Teams

NEO/Sobeck/A40&Over4.5M

2026 NEOTA Adult 40 & Over · NEOTA A40&O 4.5 Men

18 players · average NTRP 4.43 / NORTHEASTERN OHIO

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
2026-07-20vs A40 4.5M NR HorwichWon 40
W#1 DoublesDouglas Linden / Tomas Menec vs Mike Masterson / David Limberg6-0, 6-3
W#2 DoublesJohn Ginther / Kevin Walter vs Richard Bole Jr / Chris Reutepohler6-4, 6-4
W#3 DoublesSteven Goodman / Barry Cohen vs Charles Norman / Michael Levy6-3, 2-6, 1-0
W#4 DoublesJohn Lesher / Bryan Little vs Eric Hillstrom / Matthew Horwich6-3, 6-4
2026-07-13vs A40 4.5M MV AtwellWon 31
L#1 DoublesJohn Ginther / Tomas Menec vs Chris Corbin / Phong Nguyen5-7, 6-7
W#2 DoublesJohn Lesher / Jeremy Sobeck vs Jeremy Bryan / Armen Panosyan6-4, 6-4
W#3 DoublesGeorge Poulos / Kevin Walter vs Akin Fashina / Adam Atwell7-6, 3-6, 1-0
W#4 DoublesToshiharu Yoda / Steven Goodman vs Timothy Jones / Edmond Manuel6-2, 6-4
2026-07-06vs A40 4.5M CRC AdlerWon 31
W#1 DoublesDouglas Linden / Tomas Menec vs Mickey Brown / Marc Leizman6-1, 6-3
L#2 DoublesFrank Griffiths / Toshiharu Yoda vs Ryan Wenger / Adam Gimbel6-7, 2-6
W#3 DoublesRyan Shaffer / John Lesher vs John Schloss / Mark Florman6-1, 3-6, 1-0
W#4 DoublesKevin Walter / John Ginther vs Evan Byron / Atul Chopra6-0, 6-3
2026-06-22vs A40 4.5M SP MorseWon 32
W#1 DoublesBarry Cohen / George Poulos vs Gene Nasierowski / Christopher Baranek4-6, 6-3, 1-0
W#1 SinglesRyan Shaffer vs William O'Connor6-4, 6-2
W#2 DoublesDouglas Linden / Tomas Menec vs Thomas Michalski / Mark Iler6-2, 7-5
L#3 DoublesJohn Ginther / Toshiharu Yoda vs Jason Christman / Jason Trapp2-6, 4-6
L#4 DoublesJohn Lesher / Jeremy Sobeck vs Aaron Neunz / Brandon May7-6, 3-6, 0-1
2026-06-15vs A40 4.5M NR HorwichWon 41
W#1 DoublesJohn Ginther / Walter Samora vs Barry Hubbard / Christopher Tunnell6-3, 6-3
W#1 SinglesRyan Shaffer vs Richard Bole Jr6-2, 7-5
W#2 DoublesTomas Menec / Jeremy Sobeck vs Scott Huff / Jason Self7-5, 6-1
L#3 DoublesMasahiro Shibata / Toshiharu Yoda vs Chris Reutepohler / Eric Hillstrom2-6, 6-3, 1-0
W#4 DoublesFrank Griffiths / Barry Cohen vs Matthew Horwich / Stephen Radachi6-0, 6-1
2026-06-08vs A40 4.5M MV AtwellLost 13
L#1 DoublesJeremy Sobeck / Douglas Linden vs Phong Nguyen / Thomas Hodgkiss-Lilly3-6, 7-5, 0-1
L#2 DoublesMark Gardiner / Brian Banas vs Jeremy Bryan / Armen Panosyan6-7, 6-2, 0-1
W#3 DoublesTomas Menec / Walter Samora vs Adam Atwell / Akin Fashina6-3, 7-6
L#4 DoublesMasahiro Shibata / Barry Cohen vs Timothy Jones / Jim Batchik3-6, 2-6
2026-06-01vs A40 4.5M CRC AdlerWon 31
L#1 DoublesTomas Menec / George Poulos vs Mark Florman / John Schloss5-7, 2-6
W#2 DoublesDouglas Linden / John Ginther vs Carl Adler / Adam Gimbel6-2, 6-3
W#3 DoublesJeremy Sobeck / John Lesher vs Mickey Brown / Brad Pulver6-1, 6-1
W#4 DoublesWalter Samora / Masahiro Shibata vs Evan Byron / Sean McGrane6-1, 6-3
2026-05-11vs A40 4.5M SP MorseLost 14
L#1 DoublesJohn Ginther / Ryan Shaffer vs Thomas Michalski / Mark Iler6-3, 6-7, 0-1
L#1 SinglesSteven Goodman vs William O'Connor2-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesTomas Menec / Bryan Little vs Jason Christman / Brian Rector3-6, 6-4, 0-1
L#3 DoublesJohn Lesher / Jeremy Sobeck vs Dean Morse / Christopher Baranek6-7, 6-3, 0-1
W#4 DoublesGeorge Poulos / Toshiharu Yoda vs Brian Steere / Matt Hutchison6-1, 6-1
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Flight standings5 teams · NEOTA A40&O 4.5 Men
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1NEO/Sobeck/A40&Over4.5M62261432296
2A40 4.5M SP Morse53271334343
3A40 4.5M CRC Adler53221839332
4A40 4.5M MV Atwell35172350378
5A40 4.5M NR Horwich1783270456

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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Roster averages 4.17 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.

4.52
Ryan Shaffer
usually #1 Singles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published
4.39
John Ginther
usually #1 Doubles 43%, also #2 Doubles 29% · published
4.39
Tomas Menec
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 38% · published
4.32
Brian Banas
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4.5
4.28
Jeremy Sobeck
usually #3 Doubles 33%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
Casey Johnston
published 4.5
George Poulos
published 4.5
4.19
Frank Griffiths
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #4 Doubles 50% · published 4.5
4.16
Masahiro Shibata
usually #4 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
4.15
Walter Samora
usually #4 Doubles 33%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
4.15
Douglas Linden
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published 4.5
4.13
Toshiharu Yoda
usually #4 Doubles 40%, also #3 Doubles 40% · published
4.06
Steven Goodman
usually #1 Singles 33%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
4.04
Mark Gardiner
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
4.03
Kevin Walter
usually #2 Doubles 33%, also #4 Doubles 33% · published
3.84
Bryan Little
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #4 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.84
Barry Cohen
usually #4 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 4.5
John Lesher
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.

Douglas Linden + Tomas Menec7068% games+18.3% vs expected
Jeremy Sobeck + Masahiro Shibata10066% games+17.1% vs expected
Toshiharu Yoda + Masahiro Shibata51048% games−1.9% vs expected
Bryan Little + Douglas Linden362151% games−2.7% vs expected
John Ginther + Masahiro Shibata3260% gamesnot enough data
John Ginther + Toshiharu Yoda224 matchesnot enough data
Jeremy Sobeck + Toshiharu Yoda224 matchesnot enough data
Jeremy Sobeck + George Poulos224 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.

Ryan Shaffer
29W–4L career · 4 lines in 2026
<1%44%56%
4.52
John Ginther
35W–23L career · 7 lines in 2026
<1%80%19%
4.39
Tomas Menec
15W–10L career · 8 lines in 2026
<1%81%19%
4.39
4.5
Brian Banas
84W–22L career · type A · 1 line in 2026
1%91%8%
4.32
Jeremy Sobeck
114W–66L career · 6 lines in 2026
2%94%4%
4.28
4.5
Casey Johnston
15W–7L career · no lines in 2026
not enough data
4.5
George Poulos
9W–7L career · no lines in 2026
not enough data
4.5
Frank Griffiths
44W–30L career · 2 lines in 2026
7%92%1%
4.19
Masahiro Shibata
88W–43L career · 3 lines in 2026
10%89%<1%
4.16
Walter Samora
114W–54L career · 3 lines in 2026
12%88%<1%
4.15
4.5
Douglas Linden
200W–82L career · 5 lines in 2026
13%87%<1%
4.15
Toshiharu Yoda
82W–65L career · 5 lines in 2026
16%83%<1%
4.13
Steven Goodman
21W–26L career · 3 lines in 2026
32%68%<1%
4.06
Mark Gardiner
30W–17L career · 1 line in 2026
39%61%<1%
4.04
Kevin Walter
72W–15L career · 3 lines in 2026
40%60%<1%
4.03
4
Bryan Little
145W–128L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%88%11%
3.84
4.5
Barry Cohen
5W–8L career · 4 lines in 2026
89%11%<1%
3.84
John Lesher
30W–19L 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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