Teams

String Theory

Adult 40 & Over Spring · 4.0 Men South

14 players · average NTRP 3.83 / NEW JERSEY

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Schedule8 played
2026-07-12vs Court KingsLost 03
L#1 DoublesLiam Nisenfeld / Matt Short vs Jerome Napson / Aaron Palmer6-3, 2-6, 1-0
L#2 DoublesBen Hurtig / Minh Lu vs Ray Anderson / Michael Larkin1-6, 1-6
L#3 DoublesMIHN NGUYEN / Alberto Isaga vs Scott Kober / Kenn Waibel5-7, 4-6
2026-06-28vs Old Balls New TricksWon 31
W#1 DoublesJoe Picerno / Matt Short vs James Greene / Richard Yankosky6-0, 6-2
L#1 SinglesMinh Lu vs Christopher Almario2-6, 0-6
W#2 DoublesPhu Tran / Khoa Nguyen vs Edward Malinowski / Jordan Moskowitz6-1, 5-7, 1-0
W#3 DoublesRyan Sobel / Ben Hurtig vs NICK STAUB / William Cody6-0, 6-1
2026-06-07vs Net AssetsWon 21
W#1 DoublesDouglas DeAndrea / Matt Short vs Ramesh Ragothaman / Venkata Telkapalli6-4, 6-3
W#2 DoublesBen Hurtig / Phu Tran vs Manjot Dhillon / Sunil Dravida6-2, 5-7, 1-0
L#3 DoublesMIHN NGUYEN / Minh Lu vs Venu Ampolu / Sachin Banga4-6, 4-6
2026-05-31vs SOUTH/Kiss My AceLost 12
L#1 DoublesMatt Short / Phu Tran vs Jonathan Lu / Mike Perekupka6-7, 4-6
L#2 DoublesBen Hurtig / Joe Picerno vs Steve Dickerson / Socrates Vasquez2-6, 6-7
W#3 DoublesLiam Nisenfeld / Douglas DeAndrea vs David Hasner / Jason Chambers3-6, 6-2, 1-0
2026-05-17vs Court KingsLost 04
L#1 DoublesLiam Nisenfeld / Aditya Gupta vs Jerome Napson / Aaron Palmer6-4, 4-6, 0-1
L#1 SinglesEric Blazar vs Jeffrey Acker2-6, 0-6
L#2 DoublesKhoa Nguyen / Minh Lu vs Marc Oberholtzer / Brian Long5-7, 4-6
L#3 DoublesRyan Sobel / Alberto Isaga vs Ray Anderson / Ken Nelson3-6, 7-6, 0-1
2026-05-03vs Old Balls New TricksLost 12
W#1 DoublesJoe Picerno / Matt Short vs James McCracken / Wim Wijnen6-2, 6-4
L#2 DoublesLiam Nisenfeld / Phu Tran vs Samrat Joshi / Richard Yankosky3-6, 5-7
L#3 DoublesRyan Sobel / Aditya Gupta vs Edward Malinowski / Jordan Moskowitz6-7, 7-6, 0-1
2026-04-19vs Net AssetsLost 13
L#1 DoublesMatt Short / Liam Nisenfeld vs Richard Swartz / Venkata Telkapalli2-6, 6-4, 0-1
L#1 SinglesMinh Lu vs Mahendra Beharry6-2, 2-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesBen Hurtig / Joe Picerno vs Venu Ampolu / Sunil Dravida1-6, 6-4, 1-0
L#3 DoublesMIHN NGUYEN / Alberto Isaga vs Ramkumar Shanmugam / Kalaiselvan Elangovan2-6, 1-6
2026-04-12vs SOUTH/Kiss My AceLost 13
L#1 DoublesMatt Short / Phu Tran vs Jonathan Lu / Steve Dickerson3-6, 6-7
L#1 SinglesMinh Lu vs Chenggang Wang2-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesJoe Picerno / Ben Hurtig vs Socrates Vasquez / Aldrick Bueno4-6, 6-3, 1-0
L#3 DoublesLiam Nisenfeld / Ryan Sobel vs David Hasner / John Gundaker3-6, 6-3, 0-1
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Flight standings4 teams · 4.0 Men South
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Court Kings0823924248
2SOUTH/Kiss My Ace08221025269
3Old Balls New Tricks08112143312
4String Theory08112149326

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 3.57 estimated across 11 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.

3.81
David Knoblock
published 4
3.79
Matt Short
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
Aditya Gupta
published 4
Eric Blazar
usually #1 Singles 100% · published 4
3.75
Joe Picerno
usually #2 Doubles 60%, also #1 Doubles 40% · published
3.67
Ben Hurtig
usually #2 Doubles 83%, also #3 Doubles 17% · published 4
3.62
Liam Nisenfeld
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
3.58
Douglas DeAndrea
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 3.5
3.48
Alberto Isaga
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.44
Phu Tran
usually #2 Doubles 60%, also #1 Doubles 40% · published
3.41
Minh Lu
usually #1 Singles 50%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
3.39
Ryan Sobel
usually #3 Doubles 44%, also #2 Doubles 22% · published
3.35
MIHN NGUYEN
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Khoa Nguyen
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.

Ben Hurtig + Phu Tran5152% games+2.2% vs expected
Joe Picerno + Ben Hurtig8452% games+0.9% vs expected
Ben Hurtig + David Knoblock5549% games−5.4% vs expected
Joe Picerno + Liam Nisenfeld4351% games−9.9% vs expected
Ben Hurtig + Liam Nisenfeld3259% gamesnot enough data
MIHN NGUYEN + Liam Nisenfeld134 matchesnot enough data
MIHN NGUYEN + David Knoblock314 matchesnot enough data
MIHN NGUYEN + Minh Lu134 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.

4
David Knoblock
52W–23L career · no lines in 2026
1%91%8%
3.81
Matt Short
3W–4L career · 7 lines in 2026
1%94%5%
3.79
4
Aditya Gupta
7W–3L career · no lines in 2026
not enough data
4
Eric Blazar
0W–1L career · type S · 1 line in 2026
not enough data
Joe Picerno
42W–28L career · 5 lines in 2026
3%95%2%
3.75
4
Ben Hurtig
82W–37L career · 6 lines in 2026
10%90%1%
3.67
Liam Nisenfeld
25W–36L career · 6 lines in 2026
18%82%<1%
3.62
3.5
Douglas DeAndrea
26W–14L career · 4 lines in 2026
<1%28%72%
3.58
3.5
Alberto Isaga
13W–7L career · type S · 3 lines in 2026
<1%57%43%
3.48
Phu Tran
19W–11L career · 5 lines in 2026
68%32%<1%
3.44
Minh Lu
8W–37L career · 6 lines in 2026
<1%76%23%
3.41
Ryan Sobel
29W–32L career · 9 lines in 2026
<1%79%21%
3.39
MIHN NGUYEN
80W–76L career · 3 lines in 2026
<1%87%13%
3.35
Khoa Nguyen
9W–7L career · no 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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