Teams

NJ PURPLE

2023 USTA ADULT 40 & OVER - DEN · MEN 4.5 - 40 & OVER

12 players · average NTRP 4.50 / COLORADO

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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Schedule7 played
2023-07-20vs LTA-Q ORANGELost 13
L#1 DoublesHank Fisher / Karl Herz vs Clayton McLaughlin / Wayne Sidney7-6, 4-6, 0-1
L#1 SinglesRoss Thompson vs AJ Johnson3-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesTomas Mendez / Christopher Johnstone vs Mark Hinman / Jim Wilson6-2, 6-4
L#3 DoublesScott Steputis / John Keefe vs Idi Omar / Judson Smith4-6, 1-6
2023-07-18vs TTA-E REDLost 04
L#1 DoublesHank Fisher / Blair Watkins vs Anthony Garcia / Ian Harris4-6, 4-6
L#1 SinglesMeng Lian vs Steven Alvarado1-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesChristopher Johnstone / Scott Steputis vs Eric Jaggers / Ryan Schellpeper1-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesJohn Keefe / Tomas Mendez vs Philip Dixon-Patterson / Marcel de Graaf3-6, 4-6
2023-07-13vs MEA GREENLost 04
L#1 DoublesScott Steputis / Tomas Mendez vs Rex Vedder / Steve Sims6-7, 2-6
L#1 SinglesHank Fisher vs Peter Braun3-6, 3-6
L#2 DoublesKarl Erickson / Ross Thompson vs Michael Winters / Josh Kahn6-0, 3-6, 0-1
L#3 DoublesKarl Herz / Christopher Johnstone vs Erik Houseman / Steve Bennett2-6, 3-6
2023-07-06vs MEA BLUELost 04
L#1 DoublesHank Fisher / Tomas Mendez vs Andrew Schifle / Matt Schwartz5-7, 3-6
L#1 SinglesBlair Watkins vs Brad Michalchuk1-6, 1-6
L#2 DoublesScott Steputis / Karl Erickson vs Peter Walters / Donnie Martin1-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesChristopher Johnstone / Karl Herz vs James Bray / Andrew Smith6-3, 1-6, 0-1
2023-06-22vs RMTC REDLost 04
L#1 DoublesHank Fisher / Christopher Johnstone vs Eric Maier / Scott Gorrell5-7, 2-6
L#1 SinglesBlair Watkins vs JAVIER CHACON4-6, 7-6, 1-0
L#2 DoublesBryan Pivovar / Scott Steputis vs Seth Chernoff / Joshua Harrison5-7, 7-5, 0-1
L#3 DoublesMeng Lian / John Keefe vs Doug Kazarosian / Paul Kolachov4-6, 3-6
2023-06-15vs LTA-Q ORANGESplit 22
L#1 DoublesBryan Pivovar / Scott Steputis vs Judson Smith / Clayton McLaughlin6-4, 1-6, 0-1
W#1 SinglesBlair Watkins vs Mark Hinman6-2, 6-0
L#2 DoublesRoss Thompson / John Keefe vs David Riffel / Marco Scalise3-6, 3-6
W#3 DoublesHank Fisher / Meng Lian vs John Roberts / Jim Wilson6-1, 7-5
2023-06-08vs MEA GREENWon 31
L#1 DoublesHank Fisher / Blair Watkins vs Michael Winters / Xinlin Li3-6, 3-6
W#1 SinglesMeng Lian vs Rex Vedder4-6, 6-2, 1-0
W#2 DoublesRoss Thompson / John Keefe vs Dean Harper / Theo Mandel4-6, 7-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesBryan Pivovar / Christopher Johnstone vs Steve Bennett / Jake Thamm6-4, 6-4
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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 4.07 estimated across 8 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.

4.27
Meng Lian
usually #1 Singles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 4.5
4.19
Bryan Pivovar
usually #3 Doubles 33%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published 4.5
4.18
Blair Watkins
usually #1 Singles 60%, also #1 Doubles 40% · published 4.5
4.08
PJ Travin
published
4.06
Christopher Johnstone
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published 4.5
3.99
Hank Fisher
usually #1 Doubles 71%, also #3 Doubles 14% · published 4.5
3.93
John Keefe
usually #3 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published
3.89
Ross Thompson
usually #2 Doubles 75%, also #1 Singles 25% · published
Karl Erickson
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
Karl Herz
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
Scott Steputis
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
Tomas Mendez
usually #1 Doubles 50%, 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.

Christopher Johnstone + Tomas Mendez5168% games+16.0% vs expected
Christopher Johnstone + Bryan Pivovar6359% games+2.6% vs expected
Hank Fisher + Bryan Pivovar7749% games−0.3% vs expected
Hank Fisher + Christopher Johnstone10851% games−0.7% vs expected
John Keefe + Ross Thompson1935% games−6.3% vs expected
Karl Erickson + Ross Thompson1738% games−6.6% vs expected
Hank Fisher + Tomas Mendez314 matchesnot enough data
PJ Travin + Bryan Pivovar224 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.

4.5
Meng Lian
102W–63L career · 4 lines in 2023
2%94%4%
4.27
4.5
Bryan Pivovar
85W–75L career · 3 lines in 2023
7%92%1%
4.19
4.5
Blair Watkins
35W–22L career · 5 lines in 2023
8%91%1%
4.18
PJ Travin
11W–13L career · no lines in 2023
26%74%<1%
4.08
4.5
Christopher Johnstone
66W–39L career · 6 lines in 2023
33%67%<1%
4.06
4.5
Hank Fisher
62W–66L career · 7 lines in 2023
52%48%<1%
3.99
John Keefe
8W–39L career · 5 lines in 2023
71%29%<1%
3.93
Ross Thompson
30W–56L career · 4 lines in 2023
<1%80%19%
3.89
Karl Erickson
6W–13L career · 2 lines in 2023
not enough data
Karl Herz
73W–36L career · 3 lines in 2023
not enough data
Scott Steputis
11W–17L career · 6 lines in 2023
not enough data
Tomas Mendez
23W–37L career · 4 lines in 2023
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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