloLost 12
L#1 DoublesKaren Hyams / Beth Capelin vs Jennifer Marsh / Justine Cooper6-4, 3-6, 1-0
L#2 DoublesMahmuda Karabay / Janine Buss vs Susan Shaughnessy / Pam Widener4-6, 2-6
W#3 DoublesLaura Powers / Tempe Zucker vs Rene Trujillo / Zsuzsa Price6-4, 3-6, 1-0
2026-07-14vs Gould/ZeiglerWon 21
W#1 DoublesKaren Hyams / Beth Capelin vs Sandy Keenan / Frances Buckley6-4, 6-2
W#2 DoublesVenus Jones / Susan Silver Schlecker vs Dorie Klissas / Yimei He6-3, 6-4
L#3 DoublesMichele Miller / Jan Strack vs Susan Zeigler / Grace de Fries2-6, 6-3, 1-0
2026-06-28vs Cooper/TrujilloSplit 11
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Melinda Trang vs Jennifer Marsh / Nora Holmes5-7, 4-5
W#2 DoublesTempe Zucker / Bonnie Aves vs Susan Shaughnessy / Pam Widener6-2, 7-6
2026-06-16vs Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Susan Silver Schlecker vs Lisa Frantz / Emily Arnone2-6, 2-6
W#2 DoublesAnnette Delgado / Bonnie Aves vs Jasmine Harris Khalil / Yimei He6-3, 6-3
L#3 DoublesValerie Rifkin / Mahmuda Karabay vs Laurie Elvove / Grace de Fries5-7, 1-6
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Flight standings3 teams · 8.0 Women
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Gould/Zeigler069819156
2Cooper/Trujillo0710922183
3Bliss0791125196

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 3.61 estimated across 15 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.

3.85
Annette Delgado
usually #2 Doubles 60%, also #1 Doubles 40% · published 4
3.79
Venus Jones
usually #1 Doubles 83%, also #2 Doubles 17% · published 4
3.72
Melinda Trang
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.72
Karen Hyams
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.71
Bonnie Aves
usually #2 Doubles 33%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published 4
3.65
Tempe Zucker
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.64
Jan Strack
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.63
Mahmuda Karabay
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.58
Beth Capelin
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.54
Michele Miller
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
3.54
Susan Silver Schlecker
usually #1 Doubles 75%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published 4
3.50
Janine Buss
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.44
Christine Burns
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 3.5
3.42
Heide Marie Bliss
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.40
Susanne Sparks
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
Laura Powers
published
Margo Smith
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
Valerie Rifkin
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · 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.

Karen Hyams + Beth Capelin6553% games+7.0% vs expected
Susan Silver Schlecker + Venus Jones121053% games+5.7% vs expected
Jan Strack + Venus Jones8160% games+2.6% vs expected
Bonnie Aves + Annette Delgado604054% games+2.0% vs expected
Janine Buss + Mahmuda Karabay6944% games−2.1% vs expected
Heide Marie Bliss + Venus Jones181949% games−3.7% vs expected
Mahmuda Karabay + Annette Delgado1541% games−4.0% vs expected
Jan Strack + Michele Miller5646% games−4.7% vs expected
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.

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Annette Delgado
253W–180L career · 5 lines in 2026
<1%87%12%
3.85
4
Venus Jones
175W–145L career · 6 lines in 2026
1%93%6%
3.79
4
Melinda Trang
135W–132L career · 2 lines in 2026
5%94%1%
3.72
4
Karen Hyams
88W–65L career · 2 lines in 2026
5%94%1%
3.72
4
Bonnie Aves
301W–195L career · 6 lines in 2026
6%93%1%
3.71
4
Tempe Zucker
70W–73L career · 2 lines in 2026
13%87%<1%
3.65
4
Jan Strack
141W–110L career · 2 lines in 2026
14%85%<1%
3.64
4
Mahmuda Karabay
101W–125L career · 2 lines in 2026
17%83%<1%
3.63
4
Beth Capelin
60W–68L career · 2 lines in 2026
28%72%<1%
3.58
Michele Miller
107W–74L career · 3 lines in 2026
37%63%<1%
3.54
4
Susan Silver Schlecker
59W–53L career · 4 lines in 2026
39%61%<1%
3.54
4
Janine Buss
40W–45L career · 2 lines in 2026
49%51%<1%
3.50
3.5
Christine Burns
130W–153L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%67%33%
3.44
4
Heide Marie Bliss
93W–98L career · 2 lines in 2026
73%27%<1%
3.42
3.5
Susanne Sparks
132W–210L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%77%23%
3.40
Laura Powers
0W–2L career · no lines in 2026
not enough data
Margo Smith
37W–38L career · 1 line in 2026
not enough data
Valerie Rifkin
13W–31L career · 3 lines in 2026
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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