Teams

Strickland75

2025 Southern Combo Doubles 55 & Over - HSV · 7.5 Men

10 players · average NTRP 3.50 / ALABAMA

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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Schedule10 played
2025-09-16vs Reasner 7.5 ComboLost 03
L#1 DoublesTim Bishop / Ray Palmer vs Chuck Potter / Michael Perry4-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesThomas Strickland / Paul Carothers vs Stephen Kee / Tom Estes4-6, 6-7
L#3 DoublesRicky Elder / Andrew Plankenhorn vs Dennis Reasner / John Smith3-6, 1-6
2025-09-15vs Reasner 7.5 ComboWon 20
W#2 DoublesCraig Hovan / Ricky Elder vs Gregory Edwards / Michael Perry6-2, 1-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesNewell Johnson / Thomas Strickland vs Tom Estes / Dennis Reasner6-4, 4-6, 1-0
2025-09-11vs HU 7.5M 55 & Over (King)Won 21
L#1 DoublesTim Bishop / Craig Hovan vs John Grace / Richard Textor3-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesPaul Carothers / Mark Smith vs Fredrick Jefferson / Peter Weiland7-5, 6-1
W#3 DoublesThomas Strickland / Newell Johnson vs Karl King / Michael Little7-5, 7-6
2025-09-09vs Reasner 7.5 ComboLost 12
L#1 DoublesTim Bishop / Michael French vs John Smith / Michael Perry2-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesMax Washington / Ray Palmer vs DANIEL FRITH / Gary Stephens6-4, 2-6, 1-0
L#3 DoublesThomas Strickland / Newell Johnson vs Mike McCann / Tom Estes4-6, 6-7
2025-09-02vs HU 7.5M 55 & Over (King)Split 11
W#1 DoublesTim Bishop / Andrew Plankenhorn vs Richard Textor / Fredrick Jefferson7-5, 6-4
L#3 DoublesRay Palmer / Thomas Strickland vs Michael Little / Boyd Berryhill6-4, 3-6, 1-0
2025-08-27vs Reasner 7.5 ComboLost 03
L#1 DoublesMichael French / Paul Carothers vs John Smith / Gary Stephens3-6, 4-6
L#2 DoublesCraig Hovan / Thomas Strickland vs Gregory Edwards / Dennis Reasner3-6, 4-6
L#3 DoublesNewell Johnson / Bill Reaves vs Patton Watson / Blake Herrin6-4, 3-6, 0-1
2025-08-19vs HU 7.5M 55 & Over (King)Lost 12
L#1 DoublesRay Palmer / Alan Spearman vs John Grace / Christopher Chapman0-6, 4-6
W#2 DoublesNewell Johnson / Bill Reaves vs Fredrick Jefferson / Peter Weiland7-5, 5-7, 1-0
L#3 DoublesMichael French / Tim Bishop vs James Steele / Richard Textor2-6, 1-6
2025-08-09vs HU 7.5M 55 & Over (King)Lost 02
L#1 DoublesPaul Carothers / Andrew Plankenhorn vs Robert Pensa / Richard Textor2-6, 6-7
L#3 DoublesRicky Elder / Thomas Strickland vs Michael Little / Michael Lee6-3, 1-6, 0-1
2025-08-06vs Reasner 7.5 ComboLost 03
L#1 DoublesNewell Johnson / Ricky Elder vs Akram Haggag / Blake Herrin1-6, 5-7
L#2 DoublesPaul Carothers / Bill Reaves vs Gregory Edwards / Stephen Kee4-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesAlan Spearman / Max Washington vs Patton Watson / Michael Perry4-6, 5-7
2025-08-02vs HU 7.5M 55 & Over (King)Lost 02
L#2 DoublesThomas Strickland / Ray Palmer vs Paul Hebert / Nelson Bond4-6, 4-6
L#3 DoublesCraig Hovan / Paul Carothers vs Karl King / Craig Satterfeal6-7, 3-6
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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 3.33 estimated across 9 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.

3.55
Craig Hovan
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 3.5
3.50
Ray Palmer
usually #1 Doubles 40%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published
3.47
Alan Spearman
usually #3 Doubles 44%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published 3.5
3.44
Newell Johnson
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #1 Doubles 17% · published
3.38
Paul Carothers
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
3.33
Andrew Plankenhorn
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published 3.5
3.21
Ricky Elder
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 30% · published
3.10
Tim Bishop
usually #1 Doubles 80%, also #3 Doubles 20% · published
2.99
Bill Reaves
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published 3.5
Thomas Strickland
usually #3 Doubles 56%, 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.

Paul Carothers + Tim Bishop131151% games−0.2% vs expected
Newell Johnson + Ray Palmer044 matchesnot enough data
Ray Palmer + Andrew Plankenhorn134 matchesnot enough data
Craig Hovan + Andrew Plankenhorn044 matchesnot enough data
Tim Bishop + Andrew Plankenhorn123 matchesnot enough data
Newell Johnson + Ricky Elder213 matchesnot enough data
Newell Johnson + Thomas Strickland213 matchesnot enough data
Andrew Plankenhorn + Bill Reaves033 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.

3.5
Craig Hovan
88W–60L career · type A · 4 lines in 2025
<1%36%64%
3.55
Ray Palmer
40W–62L career · 5 lines in 2025
51%49%<1%
3.50
3.5
Alan Spearman
20W–16L career · 9 lines in 2025
<1%59%41%
3.47
Newell Johnson
75W–85L career · 6 lines in 2025
<1%68%32%
3.44
Paul Carothers
22W–31L career · 6 lines in 2025
<1%82%18%
3.38
3.5
Andrew Plankenhorn
52W–132L career · 3 lines in 2025
<1%89%10%
3.33
Ricky Elder
22W–24L career · 10 lines in 2025
5%94%1%
3.21
Tim Bishop
16W–34L career · 5 lines in 2025
23%77%<1%
3.10
3.5
Bill Reaves
14W–36L career · 3 lines in 2025
52%48%<1%
2.99
Thomas Strickland
11W–6L career · 9 lines in 2025
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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